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: ➡️⬆️⬅️⬆️➡️⬅️

[@easycake3251]

Haha, if you know you know xD

[@user-ti8gj9tq2c]

LOL. Welcome to... LOL

[@SleepySparky]

what are you doing here cadet get back to frontline we have bots to scrape

[@puddingsimon2626]

Orbital can of Raid

[@kevinsowards9647]

that is managed democracy right there!

[@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,

[@michaeldavid6832]

Covert military always gets a 20 year lead on overt military.

[@lissaslighthouse8475]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@RawFootage00]

Pretty much 😂

[@13mfire]

yeh the death ray commissioned ago by America

[@goldeneddie]

@@13mfire In the late 1960s in America at a place called Dahlgren, the Special Applications Branch at the Naval Weapons Laboratory created devices that could store electrical energy and convert it to radio-frequency (RF) energy that could be radiated from an antenna through the atmosphere to a target. Throughout the 70s, Dahlgren was the centre of development for devices called Hertzian Oscillators operating up to half a million volts with antennas that could produce very high electric fields at hundreds of meters. This was really the beginning of Directed Energy Weapons.

[@NickC_222]

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.

[@rl8571]

You need a giant rechargeable battery to fuel up a shot which is why this can only be ship or land based. As of now, the technology to carry large amount of power in small packages has stagnated.

[@gangsterguardsman4576]

Someone will make a breakthrough

[@who____cares]

Declassified weapons technology is always 25 years behind.

[@jenkem4464]

Naw those guns are more along the lines of plasma bolts or super heated charged metals etc. Still projectile based but energy projectile. Lasers are more of a constant directed beam.

[@aw_shucks17]

proof?@@rl8571

[@Dtp2296]

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

[@theaveragepro1749]

that would have been aided by oxygen gas flow I imagine

[@chasecook3854]

"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"

[@user-li8yc9qh2r]

Well either way getting killed by a laser is insane

[@DrakyHRT]

More like "we don't want to compare so we don't reveal information on how good ours is."

[@grizzle2015]

@@DrakyHRT don't give them too much credit, they are british.

[@CyrusTheVirus187]

This the same drone and Laser that hit Hawaii

[@grizzle2015]

@@CyrusTheVirus187 imagine the size of the batteries necessary to power a laser like this mounted to a drone. this is firing from the ground :P

[@davedave9194]

Time to paint my roof blue

[@zsavage1820]

I'm just using mirror tiles ..

[@travisk4215]

Yeah I’m sure your house is a key target

[@sneakersda2199]

@@travisk4215depends if you’re in an area where Blackrock wants to own the land

[@abdou.the.heretic]

Instructions unclear, everything still gets atomised

[@smileydog5941]

I’m just using an Uno reverse card

[@gangstalkingexplained]

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

[@AMoneyVideo]

It's been in space since 1984. USA Star wars program Regan established in 1983.

[@justlookingaround9834]

@@AMoneyVideo It really hasn’t.

[@AMoneyVideo]

@@justlookingaround9834 it has. I heard about this in 2004 from an international relations professor. Its why ussr and usa gave up so many N. There is an entire wiki page about it even. Google it, "USA Star wars program ". Laser weapons were being developed in the 70s or earlier.

[@Alecxace]

Just send swarm attacks and it's pretty useless by itself.

[@AMoneyVideo]

@@justlookingaround9834 it's has. There is even an entire wiki page about it.

[@mojolojo8605]

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....

[@ethan-qm8gu]

What your seeing here is advanced warfare

[@papiloteBoy]

One might even say 25 years more advanced than what we currently know about.

[@DedesFewscres]

i agree. never trust the government. any kind of government.

[@sPACEmANtYLERSPACE]

Based on what?

[@360.Tapestry]

it's good that you know so you can do something about it... like pray

[@Tor-Erik]

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

[@hggpi]

Its the only weapon that can double crit in the game But thats due to the damage type not the weapon

[@kilaz1789]

But to get this weapon, you must be in new game +

[@piekruzt]

Tell that 2 the people in Hawaii l!!!! 😢

[@sucrilhus]

Vigilo Confido

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

Camper 100

[@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.

[@N01clk]

Not only that. A constant beam of any matter will make up for a lot of calculation :)

[@mhutch5082]

We need people like you

[@andypanda4756]

Lasers won't fall from the sky into residential areas when they miss/ malfunction like a rocket or missile can either.

[@nicewater894]

@@andypanda4756 no but they might hit a ufo and start an intergalactic war with the lizards

[@racker5108]

what about reflections?

