Pew Pew! China releases "Laser Assault Rifle" with a range of ~1KM

[Real_PhillBert]

18 hours ago, Shreyas1 said:

It's not technically a firearm in the us though right? Doesn't that mean that there won't be regulations on these ( for now )

It does not meet the definition of a firearm, but that doesnt mean there aren't regulations that it does fall under.

 

The FDA actually has different classifications of lasers and regulations based on the class that an item falls in.

 

https://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/RadiationEmittingProductsandProcedures/HomeBusinessandEntertainment/LaserProductsandInstruments/default.htm

 

This is why you can't legally own things like PEQ15s. 

[Shreyas1]

7 hours ago, RuffRuffmcgruff said:

Pretty cool to be honest, I'm all for funding this. I want my lightsabers!

Light sabers ( and other weapons in the star wars universe ) are made out of plasma, not lasers.

[Shreyas1]

1 hour ago, VegetableStu said:

it kinda bugs me Luke Skywalker says "Laser Sword" because "Laser" doesn't sound like it's part of the long-time-ago-distant-galaxy ish o_o

 

then again, "Millennium Falcon"

Turns out they stored the Death Star plans on data tapes

 

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Data-tape

[Drak3]

3 hours ago, VegetableStu said:

it kinda bugs me Luke Skywalker says "Laser Sword" because "Laser" doesn't sound like it's part of the long-time-ago-distant-galaxy ish o_o

 

then again, "Millennium Falcon"

The Imperial DLT-19 is literally an unloaded MG34.

[Guest]

On 7/3/2018 at 12:30 AM, VegetableStu said:

oh god, imagine picking up a stormtrooper blaster: cartridge has the xiaomi [MI] logo on it

It has a slide-out notch with FaceID too. It's also unsupported after a year. 

[Beskamir]

On 7/2/2018 at 8:15 AM, Kukielka said:

Uhm, doesn't that new weapon stand in conflict with the geneva convention?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons#Protocol_IV:_Blinding_Laser_Weapons

Not if it's collateral or a side effect and the main effect is burning through the target.

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

22 hours ago, Shreyas1 said:

Light sabers ( and other weapons in the star wars universe ) are made out of plasma, not lasers.

K

[Christophe Corazza]

23 hours ago, Shreyas1 said:

Light sabers ( and other weapons in the star wars universe ) are made out of plasma, not lasers.

 

We're still here on Earth you know... 

[Christophe Corazza]

4 minutes ago, VegetableStu said:

? in the not too distant future ?

 

[Amazonsucks]

Styropyro debunks the Chinese laser

 

https://youtu.be/EdURyWZD9tk