>Working powered exoskeletons have been real for nearly 20 years>Working laser turrets have been real for nearly 20 years>Working railguns have been real for nearly 20 years>Working plasma cannons have been real for over 30 years>Autonomous robots that understand simple commands have been around for over ten years>People act like drones are the most advanced weapon around when we've been using them since WWIIWhat gives? Why is everyone still pretending that we're living the 20th century? People are so tired of waiting for these weapons that they're building the things themselves in their garages.
most of it isn't militarily useful yet. and lasers are being used so I don't know why you included them.
>>64746609Because pretty much everything you listen is, in its current form, extremely gimmicky and impractical for any real military use that basic shit won't do the job of just fine for cheaper.
>>64746609Because regular bombs and bullets are still fine for 99% of engagements. Countries developing this scifi shit don't want to spend bazillions fielding them until they have to.They will have to soon though, don't worry.
>>64746609Are you retarded? Genuine question.
>>64746609I would also like to know if you're retarded, or just a little stupid.
>>64746609Limiting factor is energy.
>>64746609The real reason no one's using Lasers at a big scale is that they're good for blinding and not much else. No one wants to be the first to open that Pandora's box, where everyone without advanced eye protection just gets blinded. Over the next generation we will see the dam break, with millions of blinded people, soldiers and civilians, thanks to the large scale use of offensive lasers.
>>64746748Just hook them up to things that already produce their own power.
>>64746609Lockheed Martin and Raytheon is why. Most of the weapons R&D funding goes to missiles.
>>64746609>Powered exoskeletonsBattery issues>LasersLow damage. Currently being prototyped for AA.>RailgunsUS prefers missiles. Japan took up development. >PlasmaRange is currently 20 feet. >Autonomous robotsCan't recognize a soldier in a cardboard box.Personally, I think we should take another swing at Gyrojets.
>>64747183>Most of the weapons R&D funding goes to missiles.Guided missiles are archaic. We are well past the point of diminishing returns with each new iteration upon them.>>64747188>Battery issuesSlap a motorcycle engine on the back to generate power.>Low damage. Currently being prototyped for AA.AA/CIWS is the best possible use for lasers so I don't see the problem.>US prefers missiles. Japan took up development. See above quote, and Japan picking up the slack while America dawdles only proves my point.>Range is currently 20 feet. MARAUDER definitely had a longer range than 20 feet.>Can't recognize a soldier in a cardboard box.All it needs to do is carry equipment.>Personally, I think we should take another swing at Gyrojets.I thought about including this in the OP list, but nobody has made a good enough prototype yet.
>>64747202>Slap a motorcycle engine on the back to generate power.Bulky, noisy, creates too much CO2 for door kicking, runs hot enough to be an ATGM magnet, engine case weighs a fuckton. >AA/CIWS is the best possible use for lasers so I don't see the problem.Time to kill is an issue. >MARAUDER definitely had a longer range than 20 feet.Pretty sure MARAUDER got scrapped. It's been radio silent for 30 years. >All it needs to do is carry equipment.So...a car?It's more that the ideas always seem 5 years away. Proponents say the tech is just over the horizon but they've been saying that for decades and the tech still isn't here. The first powered exoskeleton, the Hardiman I, came out in the 50s and We STILL don't have a production model.
>>64747253>Bulky,Make the suit bigger or use something like the small turbines used by Gravity Industries for power generation.>noisy,So is every other armored vehicle.>creates too much CO2 for door kickingThis isn't for kicking down doors. It's for kicking down walls. >runs hot enough to be an ATGM magnetThis is where laser defense comes in.>Time to kill is an issue.They're already being implemeted as we speak, so clearly not as much as you want it to be.>Pretty sure MARAUDER got scrapped.Never confirmed.>It's been radio silent for 30 years. Quit playing dumb. If "radio silence" meant that something wasn't seeing any development, then most of our modern military tech wouldn't exist at all.>So...a car?Playing dumb again.>The first powered exoskeleton, the Hardiman I, came out in the 50s and We STILL don't have a production modelEveryone already knows that Hardiman sucked ass. That's old news. The various exoskeletons demonstrated since the turn of the millennium are functionally nothing like Hardiman. You are being dishonest.
>>64746609The real giga brain takeaway from Mr Testosterone's handheld eyeball obliterator is that you could>Take hilariously powerful laser>Mount on 3d printer chassis>Hook up to non-battery power source>Get software to have printer act as cutter instead>Congrats, you now have a $15,000 laser cutter for a few hundred/thousand bucks or however much that thing cost to makeNot to mention other esoteric uses like making rubies, cutting otherwise impractical to cut things like titanium or even tungsten, etc. there is a lot more interesting things that a laser of that power you can just build yourself can do than "muh laser gun".[spoiler]That said... I wonder if he could make a lightning gun using it. Take very powerful laser, point at target, have a huge capacitor bank discharge into laser, all that juice will follow path of least resistance- which just so happens to be the laser beam, so the target gets slugged by a fuckload of electrical impulse all at once[/spoilers don't work on /k/]
>>64747300>That said... I wonder if he could make a lightning gun using it.I've been waiting several years for him to do that. His enormous bank of car batteries was a pretty decent approximation of the shiva star.
>>64747288Regardless, you keep ignoring the same issue. The tech isn't out yet. Anything else is just wishful thinking and facetiousness.