[@cryptik1538]

Maui Fires being deliberate just became a little more possible

[@user-pz4rl5vp1l]

Don't forget about Chile aswell

[@grimfang4]

Let's not forget that matches have existed for a long time. Fires are possible without laser weapons... Lightning, etc. Really, you could crash a gas-powered drone in plenty of places to start a bad fire. We just have to generally do better with fire mitigation strategies.

[@grimfang4]

@@calebdial Not really. It's a pretty wild theory to suggest that laser weapons started the Maui Fires. Realistically, there are much more likely causes. No big words needed.

[@AMoneyVideo]

It's been in space since 1984. USA Star wars program Regan established in 1983.

[@grimfang4]

​@@AMoneyVideo Do you have any references for the assertion that we've had some part of this system in space since 1984? If we were being secretive, we would have had it before the president announced it publicly. If you are familiar with the kinds of research this program funded, you would agree with the APS saying the tech was decades away from useable in the 80s.

[@LostJediProductions]

Some old man said that, Inevitably, Laser and energy-type weapon could serve as the ultimate defense against meteorites, mosquitos, And possibly other things, like bacteria or malignant cells

[@zagreus5773]

They're pretty useful against humans too.

[@ahmataevo]

@@zagreus5773 - They've used them extensively against Lahaina Hawaii, Mexico, Chile, the Texas panhandle, and forests stretching from California to Canada, and half a province in China. They're trying to end us all.

[@myunihausen]

In Maui, it helped them clear out unwanted poor people.

[@alejandrosantana5693]

@@myunihausenpoor people are the worst!!

[@m.g6130]

Some people need to stop with this tinfoil hat nonsense.

[@anthonymcneal7216]

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

[@johnhernandez3134]

Lol! (Hawaii cough* cough*)

[@MrTriple3D]

"in 5 years time" lmao yeah right

[@hipstarchild]

LMAO. love your comment. People like him are either stupid, or they think the public are stupid. 😂

[@gg05irgm]

doesnt havent xDDDD nice one !

[@anthonymcneal7216]

@@gg05irgm I meant to put “have”. 🤦🏽‍♂️ I still got 62 thumbs up too lol

[@agentcarbunkle]

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

[@wjumeau]

Google AI is in truth Skynet…..

[@wjumeau]

@gan9e oops, sorry, I just have a problem with a computer system that is slower than me...

[@WillieJones007]

Crack & Beer all weekend

[@camm102]

We’re already there

[@humansnotai4912]

Have you noticed SKYNET=OPENAI

[@thismyname4682]

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

[@sirg-had8821]

America: "Evil will always triumph... Because good is dumb."

[@DivergentStyles]

@@sirg-had8821 Evil is short sighted, will destroy itself and make life misserable all the way there for pretty much everyone. Yet short sighted goals are attractive and more primary.. Prevelent in less succesfull and less intelligent people.

[@sirg-had8821]

​@DivergentStyles I was quoting the movie Spaceballs. Evil triumphs because they have a bigger budget and can buy the servitude of the virtuous

[@AMoneyVideo]

It's been in space since 1984. USA Star wars program Regan established in 1983.

[@BrianFlyingPenguin]

US: Hey, we're friends right? UK: Yes? US: How about we share technology? We'll tell you what we know, and you tell us what you know. UK: Didn't we do that with jet engines and nuclear weapons?

[@sindel545]

Now watch countries start making mirrored planes, which can be even more devistating not knowing where the lazer will hit. 😕

[@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...

[@meteorknight999]

Overblown thinking, working on and getting it to work is different thing. Best they can manage is pull of great feat one time on overbudget which is useless for producing

[@ratking1330]

I had a few family members in defense engineering and said the stuff they have is usually 25 years ahead but that's as much they could really say. That is though, US defense sector

[@moreplease998]

In my experience cutting edge military tech isn't ahead of academia, at least on the science front. I've been to conferences where people who were doing work funded by a military were sometimes not allowed to talk about certain parts of their work but if you went to a talk by another student of that same department you might get to see all that info by dint of them working on the same stuff but without any binding NDAs on them. Academia is still the primary place to turn to if you want to catch a glimpse of the real cutting edge of what we can do You might point to the massive budgets given to the militaries but I would point out that a lot of that money gets subsequently funneled out of the military to contracts involving the private sector and academia. The more tricky research tends to go to academia cos that's where the smartest and most experienced scientific minds tend to be

[@moreplease998]

I wouldn't get too hung up on the "secret" label. Absolutely anything medical classified as private information will get "secret" slapped on it. Your GP would be mandated to put "secret" on all your patient records if they were paid by the MoD, for example. Submarine positions (should they happen to be known) and exact amount of x or y strategically useful material would all get that label. Basically anything that might be genuinely useful to someone hostile to you: secret. It's not about hiding super advanced stuff as much as it's about hiding strategically useful info

[@Arthur-Gieves]

You know I used to think the same thing but knowing the US if they had any super weapon it would be on a battlefield already.

