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American company “Lockheed Martin” has tested power of a high-tech laser gun. With help innovative weapons managed to melt the hood of the car with distances exceeding two kilometers. The car was spinning on a special platform, and her engine was turned on.
Power of a laser system tested by American engineers is thirty kilowatts. Using this impressive weapon, researchers stopped the car engine in just a few seconds. The device is called the Advanced Test High Energy Asset. It uses technology that allows you to combine into one many laser beams and send them to significant distance.
A year ago, the U.S. Navy conducted similar research. They installed a laser gun called “Laws” on one of the ships based in the Persian Gulf. Military published a video demonstrating the capabilities of their weapons. On the record, the laser easily hit the target located on speed boat.
Journalists say that laser weapons may become basis for American armament. The United States have intentions to install such vehicles on their ships, helicopters, planes and drones. Innovative guns are compact, light and highly effective – modern optics allow you to hit extremely distant and maneuverable goals.
Lockheed Martin Corporation specializes in developments in areas of aerospace engineering, aircraft manufacturing, shipbuilding, automation of mail systems and, as it seems, weapons. Main her customer is the US Department of Defense. In corporation Employed over one hundred and twenty thousand people, and sales in the past year exceeded thirty-five billion dollars.
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