Boeing and BAE realize a machine gun with death rays for the U.S. Navy

Leading defense firms Boeing and BAE Systems have joined hands to shape an innovative Mk-38 25-mm machine gun for U.S. Navy that merges a solid-state laser weapon with the navy ships. Development of the death ray-powered machine gun is still underway. The demonstration model of the weapon has been spotted to have several flaws. Boeing and BAE engineers are working hard to develop the concept into a full-fledged machine gun with immense capacity.

Mk-38 25-mm machine gun

The idea behind combining a solid-state laser weapon and machine gun is revolutionary indeed, as Boeing’s Vice President noted. The outcome of the innovation will be a powerful weapon that will help navy and coastguards avert enemy ships and drones away and safeguard the land. Navy can use the weapon to attack the enemies with its severe death rays and machine gun.

The demonstration model of the Mk-38 certainly has both the laser and machine gun capabilities in their full strength. The machine gun can fire off 180 rounds in a minute within a range of 2000 yards. It can also fire off various range of laser energy to evict the enemy ships and vessels. Besides, the laser rays can be used to identify the enemies and to lock on target to shoot them down with the machine gun.

The project that costs $2.8 million has faced several criticisms though the development in not yet over. Currently the weapon uses crystal medium to transmit deadly laser rays into the sea air. This laser ray is not much powerful and cannot get through the huge crud in the sea air. That means when the death ray reaches the enemies it might not have enough potency.

One another criticism is that generators in the navy ships will not have enough capacity to produce the power needed for the laser and machine gun. Lack of budget for more experimentation is also another constraint of the Navy’s laser weapon. If the U.S. Congress allows more funds for the experiment, certainly we can hope for more innovations in the development of the laser gun.

Via: Wired