[@truthsayer9534]

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

[@jeffwangerin8089]

More like 30 years…

[@truthsayer9534]

@@jeffwangerin8089 Thus the words “at least”. 😉

[@solomon6082]

Those high power lasers you can buy

[@solomon6082]

Arefunding the next weapons

[@christopherhoward1743]

60 years.

[@zomfragger]

I remember these being mounted on 747's for anti scud missile and bomber defense back in 2003. Nice to see the tech being made smaller and more practical.

[@Goobalert]

but fires werent started with something like this right LMAO

[@hhaste]

You're beyond help if you actually believe that.. and people like you can vote, now that's scary..

[@Goobalert]

@@hhaste imagine taking an internet comment seriously in 2024 you got some deep rooted personal issues to figure out my guy

[@gravefrightn5720]

​@@hhasteNobody can ever vote. It's illusion of choice. Also they got caught using lasers in Maui and California. Also wild fires burns everything except blue structures. 😆

[@SnakeEater776]

​@@Goobalerti mean i dont blame him considering a lot of people here are seriously claiming this

[@bartman7144]

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

[@littlegravitas9898]

Which was illegal under the Geneva convention (weapons that specicifically blind or maim being pescribed). Wonder what's changed?

[@bourbon9986]

@@littlegravitas9898 If it's used to blind people then it's illegal this however will be used like a CIWS that you'd find on military warships for destroying aircraft, drones and missiles. Same with how incendiary weapons are legal as long as you don't use them directly on people

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

​​@@bourbon9986basically upgraded Patriot system instead Lazer batteries

[@Jeremy9697]

​@@littlegravitas9898Nothing has changed. It's not for anti personal.

[@user-ft9ul5ul5v]

We USSR had a tank type equipped with 64 those things. Once I even saw a one dysfunctional laser of such system, produced in late 80s. It was discarded from the military to our afterschool circle for research purposes in 2010s, as it has multiple defects and was apparently 'safe enough to not be fired'. Nevertheless, more experienced members of the circle managed to revitalize it and get it to about 10% of its former power using another power transformer coil instead of burnt stock one. Even that, it burned through paper and carton, left burn marks on wood and was very warm to be around. Fun times.

[@linkin543210]

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

[@aliancemd]

These lasers shoot through mirrors(plenty of youtubers doing that). It’s not a consumer laser

[@fanfeck2844]

😂😂😂

[@2ndcomingofFritz]

@@aliancemdlet the man dream

[@beyondwhatisknown]

If the mirror reflects 99% of the incoming radiation, but there is 100,000% of the radiation required to melt the mirror directed at it, it's going to get turned into a liquid. Or maybe a vapour.

[@apapz3245]

@@beyondwhatisknownnot if you have a 100,000% power mirror pal

[@Wraithss]

"might be in the hands of the military in 5 years" dude, we all know that if they're telling us about it, they've been using it for a decade and they have something better or they wouldn't be telling us.

[@EDX2308]

Enemies will note that painting their missiles blue will laugh at your laser.

[@diligenceeke3023]

It was declassified because they have a solution to destroy those enemy missiles even if they are painted blue.

[@neverend9302]

SMURF ARMY crushes Leroy Laser Army

[@Simongghh]

Conspiracy theory nonsense. A reflective surface would help certainly.

[@technicalfool]

@@Simongghh Depends on the frequency of the laser. Point a thermal imager at a mirror or a normal window and you'll see what I mean.

[@kennethflaming8606]

The double laser version will be called the homelander

[@Elementalspecter]

Yas queen 😂

[@Sil3nt]

Surpass metal gear

[@williampollock1274]

😂😂😂

[@mroctober3657]

Single laser version will be called Cyclops.

[@tomsgarden5141]

5 in sequential movement like a mini gun

[@bottomboygaming7699]

Styropro really made it

[@cennamonzimt]

Styropyro reference spotted in the wild! 🤓🤯

[@gendalfgray7889]

Next he will write his name on the Moon 😂😂

[@arm6075]

Not usually the guy to say this, but this weapon has been around for at least a decade. They're acting like it hasn't.

