SSgt Alex Robinson 997083 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/general-atomics-wants-to-put-lasers-on-drones/ar-AAeGPEF">http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/general-atomics-wants-to-put-lasers-on-drones/ar-AAeGPEF</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/023/223/qrc/c22c7d.gif?1443324399"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/general-atomics-wants-to-put-lasers-on-drones/ar-AAeGPEF">General Atomics Wants To Put Lasers On Drones</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">How do you sell the drone of the future? Build a laser into the dang thing.&amp;nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-09-26T23:27:03-04:00 SSgt Alex Robinson 997083

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/general-atomics-wants-to-put-lasers-on-drones/ar-AAeGPEF">http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/general-atomics-wants-to-put-lasers-on-drones/ar-AAeGPEF</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/023/223/qrc/c22c7d.gif?1443324399"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/general-atomics-wants-to-put-lasers-on-drones/ar-AAeGPEF">General Atomics Wants To Put Lasers On Drones</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">How do you sell the drone of the future? Build a laser into the dang thing.&amp;nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-09-26T23:27:03-04:00 2015-09-26T23:27:03-04:00 CSM Carl Cunningham 997163

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Lasers that mark targets, yes. Lasers that melt people, well....yes.

2015-09-27T00:05:53-04:00 2015-09-27T00:05:53-04:00 Capt Seid Waddell 997204

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Buck Rogers, here we come!

2015-09-27T00:25:51-04:00 2015-09-27T00:25:51-04:00 PO1 William "Chip" Nagel 997357

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Great, Don't be telling my Son-in-Law. He'll want to put it on his Drone!

2015-09-27T02:58:02-04:00 2015-09-27T02:58:02-04:00 Capt Richard I P. 998116

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What could go wrong?<br /><br />But seriously, a UAV with longer dwell time and with precision that kills with a narrower casualty radius and more shots before landing and rearming and refitting compared to the standard (hellfire missiles)? Why would we not?

2015-09-27T14:54:30-04:00 2015-09-27T14:54:30-04:00 Maj Matt Hylton 1000456

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-61714"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fshould-we-arm-drones-with-lasers%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Should+we+arm+drones+with+LASERs%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fshould-we-arm-drones-with-lasers&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AShould we arm drones with LASERs?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/should-we-arm-drones-with-lasers" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="c10e00d6a36866094d094ec8fba9755b" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/061/714/for_gallery_v2/cab11546.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/061/714/large_v3/cab11546.jpg" alt="Cab11546" /></a></div></div>Only if we can then design and paint the drones to look like sharks and ensure the lasers are mounted on top &amp; front side of the fuselage. We can designated this weapon system as SWFLB.

2015-09-28T16:57:55-04:00 2015-09-28T16:57:55-04:00 2015-09-26T23:27:03-04:00