Next-gen US drone- now equipped with ‘death ray’ laser

HELLADS in action (Image from www.darpa.mil)

The next generation of military drones, unveiled by a leading US manufacturer, will not just carry a limited supply of rockets – but will likely be fitted with an ultra-light laser, capable of repeatedly destroying objects at the speed of light.

“It would give us an unlimited magazine,” a person close to the High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS) program told Time magazine.

Over the past four years, the Defense Advance Research Project Agency (DARPA) has given contractor General Atomics over $60 million to develop and then scale HELLADS – a powerful 150 kW ray with a difference.

Current lasers of that strength – enough to destroy an incoming rocket or plane – are bulky, which means they can only be placed on stationary defense systems.

HELLADS, which DARPA says is in the “final development stage,” is radically lighter. It will weigh only 750 kilograms – less than a very small car. http://rt.com/news/hellads-drone-predator-darpa-762/

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Comment by peter b dunn on December 29, 2012 at 7:41pm: with an invisibility cloak a magnet on ones helmet to catch da bulletts fired at ya by scum and a mirror to reflect scumbagery one may survive lol

Comment by Sheridan Louis Peterson on December 15, 2012 at 9:13pm: So interesting. Just what are these rays capable of - melting steel bunkers, piercing the Pentagon, assassinating terrorist in dense crowds, brainwashing, etc?

Comment by raymond _______ on December 13, 2012 at 8:36pm: Bring a mirror with you everywhere.

Comment by Brian Morrisseau on December 13, 2012 at 11:10am: Physical weapons will be self destructive... Be part of the solution not part of the problem. Let go of the animal while realizing and promoting the spirit.

Comment by Randall on December 13, 2012 at 8:32am: Well, this could get fun.

Comment by Central Scrutinizer on December 12, 2012 at 5:35pm: make ur own laser and hit that sumbitch hard ;)

Comment by Brian Morrisseau on December 12, 2012 at 3:55pm: An awakening of the masses is coming and the real power that sleeps within the righteous will be unleashed. Telekinesis and telepathy are the untapped powers that will be ours to command but only as a defense. Pity the evil ones....Their bullets and bombs will be turned against their own selves.

Comment by Brian Morrisseau on December 12, 2012 at 10:46am: The day is coming soon when all people will have to answer for their life decisions and only then will the righteous be rewarded for their moral integrity. The rest will only at best crumble and die before our maker. I hate to even think about what could happen at the worst.

Comment by raymond _______ on December 12, 2012 at 10:22am: Good one Suzie.

Comment by suzie on December 11, 2012 at 12:54pm: They been with holding tech for 100yrs ~ they made a deal with the devil himself ~ the "controllers" have all kinds of cures for diseases and unlimited free or extremely cheap power as well ~ its so hard not to hate them for there greed and just disgusting evil ~ let me just call it righteous indignation!!