[@goldeneddie]

You're right - actually it's even longer than that, my friend, more like decades. It does make me laugh when people think that the Gov't would expose CURRENT weaponry to the newspapers, to be exposed to everyone over breakfast, just under some gossip about a Hollywood 'star', and a new cure for backache!

[@sPACEmANtYLERSPACE]

Have you seen it in mass deployment?

[@sPACEmANtYLERSPACE]

@@maxrafferty1451 “iTs bEeN aRoUnD fOr DeCaDeS” y’all watch too many Hollywood movies

[@sPACEmANtYLERSPACE]

@@maxrafferty1451 you said “this weapon has been around for a decade, they’re acting like it hasn’t” In what way, this specific weapon is being deployed soon. It hasn’t been deployed beforehand. That’s what the video is about. 🤦‍♂️

[@alexkrupp5516]

it also starts bush fires in Hawaii and Texas.

[@Manfred-ml1oq]

Proof?😂

[@protorhinocerator142]

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?

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

Probably 100s if the heat is managed

[@genxtech5584]

Depending on how it's designed nearly unlimited is of course possible. We have lasers for communication that turn on/off billions of times a minute all day every day. That said it depends on how it scales and how it's designed. It might actually be cheaper to have a disposable part that thermally wears away than one that can withstand the forces indefinitely. I doubt questions like this will ever be answered if this enters service.

[@User9681e]

​@@BlatentlyFakeNameyou can use diamond for cooling lens etc

[@HaydenMadeEm]

if it over heats you just reload. helldivers energy weapons are perf example of this. manage heat, no replacement. over heat and ull have to swap parts

[@ahmetmutlu1983]

cost can be lowered by using multiple lasers targeting same point. tereore heat problem can be fixed😊

[@Enolagay1945]

Residents of Hawaii take notice.

[@neverforgetneverforgive9916]

100%

[@tictactoe101]

Aloha

[@JeepCherokeeful]

They already took notice;(

[@hhaste]

Your tinfoil is cutting off crucial circulation to your brain.. loosen it a bit.

[@Pennsylvania343]

They took notice they tried to sound the alarm and they were silenced 😢

[@aznsushi41]

Never forget how the fire started at Paradise, CA and Maui, HI

[@gravefrightn5720]

And how Oprah and the rock wanted donations...

[@user-dw6dp5yx7b]

In San Diego I live on the edge of Miramar Air Force base. We were hanging outside like we usually do looked at the mountain nearby and a laser was pointed straight into the sky from the other side of the hill. One of us who is veteran couldn’t believe his eyes that he saw it. People roll their eyes at me but I’ve seen lots living next to Miramar. So much I’ve lost count of how many weird things I’ve seen in the sky

[@MG-bs5mr]

Remember, dont let the stormtroopers use it. They can never hit anything.

[@_Mentat]

"Only Imperial stormtroopers could be that precise."

[@MG-bs5mr]

@@_Mentat I know lol. I can only assume that Obi Wan had been drinking when he said that 🤣

[@bigbubba4314]

It looks like their amount of range time is a factor.

[@MG-bs5mr]

@@bigbubba4314 😁👍

[@zackbarkley7593]

These ones will, and destroy humanity in the process. Star Wars is a fantasy. If we had even 1 percent of the ability envisioned on SciFi on the silver screen and are even 1 percent as capitalist, greedy, and warmongering as today ..we'd destroy ourselves in a week tops.

[@MrGoblin60]

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

[@gingerjessy]

You could and blame it on climate change.

[@Melior_Traiano]

I wonder if there have been wildfires before the advent of 21st century laser weapons. I mean why does it have to be a laser weapon, it could simply have been a carelessly discarded match, but you are so deep into it that it has to be a top-secret defense technology.

[@youtubesucks1821]

​@@Melior_TraianoDon't talk without first knowing what you are saying. There have always been wildfires. There has not always been weird spontaneous sparking in various parts of an island where miraculously Oprah's house is fine. Look at the blue roof houses and how they are safe. Then look how there is a video of a dog that was basically vaporized on the spot, there's still a mangled jumble of matter though. Maybe it was just a weird coincidence. But when you start looking at all these coincidences and how they correlate, it almost seems like some kind of conspiracy. Also what makes you think lasers didn't exist before the 21st century? We discovered an analog computer in Greece that is way too advanced for as old as it is. The ancient world isn't as primitive as we make it out to be.

[@Sandmouse6942]

​@@Melior_Traiano So deep into objective thought you mean? Its foolish to dismiss the possibility. No one is saying that all fires are caused by lasers. Maybe some are. But this is about whther it's willful intention, regardless of means. Look at the video in front of you. Check your ignorance before opening your mouth

[@unphase.]

