The port was busy until two o'clock in the morning.

Xia Yang raised his wrist and looked at the time. There were still twenty-two hours before the ban in the capital of Spur took effect.

Time is enough.

Only the last batch of weapons remains.

After a while, under Lawson's wide-eyed gaze, the last group of Growler heavy trucks drove into the dock.

There are a total of six Growler heavy-duty trucks in this team. Behind each heavy-duty truck is an eight-wheel heavy-duty truck that is towing a low flatbed truck body that is 40 meters long.

The eight-wheel heavy-duty truck was very heavy, and the engines of six Growler heavy-duty trucks kept roaring before it was pulled to the port.

The six eight-wheel heavy trucks are all uniformly painted in camouflage and covered with a layer of thick armor. Even the windows are equipped with steel grilles, making them highly bulletproof.

At the same time, the wheels are thick and the chassis is very high, which obviously means it has strong off-road capabilities.

The most peculiar thing is that of the six eight-wheel heavy trucks that were pulled over, five of them had closed car bodies, and only one carried a big ball like an eyeball on its back.

The port is brightly lit, and through the glass cover, the big round ball looks very strange, as if it is composed of countless densely packed small eyes.

It is very similar to the motion capture system loaded on the front of the Dragonfly gunship.

But it is much larger, at least one meter in diameter.

"When did you develop the Medusa laser weapon?"

Lawson looked shocked again.

Medusa is a snake-haired witch in Western mythology. Legend has it that if you look at her eyes, you will be petrified and turn into a stone, which means death.

Letso developed this laser weapon in the name of Medusa, which means that being irradiated by this laser weapon also means death and destruction.

Needless to say about laser weapons.

Also called directional weapons or beam weapons.

Particle beam weapons, microwave weapons, sonic weapons, etc. all fall into this category.

In particular, laser weapons are a symbol of the development of modern weapons, marking the development of human weapons from kinetic energy weapons to energy weapons, and are the absolute weapons of the future.

So far, in 1960, American scientist Theodore developed the world's first laser.

Countries are frantically researching how to apply lasers to the military field and create laser weapons.

There is no way, the advantages of laser weapons are too great.

First of all, laser weapons are fast. The speed is the speed of light of 300,000 kilometers per second. Once fired, they can hit the target and destroy it. There is no need to calculate the ballistics. For example, the speed of an intercontinental missile at Mach 5 or Mach 10 is 300,000 kilometers at the speed of light.

At speeds of kilometers, it is simply child’s play.

In addition, laser weapons have many advantages, such as no recoil, more flexibility, high firing frequency, etc.

The most important thing is that the cost is incredibly low. Compared with hundreds of thousands or millions of missiles, the cost of laser weapons to intercept missiles is less than one dollar.

Due to the many advantages of laser weapons, the United States was one of the first countries to develop them.

And it was very ambitious. In the 1960s, it launched the research and development of a strategic-level laser weapon.

A space-based laser weapon called Alpha, deployed in space orbit.

With a power of up to one million watts, it can destroy satellites and carry out ultra-long-distance strikes and destruction on the ground.

However, it is rumored that the project was eventually cancelled.

Since then, the research and development direction of laser weapons in the United States has shifted from the strategic level to the tactical level.

It is to develop laser weapons with lower power, unlike Alpha's ultra-high power of one million watts.

Because there are many types of lasers.

Gas laser (chemical laser), solid laser, semiconductor laser, free electron laser, fiber laser, liquid laser, etc.

Some of these types of lasers have high power and great power, but are high in cost and large in size; some have low power and are small in size, but less powerful.

Like chemical lasers, the energy conversion rate is high and the power can easily reach the megawatt level. However, chemical materials are highly dangerous and the waste gas produced is highly toxic and seriously pollutes.

The United States' Alpha space-based laser weapon uses hydrogen fluoride chemical laser, which requires carrying a large amount of high-risk chemical raw materials, is huge, and is very dangerous.

This may be one of the reasons why the United States finally abandoned the project.

There are also solid-state lasers, which use electrical energy to generate laser light through gem crystals, but consume huge amounts of electrical energy.

etc.

Leso's Medusa laser weapon uses fiber laser.

Laser light is produced by doping materials such as rare earths into optical fibers.

