Guided lightning bolt travels horizontally, then hits a car.
(Credit: U.S. Army)
(Credit: U.S. Army)
Brrzzzt! U.S. Army Checks Out Laser-Based Lightning Tech -- CNet
Future weapon would seek out targets that conduct electricity better than the air or ground that surrounds them.
Earlier this spring, the U.S. Army revealed the existence of a project underway to build a device that could shoot lightning bolts down laser beams to take out a target. Now the military's boffins report success in their first tests.
The technology -- known as laser-induced plasma channel -- is designed to seek out targets that conduct electricity better than the air or ground that surrounds them.
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