@@Sandmouse6942thought is inherently subjective.

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

Straight of wiki note" mortar" that's crazy small DragonFire's ability to track air and sea targets with exceptionally high accuracy. This was followed by high-power trials in November 2022, where the weapon engaged targets using its high-power laser in operationally representative scenarios. DragonFire engaged an airborne target in exercises in Scotland in January 2024. The MOD stated: "The range of DragonFire is classified, but it is a line-of-sight weapon and can engage with any visible target. The precision required is equivalent to hitting a £1 coin (23 mm) from a kilometre away. It has been tested against mortar rounds and drones, and fitted to a Wolfhound armoured vehicle.

[@AC3handle]

I'm looking forward to ships with dozens of these things and going full rave with them, or looking like something from an 80s anime

[@KataIIama]

For surface to air missiles, cost per shot is more like hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars

[@user-kg2jw3we6b]

fOR NOW

[@HD-fc4ds]

So from “you dont know how much” to “you have no idea to how much”

[@ruzziasht349]

Anti missile missiles then to be cheaper per shot.

[@mattrich1845]

At least that's what the US government tells us, but the English seems to have a different price... Hmmm interesting.

[@ahmetmutlu1983]

if you are not exceeding the limits of equipmnt supply powe is cheap afaik. ewen an minimum wage workig man can pay te used electricity there 😅 if they are close to missiles ten missiles might be collected from garbage or something😊

[@horrgakx]

I'm sorry, but Ben looks like a Jet 2 airline steward.

[@BrxIghtside]

Anything from the trolley

[@bluetech2809]

@@BrxIghtside g&t and a packet of quavers please Ben

[@animula6908]

Why are you sorry about it?

[@Mohul06]

im crying

[@neolord50pro77]

Looks neat and stylish to me btw.

[@ROUNDHOUSEMAFIA]

Dude sounds like he's selling you a PC in his customer service uniform.

[@DMalek]

Just paint everything blue, and youre safe😂

[@MinkieWinkle]

With Russians and Chinese painting their aircraft blue, for about 3 decades. Do you honestly think they would develop a system that was defeated by the colour blue. Be real. Furthermore, do you honestly think it would be made public knowledge about what it can or can not defeat. You think they would allow such info to be released. Giving their potential targets a means to defeat it. If it is planned for deployment in the next year or so. You can 100 percent guarantee that they ate already deployed for testing now.

[@psychomush]

So tenner a shot? This mean we get some tax refund as we ain't paying millions for missiles

[@rockspoon6528]

High entry cost, low upkeep. And if you get hungry, you can cook seagulls for a few pence each.

[@psychomush]

@@rockspoon6528 unfortunately they're protected my friend where I'm from

[@JamesTaylor-on9nz]

"Tax refund"? Lol...lmao even

[@akam9919]

oh you poor fool...there will be a refund but not for your taxes.

[@boshboshbosh1]

​​@@JamesTaylor-on9nzI contracted autism from reading this comment

[@liambrinton9935]

C-ram laughs in $10 every 0.005 seconds when fired

[@paani3327]

yeah, what a waste

[@lol3ndir]

@@paani3327 as their last line of defense it's better to put money on C-RAM than dead sailors.

[@paani3327]

@@lol3ndir true, but it’s still a waste and can he done way more efficiently. With this laser technology hopefully sooner

[@waifuracer6516]

@@paani3327 Yeah except you cant counter ammunition. As long as a cram has got you locked, you cant do anything. With a laser there are ways you can negate the beams effects. Smoke being one of the big ones.

[@paani3327]

@rctrawlerhl-84prowler31 actually if it can puncture holes in metals, the extra drag caused by a non-smooth surface can cause the trajectory to change, not exactly destroying it, but just reducing it's speed/direction. You're right though, it works best aimed at a fuel source

[@jamesmckelvey]

Brings a whole new meaning to The empire strikes back

[@techcafe0]

imagine what life would be like if we all directed our collective intellect and energy toward collaboration & cooperation, rather than cut-throat competition and ever-more weapons & warfare.

[@revertaxunix9373]

'wild' fire starter? Looks very similar to the footage we've seen starting these fires.

[@hhaste]

LMAO.. that "footage" is fake, for gullible conspiracy wackos like you to believe..

[@garrettburrows442]

Never in my wildest dreams would i have ever thought that the technology i saw in scifi movies as a child would be here today. Drones, electric cars, nuerolink, kitt, terminator cyberdyne, skynet etc etc

[@adamcummings20]

Life imitates art. Engineers are inspired by scifi and so our technology is going to go in the direction of making all scifi media come to life

[@StarAD]

There are electric cars since 1888.

