USAF TO TEST FIGHTER-MOUNTED LASER GUNS IN THE COMING WEEKS

Source: UK Defence Journal

By George Allison

The US Air Force will shortly begin testing a laser that will be mounted on an F-15, an official has announced.

Just a reminder, the laser operating F-15 will not at all look like the image above as that’s from a game called ‘Ace Combat’. I thought it was cool. That is all, carry on.

“We have got tests starting this summer and the flight tests next summer,” Jeff Stanley, deputy assistant secretary of the US Air Force for science, technology and engineering, told reporters.

“There are still some technical challenges that we have to overcome, mainly size, weight, power.”

Read more at: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/us-air-force-to-test-fighter-mounted-lasers-in-the-coming-weeks/

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