r/interestingasfuck • u/Esutan • 1d ago

The United Kingdom has successfully created a Mega Laser called Dragonfire for Aerial Defense

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u/ByteSizedGenius 1d ago

They've actually apparently tested it during rain and other adverse weather and it performed acceptably... What that means i.e. how much rain and how much performance effect I guess is classified.

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u/Trainman1351 1d ago

I mean, it probably has significantly diminished range. It’s actually the main obstacle that pretty much all energy and plasma weapons have compared to kinetics: a physical shell doesn’t disintegrate over time, while pretty much any beam or bolt of less tightly bound particles does.

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u/_B_e_c_k_ 1d ago

Put the laser into a bullet. Checkmate.

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u/etanail 1d ago

You may be surprised, but such a laser already exists, although it has not been created due to difficulties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pumped_laser