100-kilowatt laser from Northrop Grumman

The American defense company Northrop Grumman, which has been developing a military laser for several years, has overcome a significant barrier in its work. According to a recent press release , NG was able to create a continuous solid-state laser, whose power exceeds 100 kilowatts.

For those who are not familiar with the technical part - overcoming the 100 kilowatt threshold means the possibility of creating a laser capable of doing anything other than temporarily blinding the enemy on the battlefield, namely cutting. In any case, portable laser weapons, comparable in size to modern pistols and machine guns, will not appear very soon. According to Dan Wildt, vice president of Northrop Grumman’s energy-oriented systems program: “It’s still a bit heavy and a little big.”
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