The problems of DEW (Directed energy weapons)

U.S NAVY Laser weapon
(Source: CNN)

Kimmo Huosionmaa

The major technical problem of direct energy weapons like laser guns is overheating. The laser element rakes very much heat, and that's why it must have an effective cooling system. That's why navies of the woŕld are the first users of laser guns. Ships are rounded by sea, and seawater can be used in cooling systems of laser weapons.

Those Laser guns are the same type of lasers that are used in metal industry, and most of them are carbon monoxide lasers, what give extremely powerful radiation in the infrared area of the electromagnetic spectrum. Naval laser systems are working as a replacer of a normal anti-aircraft cannon. They simply cut off wings of attacking airplane. The problem of gas lasers is it is a tube filled with gas, what makes it a little bit hard to install to portable systems. Gas leak in the tube causes malfunction of the system. But why military men around the world are interesting with lasers?

The reason of developing of that kind of systems is that laser has limitless ammunition capacity. If a soldier uses laser gun he doesn't need any ammunition at all, and that makes laser very effective if it works. Only thing what the user of laser gun needs is light to laser element, that the weapon will work. If we are talking about the problem of laser rifle, the major problem is that laser element must stand for strikes and hard handling. The problem with that limitless ammunition capacity is security. If laser gun goes to wrong hands, the problem is that those men don't need ammunition.

They must only get acetylene for that gun's YAG systems acetylene lamp, and after that, they are free to shoot. That causes problems with public security because nothing puts limits to shots. And that is a very bad thing if those weapons go in wrong hands. And if those weapons are used in criminal actions, the user can't be tracked by rifle picture on bullet or DNA what leaves to patrons. That will make those weapons extremely dangerous.

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