Zee Germans Haf Dun it Againz!

[GDS_Starfury]

50kW directed energy weapons!
now all we need is a mech to carry it!

Rheinmetall has successfully tested its new 50kW high-energy weapon technology demonstrator. Conducted at the end of November, the test encompassed the entire operational sequence from target detection and tracking to target engagement. Building on a 123-year heritage, the Düsseldorf, Germany-based Group has once again made good its claim to be the global leader in high-energy laser (HEL) technology.
The test was conducted at Rheinmetall's Ochsenboden Proving Groud (EZO) in Switzerland, in snowy conditions and blinding sunlight, and was initially supposed to show the increase in efficiency of the 50kW HEL weapon compared with the 10kW version demonstrated last year. A five-fold increase in laser power was thus available for the individual scenarios, which included Air Defence, Counter Rocket, Artillery, Mortar/C-RAM, and Asymmetric Warfare operations. Furthermore, the tests were intended to prove that separately located HEL weapon stations using Rheinmetall's existing Beam Superimposing Technology (BST) are able to irradiate a single target in a superimposed, cumulative manner. This modular technology approach makes it possible to maintain the very good beam quality of the individual laser modules, increasing overall performance several times over. Thus, from the technical stand-point, nothing stands in the way of a future HEL weapon system with a 100kW output.

full article:

http://www.rheinmetall-defence.de/en/rheinmetall_defence/public_relations/news/latest_news/details_2368.php

[LongBlade]

Great, now all we need is a zeppelin to fly it to the moon!

[Gusington]

The engineers where I work would soil there undies upon seeing that. Leave it to the Germans.

[Longdan]

We could hold the world for ransom for.......

[Staggerwing]

We could hold the world for ransom for.......

...lashings of Ginger Beer!

[undercovergeek]

We could hold the world for ransom for.......

Cooking lessons and a national dish that doesn't consist of boiled pig parts?

[bob48]

Not sure if I really want to know this geek, ol' chum......but, which pig parts did you have in mind...specifically?

[eyebiter]

Bacon!

[bob48]

No, I was worried in case he had something more...extreme.......in mind.

[Staggerwing]

They curly leetle tails p'haps?

[bob48]

or de blunt tings on de end o der leggies.......or worse......de snout!

[Staggerwing]

Mmmmm...

Lookin' mighty tasty:

[bob48]

Nooooooooo..............

[besilarius]

Had a classmate in college who worked in the slaughter yards in Pittsburgh to cover tuition.
He told me that the snouts were the best tasting part of the pig, and as a perk of the job, there was always a pot of water boiling away on a hotplate.  There were alwasy a few snouts in there for the crew to have something good to munch on.

[GDS_Starfury]

were they kosher?