Talk:AS-256 Terrawatt Laser

No offense, but my Dad has worked on the Air Force's Airborne Laser project, so I know a fair amount about military lasers. The USAF's airborne laser, like yours, is a chemical laser, however, it requires an entire 747 to carry it and its fuel, and even then it is capable of firing only in the megawatt range, yours, a hand-held weapon operating on the same principles as the Airborne Laser, fires in the terrawatt range (1 terrawatt = 1 000 000 megawatts.)

You weapon is also capable of melting through a thick sheet of titanium very quickly. Titanium has 1668 °C melting point, and most modern lasers have trouble melting even steel. Yes I know it is in the future, but still, titanium, regardless of when you try to melt it, is no slouch.

The storage units required to keep the chemical fuels of your laser would also require a storage unit so bulky the average person or even alien would have trouble toting it. Chemical lasers are just too large to be man-carried, particularly one that would have to withstand the pressures the operation of your describes.

For more detail on what I am referring to see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_laser

And do feel free to contact me at my talk page

Regards,

FightWithHonor