UK laser weapon could be sent to Ukraine war zone
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Well, this is interesting. Shapps, not renowned for any actual experience of warfare (or much else for that matter) is willing to put a new type of weapon that's not fully tested into a theatre of war where real people are dying? He implies that it's not even reached 70% of testing, so anyone using this in a real combat situation is at even more risk than usual. I sincerely hope that this isn't a cynical attempt at getting some "real world testing" on the cheap?
Nothing cynical about it. It's getting some real world testing. What do you think Palantir are doing with all those drones over there? [0]
Surely, if you're in a sticky situation, something that might work is better than having nothing? Often you don't find out the real tricks of how to use stuff until its in the field. Maybe they find it's shit as continuous wave and needs pulsing or something. Anyway could it worse than an SA80 that jams every 5 rounds and drops the magazine on the floor without gaffa tape [1]?
[0] https://time.com/6691662/ai-ukraine-war-palantir/
[1] https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/sa80-wins-prize-wor...