The advantage is that the electro-optical conversion rate is the highest, up to 50%, so the power consumption is acceptable, and the heat dissipation is good, the environmental requirements are not high, and the tolerance to harsh environments such as dust, vibration, impact, and moisture is high, especially when it is not

It is not subject to external electromagnetic interference and is particularly suitable for military applications.

The disadvantage is that optical fiber manufacturing technology requires high requirements and requires the use of a cladding optical fiber, which is costly and easy to break.

But for Ed, these are not problems.

Of course, in order not to stand out.

Leso's Medusa laser weapon is almost as advanced as the laser weapons currently equipped by various countries.

For example, the United States has installed laser weapons on combat vehicles in the 1980s and used them in the Gulf battlefield to interfere with and destroy the laser ranging and infrared sensing equipment of Iraqi tanks, etc.

However, these are only low-power small laser weapons such as 1,000 watts and 5,000 watts. Their power is limited and they can only perform soft kills.

And high-power laser weapons of thirty kilowatts, sixty kilowatts, etc. can achieve hard damage.

Just limited by technology, high-power laser weapons are bulky and heavy.

The United States, for example, can only install high-power laser weapons on warships, which can destroy small warships and intercept missiles.

In contrast to this.

Leso's Medusa is equivalent to moving high-power laser weapons onto land, but the consequence is that it would take six eight-wheel heavy trucks to load it.

Among the six off-road heavy trucks, except for one main laser transmitter and a supporting radar command vehicle, the remaining four are electric vehicles, providing them with electrical energy.

Of course, this is only the first generation of Medusa laser weapons developed by Leso. As technology improves, the second and third generation Medusa will have greater power and smaller size.

In fact, the set of Medusa laser weapons Lawson saw was specially sent by Xia Yang to Corvit for testing.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The first-generation Medusa has a power of 30 kilowatts and can intercept rockets and artillery shells with a killing radius of 20 kilometers.

However, it can only be regarded as a semi-finished product, so it was sent to the Corvit battlefield for trial use to discover its shortcomings and make improvements.

"What's all the fuss about? A whole set of Medusa laser weapons is right in front of you. You don't even have to ask."

Xia Yang glanced at Lawson in disgust, "Of course, this set of Medusa can only be regarded as a semi-finished product, or an experimental product. This time, it will be sent to Crevite for testing. If any shortcomings are found, improvements and improvements can be made."

Watching the workers unloading the Medusa laser weapon from the car, Xia Yang couldn't say he was proud, but he felt heartbroken and bleeding.

Because high-tech weapons are too expensive.

This set of semi-finished Medusa laser weapons in front of him cost him an incredible amount of money.

The project was started seven or eight years ago, and it has only been developed today, and it is still only a semi-finished product.

There is also an electromagnetic gun, which is a big money maker.

But no matter how much money is spent, research and development still needs to be done.

It is an inevitable trend for modern weapons to develop into energy weapons.

What's more, in terms of power and cost-effectiveness, energy weapons such as laser weapons and electromagnetic weapons are much higher than traditional kinetic energy weapons.

"You are amazing. You have developed laser weapons without making any noise. I have a feeling that Sper's military budget will be overrun again this year."

Lawson knew a little about the advantages of laser weapons. Now that Xia Yang has developed laser weapons, the Spur Military Department is planning to make another large purchase.

Xia Yang was happy after hearing this. After spending so much money on the Medusa laser weapon, he finally started to make money.

"Don't worry, the Medusa laser weapon still needs to be improved. After the improvement, it will take some time to launch the official product, so if you want to buy it, you have to wait."

Xia Yang said he was not in a hurry and asked Lawson to wait before buying, as he could not ruin Lesuo's golden sign.

"I'm a congressman, not a member of the military. What am I anxious about? I'm just worried that military expenditures are going to be overrun again. Okay, I won't talk to you anymore and I'm leaving."

Lawson said unhappily.

At this time, Medusa's last electric power supply vehicle was towed into the cargo hold of the Haiba, and the Haiba was about to set off.

It was so late that many stevedores began to call it a day and go home.

Lawson waved his hand to Xia Yang casually and prepared to go back.

"I was full and full, so I came here to enjoy the sea breeze in the middle of the night."

When leaving, Lawson complained proudly, but before getting in the car, he whispered to Xia Yang.

"Be careful on the road. Many people don't want these weapons to appear in Corvit."

"I'm prepared."

Xia Yang nodded and watched Lawson's car drive away.
To be continued...