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THEL (Tactical High Energy Laser)
For years, chemical-powered lasers were seen as the only viable alternative for weapons-strength ray guns. The most promising of those systems, the Tactical High Energy Laser, successfully shot down dozens of rockets and mortars. (this video shows it in action.) But generating the THEL's megawatts of laser power required hundreds of gallons of toxic chemicals — ethylene, nitrogen trifluoride. The weapons grew bulky (the small-scale version was only supposed to be kept in a mere right cargo containers, each 40 feet long). Worse, after a few shots, the lasers would have to be resupplied with a fresh batch of reactants. The logistics of hauling those toxins either through the air or across a battlefield made generals shiver. So, ultimately, interest swung back to solid state systems, like Yamamoto's, and, to a lesser extent, free electron lasers.




Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: April 12, 2006 at 11:56 pm
Author: lacksdiscipline

Length: 00:02:20
Rating: 4.51
Views: 204310

Tags: laser defense antimissile antimortar starwars defensetech THEL tactical high energy antirocket

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Video Comments:
kubruk (November 30, 2008 at 6:55 pm)
laser is future..
sabaths1fan (November 29, 2008 at 9:27 am)
USA!
shivrajvishnu (November 28, 2008 at 8:13 pm)
Put this LASER defense system on satellite and focus it on all Islamic extremists camps.
liOVERLOADil (November 26, 2008 at 7:53 pm)
Yeah... how can it do something its clearly doing in this video??? You don't understand it so it must not exist.
adrastea99 (November 27, 2008 at 9:12 am)
You mean shooting down a target that is designed to get shot down?

Yeah....
zeyee (November 26, 2008 at 3:57 am)
think il place on in the Kitchen... Just to be Save the Fridge when war comes
peterthethinker (November 26, 2008 at 12:46 am)
shure there is look at ABL..

the new version of the ABL is a DPSS Nd:YAG based laser..I have seen the test model at NGC a few years back .. words can not explane the power the 1/10th scale model had .. the project leader and me had some fun making cinder blocks dissapear in one pulse ..
YodaMeis (November 25, 2008 at 2:34 pm)
yeah very nice
bogieman987 (November 22, 2008 at 4:50 am)
then theyll make hypersonic tracking systems which would be more devastating
yuzblaze (November 21, 2008 at 1:23 pm)
yeah i saw this on discovery channel its pretty amazing..