[@garrettburrows442]

@@StarAD and that's what you gathered from what I said, this world is sad,

[@azzajames7661]

​@@StarADand now they are less reliable and catch fire a lot🤯

[@markae0]

@@azzajames7661 Yeah gasoline never catches on fire.

[@denome3725]

The aliens do not need to invade us. We are the aliens.

[@360.Tapestry]

source: the ocean

[@richardcarey169]

Already tested in Maui

[@user-kg2jw3we6b]

nO THAT was a WILD FIRE AND HIT A TOWN WITH LOTS OF WOODEN BUILDINGS

[@magictoast9694]

Remeber to paint your house blue

[@redneckhippiefreak]

@@magictoast9694 And Wrap it in double clad Steel siding and roofing with Shutters and No Flammable plants or materials around the house. That works 99% of the time.. Ask me how I know.. Hint.. I am an Installer/Owner/Tester for a Home Cladding industry leader. XP

[@thvtsydneylyf3th077]

& Gaza!!

[@alexmartinlillia]

Exactly 100%

[@Nainara32]

I'm a bit skeptical of the utility of any active defensive measure that isn't all-weather. Also curious what a simple coat of IR reflective paint would do to the dwell time.

[@henrrryyyy]

Not sure if that would be worth it since that could risk giving the drone a decent IR signature and you are just adding extra cost onto low cost drones [obviously the additional cost is relatively low, but when lots of these drones are seemingly quantity over quality, cutting costs is helpful].

[@RedAndYellacuddlyFella]

There would be a multi layered defence so that if one system doesn't work then you fall back on to the next.

[@Matt_10203]

It is essentially all weather as far as i can see from all the promo information. It says it is a LOS weapon, but LOS for an Infrared system is not the same as an visible light optical system.

[@bat0bat4]

@@RedAndYellacuddlyFella I think this is basically just for cheap, disposable, swarm weapons which are designed to soak up a vessels expensive missiles.

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

Looks like it's visible light, being a violet laser. A.simple coating probably won't stop a laser this powerful for long.

[@dorjelobsang1825]

The thing that I am most impressed with is the uk’s innovation in which they are producing weapons that have no immediate impact towards civilians this is definitely a game changer in the way that is defensive towards incoming attacks and civilian casualties significantly decreased. Excellent work 🙏🏼

[@The44kGaming]

That explains Maui. 😊 And other recent fires started in a few spots simultaneously.

[@charliecook-pt6gu]

the videos from world war 3 are gonna look so cool.

[@handlmycck]

peoples faces melting off and clothes bursting in flames

[@Kleinage]

Way to look on the *bright* side

[@andrewyoonhobai8453]

@@handlmycck only if you all get desperate enough

[@Skwidman157]

Going to have to hire a DJ to go with the show

[@chriscalderin6677]

We are in it now

[@corinth492]

Drones fitted with these powered by AI, pretty much the future envisioned by The Terminator is here.

[@User9681e]

it's like star trek and terminator As USA has space force XD

[@harryayling-allen]

I'm surprised that they've actually got it almost out if testing. I remember hearing about Dragonfire when they we're first spitballing a prototype from early stage blueprint. Really revolutionary. Next we need to start building like cruisers in space so we have a reusable space frigate. Of course we'd need something that can reliably take you up to it and survive the reentry multiple times too.

[@hjyjlkpoijnfgtr]

“Commence primary ignition,” Excalibur crew. :b These laser weapons look pretty cool. Nice purple light and all that.

[@gototcalot]

The spiralling cost of uk electricity will make this prohibitly expensive in no time 😂

[@Brian-om2hh]

The electricity it uses will be generated in the vehicles or ships it is mounted on. It won't be plugged into the mains....

[@keithfield6434]

​@@Brian-om2hh 🙄

[@uggycyvhvyvyv7322]

@Brian-om2hh But that electricity isn’t generated from nothing it cost money to produce

[@ferrisbueller9991]

almost as scary as the Brown Note and the Gay Bomb.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Amusing fact: The US Navy ship which is trialling their version is called the USS Ponce. (I kid you not).

[@frleaks6482]

Named after Biden?

[@flickthenick]

Get real, it's trump!​@@frleaks6482

[@EvoraGT430]

@@frleaks6482 Maybe, but definitely not USS Rapist Fraudulent Narcissist.

[@Dr.D00p]

Yeah but it's pronounced 'Pon-say'. So not quite the cheap laugh you were after, besides who are we to laugh when we had HMS Cockchafer.

