Every year, the weapon becomes more dangerous.
People began to develop weapons back in those days, when early man used a stick or a stone to take down the enemy. Century by century, weapons have become more sophisticated and deadly. In our review of the story of modern weapons, which only yesterday seemed their world of fiction.
1. High energy laser mobile demonstrator
Not wanting to lag behind in technological developments from the Navy and the land army of the United States is also developing its own systems for energy weapons. High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) is a 10-kilowatt solid-state laser, mounted on Board tactical vehicles. He is able to track the target, capture it and accurately shoot, just a few seconds by identifying potential threats such as mortars, rockets, and UAVs.
Since the system is mounted on a truck and carries its own power source, it can produce more shots (and more accurate and with less cost) than any kinetic weapon system, which currently includes the army. In the future we plan to make the system more durable, smaller in size and increase its power to 100 kW.
2. Killer robots
Unmanned vehicles for the army can now be seen not only in the sky. Now the robots appear in the form of tanks. MAARS (modular advanced armed robotic system) is a small, tracked machine with different configurations of weapons. It is equipped with motion sensors, cameras day and night vision, detection system and fire fighting as well as many other devices that make it a versatile killing machine. Like MAARS, “Black Knight” looks like a little tank and works about as well. It’s small, versatile, armored vehicle, able to act like normal tanks, but there are no people on Board. This provides a large room for manoeuvre without risk for the crew.
3. Smart rifle
Computerized rifle meet in games for over 20 years, but until recently they did not exist in reality. Large computer systems and bulky batteries have made such devices unlikely… until then, until the Mile Maker – smart-rifle, has a computer system that is able to determine the exact location where the bullet gets. This is accomplished by measuring wind speed, temperature and other atmospheric data. This allows the sniper to produce more accurate shots in shorter period of time. Weapons can also connect to the wireless device to support a video channel that allows the subsidiary to the commander and staff to “see what he sees the rifle.”
4. Laser weapons
Usually all just call them “lasers”, but the Ministry of defense called this the “directed energy weapons”. These systems have already been tested on the battlefield. During the test, the 30-kilowatt laser installed aboard the USS Ponce, it was found that the laser gun can shoot down missiles, drones and even sink ships. At a cost of only $ 0,59 per shot, these weapons not only more effectively compared with the kinetic, but much cheaper.
5. The free electron laser
Project free electron laser is aimed at creating a new type of directed energy weapon that is capable of producing a beam energy of 1 MW. It could have melted through 6 feet of steel per second. In the Navy have dubbed this development the “death ray”. FEL operates at several wavelengths simultaneously, by adding free electrons to the beam of radiation. The research team recently reached the milestone of 500 kW, which makes them the goal of creating a MW weapon only a matter of time.
6. Rifle and stopping the stimulating effects
Since, as appeared on the screens of Star Trek, I dream about real fazarah. And finally, this dream became a reality with the advent of the PHASR rifle. It actually can destroy the target, and is designed to disorient and temporary blind the enemy. This is achieved through two non-lethal lasers operating at different wavelengths. One of the beams has a temporary blinding effect, and the second being used as a safe rangefinder.
7. Electromagnetic railgun
Even with the development of high technology directed energy, such as LaWS and FEL, the U.S. Navy are developing kinetic weapons, ammunition which can develop incredible speed in 8 Maha – electromagnetic rail gun. In the railgun for launching a projectile is not used in rocket fuel, and the number of magnets between two conductive rails, which accelerates the projectile. In the end, the shells capable of hitting targets at a distance of 180 miles at speeds over 10,000 km/h.
8. Adaptive camouflage
Since there was a film “Predator”, people dreamed of such a form of camouflage for soldiers and vehicles. BAE Systems has developed a technology Adaptiv, which uses hexagonal plates covering the outside of an armored personnel carrier. These plates regulate its temperature depending on the ambient temperature, to mask the car from infrared sensors. They can also display thermal images of other objects, such as vehicles, animals or elements of the surrounding landscape to visually confuse the enemy. Hexagonal plates can also display thermal signature to identify friendly troops.
9. Centrifugal gun
As the electromagnetic railgun, centrifugal gun does not use gunpowder or rocket fuel, and in fact represents a new type of firearm. Because of the size and power required for the electromagnetic railgun, its use is limited to naval vessels. Centrifugal gun can be mounted on a Board much smaller vehicles.
Its principle of operation is that the disk spins at very high speeds, transferring their kinetic centrifugal energy to the bullets in the gun then shoots towards goal. It is able to produce up to 120,000 rounds per minute caliber balls.308 and .50 at speeds of up to 2.5 kilometers per second.
10. Robotic bugs
Defense Agency, Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) is working hard to combine the intricacies of modern electronics with the usefulness of insects. The “hybrid insect-micro-electro-mechanical system” (HI MEMS) are insects with implanted electronic circuits are able to stimulate their muscles with the help of special purpose electrical impulses.
In fact, they can be controlled like drones. These mini-cyborgs can be used for observation missions and exploration anywhere in the world. Electronics implanted insects in the larval stage that allows living tissues to grow further around it. This allows you to implant one or more sensors such as a microphone or even a tiny camera.
