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British Army Vehicle Fires High Power Laser Weapon (ukdefencejournal.org.uk)
submitted 3 months ago by Alteon@lemmy.world to c/mechanical_engineering@lemmy.world
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Scientists and engineers have successfully tested a high-powered laser weapon mounted on a British Army combat vehicle.

According to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and the Ministry of Defence (MOD), this trial marks the first instance of such a weapon being fired from a UK land vehicle.

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[โ€“] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This article is a real shitshow. Looks like it was written by three different and competing LLMs...

[โ€“] Alteon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

...did we mention that it can be mounted on a vehicle?

It can be mounted on a vehicle.

By the way, sources say it can be mounted on a vehicle.