Industry has been given two years to design, build and then test a laser directed energy weapon at sea and on land. The weapon is intended to down – or disrupt – drones or missiles , fast attack boats and even incoming mortar rounds courtesy of a high-power, concentrated laser beam. The US Navy already… Continue reading WHITEHALL INVESTS £30m IN LASER WEAPON TO PROTECT SHIPS FROM ATTACK BY AIR AND SEA
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WORK BEGINS ON HMS TRENT
Work began yesterday Friday the 9th of October, on the third and final ship in the trio, HMS Trent, at the BAE yard in Govan as defence procurement Philip Dunne pressed the button to start a plasma cutter at work on sheets of steel. HMS Forth is already 50 per cent assembled in the neighbouring… Continue reading WORK BEGINS ON HMS TRENT