Laser-armed fighter jets

This was a very interesting story about how the U.S. air force is creating laser-armed fighter jets by 2020. The air force has been testing it since 2009 when they tested the laser on a plane with nobody in it.Throughout the years they have been working on it they have made some new things that will really be effective in war. The Air Force made a turret that made a 360 degree shield around a supersonic plane nearby. The lasers can go through most of the strongest metals from all of the heat. Aircraft carriers have a laser now that is used to take out fighter jets that are attacking. The downside to them is that it isn’t that accurate.

I believe that this is a big breakthrough that we need to get to improve our army and navy. It could also help because ISIS has many new missiles that would do a lot of damage and the lasers can go through them and blow them up to stop the missiles from harming anyone.


http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/17/politics/us-air-force-laser-fighter-jet-weapons-research/index.html



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