A US Navy warship has successfully tested a new high-energy laser weapon that can destroy aircraft mid-flight.
Images and videos provided by the Navy show USS Portland (LPD-27) successfully disabling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser.
Images and videos provided by the Navy show the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland executing “the first system-level implementation of a high-energy class solid-state laser” to disable an aerial drone aircraft, the statement said.
The images show the laser emanating from the deck of the warship. Short video clips show what appears to be the drone burning.
The Navy did not give a specific location of the laser weapons system demonstrator (LWSD) test, saying only that it occurred in the Pacific on May 16.
The power of the weapon was not disclosed, but a 2018 report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies said it was expected to be a 150-kilowatt laser.
“By conducting advanced at sea tests against UAVs and small crafts, we will gain valuable information on the capabilities of the Solid State Laser Weapons System Demonstrator against potential threats,” Capt. Karrey Sanders, commanding officer of Portland, said in the statement.
“With this new advanced capability, we are redefining war at sea for the Navy.“
The Navy says lasers, which it calls directed energy weapons (DEW), can be effective defenses against drones or armed small boats.
“The Navy’s development of DEWs like the LWSD provide immediate warfighter benefits and provide the commander increased decision space and response options,” the statement said.
In 2017, a live-fire exercise of a 30-kilowatt laser weapon aboard the amphibious transport ship USS Ponce was filmed in the Persian Gulf:
At the time, Lt. Cale Hughes, a laser weapons system officer, described how they work.
“It is throwing massive amounts of photons at an incoming object,” Hughes said. “We don’t worry about wind, we don’t worry about range, we don’t worry about anything else. We’re able to engage the targets at the speed of light.” The Ponce was retired from service later that year.
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ER NEWS IS BCG VACCINE CURE FOR COVID 19 THEN
ALL OTHER VACCINES ARE USELESS? I HAVE BCJ VACCINE IN CHILD HOOD AND BILLIONS OF PEOPLE?
It is hoped the BCG vaccine will increase the body’s immunity against COVID-19 which is caused by the coronavirus SARS-COV-2, so will help patients fight the infection.
Clinical trials are currently underway to find out if the BCG vaccine will help.
The BCG vaccine is being studied in clinical trials against COVID-19 (the illness caused by the coronavirus SARS-COV-2).
An earlier clinical trial which was done on patients who had a virus similar to SARS-CoV-2, showed that the BCG vaccine helped to decrease the levels of the virus in the patient.
It is hoped that these studies will show the BCG vaccine may decrease the amount of coronavirus in COVID-19 patients and reduce the number of cases and severity of COVID-19.
The clinical trial will be a multi-centre randomised controlled study.
What is the BCG Vaccine?
The bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine was developed and first used in 1921 to protect against tuberculosis (TB) infection.
The BCG vaccine contains a live, but weakened strain of Mycobacterium bovis, which is closely related to the microbe that causes tuberculosis.
When it is used for TB prevention, the BCG vaccine improves the immune response specifically against tuberculosis bacteria.
Another way the BCG vaccine has been found to work is by increasing the trained immunity so the immune system is boosted against other bacteria and viruses. It is hoped that this immune boosting effect of the BCG vaccine will help patients with COVID-19.
What other health conditions is the BCG Vaccine being studied for?
Allergy. Studies in Australia are looking at whether the beneficial effects the BCG vaccine has on the immune system can reduce allergic diseases in eczema, food allergy, hay fever and asthma.
Type-1 diabetes. A clinical trial showed how the BCG vaccine stabilized blood sugar levels, without producing low blood sugar levels in type-1 diabetes, which is an autoimmune disease.
Cancer. Clinical trials are studying how effective the BCG vaccine is in treating melanoma. Carcinoma in situ (bladder cancer) is an approved indication for TICE® BCG
What happens next?
We need to wait for the trials to be completed to find out how well the BCG vaccine works to reduce the rates of COVID-19, and whether it reduces the severity of illness and speeds up patients recovery.
The studies will also be looking for any side effects or any unexpected issues that may reduce BCG usefulness in COVID-19 patients.
Bottom line
BCG vaccine is currently being trialled to reduce the frequency and severity of COVID-19.
It is hoped the BCG vaccine will increase the trained immunity so the immune system is boosted against coronavirus SARS-COV-2.
The BCG vaccine is an Approved Vaccine Product by the FDA for the prevention of tuberculosis in people who have not been previously infected with M. tuberculosis and who are at high risk of being infected with M. tuberculosis. Microsoft is in deep trouble? Send it to as many as people you want this is breaking news FRANCE 24 is validate this already?
It is great tool for attack without contact for Iran. Iran regime is terrorist and must be brought to justice sooner than later. They want to attack Israel from near Golan heights that Iranian troops are in masses. Israel always kill some of them , or bomb them but
still threat to security of Israel.
Two people are shot during a Daytona Beach celebration while hundreds gather for a ‘Zero Ducks Given’ pool party in Missouri as the US sees wild Memorial Day blowouts after lockdown was eased
Two people were shot and four were hit by shrapnel in a Saturday night shooting in Daytona, Florida
Police in Tampa closed parking lots in an attempt to control crowds celebrating Memorial Day weekend
Authorities said lifeguards rescued 300 people in a 47-mile stretch of beach that was completely full
In Missouri, people packed bars and restaurants at the Lake of the Ozarks where pool parties took place
Video showed a crammed pool where vacationers lounged close together, hugged and kissed without masks
Promoters promised temperature checks and increased sanitation measures as they kicked off pool season
Pools and hotels in Missouri were allowed to reopen this month after 60 days of lock down. These people never accept social distance an now we will be going to second wave of SARS-COVID-2.0 is sad story majority of nations do not follow the rules so we all can be open. Brazil is very hard hit with 340K
SARS-COVID-2.0 and over 40k dead. This COVID 2.0 will stay for long time with us indeed. It is better for all of us respect distance so again we all can be open in the world? Middle east third wave is hit by COVID 2.0 and people still do not respect distance?