DragonFire: New declassified footage of £10-a-shot laser precision weapon in action

A military laser that could give the UK military greater accuracy and cost only £10 per shot could be ready for British personnel to use in five years.

The DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) is a line-of-sight weapon and can engage with any visible target, according to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).

It destroys targets with an intense beam of light and has pinpoint precision and can hit an object the size of a £1 coin from a kilometre away.

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[Temperaryful]

Calling in Orbital Laser: ➡️⬆️⬅️⬆️➡️⬅️

[goldeneddie]

If it says 'It could be in the hands of military in 5 years time" that means it's been in the hands of the military for about 20 years,

[CNSninja]

The natural progression of technology is to get smaller and more powerful. This is genuinely the first big step toward Star Wars blasters. Give it 15 or 20 years.

[chasecook]

"We dont want to talk about other country's lasers" sounds a lot like "we don't want to accidentally say something that shows we know something we're not supposed to know about another country's lasers"

[terrytytula]

Cost is certainty a factor. But the biggest hidden advantage is in targeting. The complicated math involved in bringing two high speed projectiles together is reduced an order of magnitude, when one of your elements is travelling the speed of light.

[anthonymcneal]

Like how they mention that military doesn’t haven’t access to this. Yeah right! 💀

[Tor-Erik]

Fun fact. That laser energy weapon have 10% bonus critical hit chance.

[Dtp]

My first proper job was an engineer on huge laser cutting machine. It would go through 18mm steel in ms and cut large parts very quickly. Awesome bit of kit. That was 25 years ago

[truthsayer]

If it’s declassified and the public knows about it, the military has had it for at least ten years.

[agentcarbunkle]

One step closer to skynet hunter killers with those drones with lasers

[mojolojo]

Remember kids if they are telling you about this now, you better believe they have things way more advanced then they are leading you on to believe....

[bartman]

An absolute terror on any battlefield. What it doesn’t burn, it blinds. The US has similar weapons of this type. 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[Anamnesis]

Now just imagine what sort of stuff they're actually working on that they don't want you to know about, if they're willing to show this to you on the nightly news...

[gangstalkingexplained]

So 'Directed Energy Weapons' which everyone scoffed at is actually real and here is the proof.

[linkin]

Army: we have laser weapon
Me: I brought my mirror

[protorhinocerator]

Yes, the electrical cost per shot is very cheap, considering what all it does.
What about the maintenance costs? How many shots can it take before it melts or otherwise needs repair?

[thismyname]

U.K: Yo U.S, look at this.

U.S: I see you have the ring, and your Shwarts is as big as mine. Now let's see how well you handle it.

-Mel Brooks

[kennethflaming]

The double laser version will be called the homelander

[MrGoblin]

Gee, I wonder if you can light fires with pinpoint accuracy with this weapon?

[alexkrupp]

it also starts bush fires in Hawaii and Texas.