Scientists Have Created The Death Ray

Cue the ominous music and widespread panic!  The US Navy has announced the invention of their death ray laser of the future.  

Darth Vader is going to be so jealous.

In their work toward developing the newest technology for tracking and destroying enemy missiles, scientists at Jefferson Labs recently pumped an astonishing 500 kilovolts into their latest creation, the free-electron laser (FEL) — a power level never achieved before.

“This is very significant,” Quentin Saulter, the program’s manager said. Now, the Navy “can speed up the transition of FEL-weapons-system technology” from a lab in Virginia to its ships on the high seas, Wired reports.

The new technology will allow the Navy to utilize the powerful “death ray” to burn up incoming missiles or punch holes in an enemy vessel’s hull.

via U.S. Navy Breaks Scientific Barriers With ‘Death Ray of the Future’ Laser Weapon | The Blaze.