[@jamesg9468]

The Royal Navy has form for creating awesome ship names (HMS Warspite, HMS Conqueror, HMS Dragon), but they've had some...questionable names too (stand fast, HMS Spanker and HMS Cockchafer).

[@STX_Hyperion]

Keep in mind, for each thing they come out and show us, they have something else much more advanced which are top secret. The technology which is top secret wont be revealed to the public for another 20 years at minimum

[@videodude8137]

Footage? What film was used to record this video?

[@d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f.594]

"Captain we have a laser lock" "Fire as she bears Mr spock" 😂 Phew phew phew

[@_Mentat]

That would be Phaser.

[@richardhumble3895]

😂👍

[@TV-bj4dm]

Anyone remember the Maui fire……..

[@Simongghh]

Tin foil hats work even better against lasers...

[@parkosterwich7274]

They swept it under the rug haven't heard a peep

[@dr.jamesolack8504]

@TV-bj4dm Yeah…..and the earth is flat, there’s no such thing as gravity and we’ve never been to the moon.

[@parkosterwich7274]

@@dr.jamesolack8504 gravity is fake. If gravity was real a full soda bottle would not go flat unopened. The gas would accumulate at the bottom concentrated due to gravity pushing down. Instead the gas escapes from all areas of the bottle and leaving completely this proving density not gravity. There are numerous examples that debunk gravity and prove density Dr dumb. They should call you doc numnuts since you hav a peanut sized brain

[@Simongghh]

@@dr.jamesolack8504 Windmills kill birds!

[@IRVisionPrints]

The Hawaii trial shows how disastrous this weapon is

[@bubaks2]

Alpha Phoenix would be proud.

[@RodCornholio]

I obtained the complete readout (plans) of this weapon (at great cost, mind you). There is a weakness that can be exploited: a small thermal exhaust port right below the main port. One torpedo in there and the whole thing explodes like a green firework.

[@Paul-ou1rx]

But that shot can only be done by The One who has mastered the force.

[@darthknight1]

Pew pew!

[@gh8447]

Dammit... beat me to it! 😄

[@nikkimarland87]

😂😂

[@BACK2PORT]

Zzzzhhhhzz

[@d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f.594]

M.o.d said sound effects were extra 😢 noooooooooo !!!!!!!

[@Brandon-1996]

The sound YT makes when it hides comments for daring to question the federal government.

[@Scott-fy7fm]

War is finally going to start looking like 1980's vudeo games

[@tgod9014]

Time to conquer the galaxy

[@User9681e]

Usa military has Space force to conquer the aliens

[@succulentravioli954]

Unironically the best way to fight in space

[@Kakarot64.]

Already happened that's why every alien in fiction speaks or at least understands English or some other Earthling language.

[@ahmataevo]

@@User9681e - They can't beat the fleets and alliances I've already made. The problem is bringing them here to fix this mess.

[@brendanstoran7555]

What’s it like at popping dinghies?

[@darrengreen7906]

hahaha

[@azzajames7661]

Sadly,....obviously not very good, as they keep on coming😒

[@unphase.]

@@azzajames7661there’s something very wrong with you.

[@azzajames7661]

@@unphase. Yes, it is all the unwelcome guest arriving! We don't have the space, nor economy to take in so very many. We all need to look after our own first🤔

[@ohdearism]

@@azzajames7661 The UK is an incredibly wealthy nation. The world's 5th largest economy. We're not Jordan, one of the poorest nations, where 50% of it's population is made up of refugees. If Jordan can do it, so can the UK. Also, there are many people in the UK who welcome refugees, including our laws. So, if you don't respect our laws, maybe you should get yourself a little colourful dinghy... and do one!

[@waynemorse1279]

Already in use in Maui, in Chile and Texas. Paint your houses blue .❤

[@ahmataevo]

Add Mexico, Canada and China to the list.

[@Senseigainz]

Orbital strikes inbound from Space.

[@mroctober3657]

Only way to be sure.

[@jonconnington8987]

and people wonder why the Russians are "weaponizing space"

[@roolrecords]

For Super Earth

[@anthonyclayton8283]

​@@mroctober3657aliens.. Great movie.

[@mroctober3657]

@@anthonyclayton8283 Bingo.

[@gunshipzeroone3546]

We need this sort of weapon on the two aircraft carriers. Yes, it does have 3x cwis systems, but add 3 next to them as backup or the first line of self-defense then the cwis as the last resort...

