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Laser engraving metal plates are manufactured with a finely polished metal, coated with an enamel paint made to be "burned off". At levels of 10 to 30 watts, excellent engravings are made as the enamel is removed quite cleanly. Much laser engraving is sold as exposed brass or silver-coated steel lettering on a black or dark-enamelled background.
Direct metal laser sintering, a process that fuses metal powder by sintering. SLM Selective laser melting, a process that fuses metal powder by melting. ABS Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, a common thermoplastic with relatively high heat resistance. ABSplus is a stronger, proprietary blend of ABS by Stratasys. PLA Polylactic acid, a bio ...
Silent Hunter (laser weapon) Chinese fiber-optic laser air-defense system. Described as being able to penetrate five 2 millimeter steel plates at a range of 800 meters and 5 millimeters of steel at 1,000 meters. Status unknown [61] [62] [63] Russian Sokol Eshelon: Experimental airborne laser weapon developed by Russia, mounted on the Beriev A-60.
The United States National Research Council released a report in 2008 that endorsed the investigation of microstamping as an alternative to ballistic markings.It had concluded that a national database of ballistic markings is unworkable and that there is not enough scientific evidence that, "every gun leaves microscopic marks on bullets and cartridge cases that are unique to that weapon and ...
The DARPA EXACTO program uses different methods from Sandia's guided round. It relies on remote-guidance tied to the optics, which may be more reliable than Sandia's laser guidance method of painting the target with a laser for their projectile to follow, which can be detected, diffused, or blocked. EXACTO models on existing .50 BMG ammunition ...
An electrolaser is a type of electroshock weapon that is also a directed-energy weapon.It uses lasers to form an electrically conductive laser-induced plasma channel (LIPC). A fraction of a second later, a powerful electric current is sent down this plasma channel and delivered to the target, thus functioning overall as a large-scale, high energy, long-distance version of the Taser ...
Precision-guided small arms prototypes have been developed which use a laser designator to guide an electronically actuated bullet to a target. [8] Another system in development uses a laser range finder to trigger an explosive small arms shell in proximity to a target. As of 2009, the U.S. Army has plans to use such devices in the future.
The Phalanx CIWS (SEE-wiz) is an automated gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats. It was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division , [ 3 ] later a part of Raytheon .