[@cheerymike6166]

Bout time we started having battle lasers

[@Mr_Kenneth]

Drax: "How do you like my laser Mr Bond"

[@RodrigoRodriguezowl]

imma show up to an army base with 20 euros and they have to let me shot it two times, right?

[@richardlamm4826]

GB doesn't use the Euro, they use the Pound

[@Melior_Traiano]

@@richardlamm4826 I'll show up with 23,42€ (=20GBP on 15th March 2024) and they'll let me fire it twice, right?

[@bztube888]

I see you understand the joke perfectly.

[@iaindodds]

What do you mean, Flash Gordon approaching?

[@ivanelias3916]

FLASH!🎶 AH! AHHH!🎶 SAVIOUR OF THE UNIVERSE!🎶

[@mroctober3657]

Gordon's alive!

[@jmpcrx]

Dispatch ....... To bring back his body.

[@azzajames7661]

​@@jmpcrxDispatch War Rocket Ajax to bring back his body😜

[@jmpcrx]

@@azzajames7661 nice

[@korhanuran]

00:12 plot twist: Obi-Wan is operating The Death Star

[@DoneDragon1]

Pilot: is that a laser pointer or weapon? Plane bursts into flames

[@kevcas1212]

Wow. I feel like I am being lied to.

[@outtakontroll3334]

perhaps therapy would help, it has helped many

[@LeeTillbury]

Great stuff. Thanks Claire and Forces News

[@milly7205]

Can they be used in inclement weather or just perfect conditions..

[@kyletroxell63]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we did it. We turned Star Wars into reality.

[@billjohns4587]

What's the recharge time??

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

Zero. The only limitation on how much you fire it will be heat.

[@davidadams5116]

If its made in Britain then about 2 weeks. 1 week 6 days 23hrs 58 minutes to repair it, then 2 minutes to recharge it

[@Beniah107]

Wow, five years down the track. Lightning speed.

[@incogniftoar3943]

The ultimate version of this thing could terraform mars or even probably time travels

[@davidaIano]

didn't expect the simple mirror could be such an effective military defense

[@fiix7026]

What is its effect to soft targets? To Vehicles?

[@WhatIsLove170]

Against soft targets it would be a warcrime I think, against vehicles, depends on what vehicle. Against something like a plane or a car, it would be effective, but more so against a plane. Against anything heavier though, not effective at anything except blinding optics.

[@SynnekoNya]

I can just imagine Styropyro laughing in laser rn

[@optimusprime4090]

Wow lasers... We are entering the Futurama age

[@taylorfranklin1114]

This is why people started “spontaneous combusting” and then it just stopped. They finished the “testing phase”

[@DokesConspiracyNetwork]

I never considered that

[@anotherwanderer1999]

damn dude, be careful next time someone knocks on your door it might be the gov-

[@zagreus5773]

Pretty stupid of you to challenge this all powerful government then. You know they read every single message send through the internet? I'd start carrying a massive mirror outside if I were you.

[@rinkydinky-ob9pe]

Testing it on the Scot’s was a good idea

[@andyp9040]

Better on the english. Wouldnt be missed😂👍

[@gh8447]

@@andyp9040 Whoooooosh!

[@13infbatt]

Oh yeah, five years time , thanks for the chuckle .

[@DontMansion]

Russia: "Let's paint rockets silver reflective colour"

[@DankManlet]

dragonfire proved its effectiveness during the burning of hawaii

[@zeffster2]

Finally. Lasers. Been waiting for them since the first Star Wars.

[@xmo552]

Hawaii

[@JWRay-xh9wl]

Worked with lasers back in the early 2000s in a friend of mines lab. You can never miss ever with a particle beam like this. Ever. Say you do,and you hit another target,say,the ISS station....

[@gingerjessy]

Range of such devices is quoted around 10km.

[@stargazer7644]

Don't worry, the inverse square law applies to lasers too and will save you.

[@Sandmouse6942]

​​​@@stargazer7644only from these rare huge lasers. People distracted don't realize how easy it is to strap a decent laser to a drone, with civilian resources, let alone military. Depends on if you need it to take down jets (unneccesary) or start fires

[@rogerhammett5295]

Humorous, variable atmospheric permutations apply, target acquisition/ time life contact with the acquisitioned target to be effective, short range at best.

[@bottomfeeder1307]

It's probably a bit more accurate than Storm Troopers.

[@spowers8691]

Justice for Maui fire victims!

[@captainbuggernut9565]

Oh so that's where I left my laser pointer.😂

[@antikoerper256]

0:18 "It costs $400,000 to fire this weapon for 12 seconds"

[@jenkem4464]

10 pounds = 400,000 to you???