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RE: Laser Cannon On a US Navy Ship
This is a defensive laser capable of setting small ships on fire and shooting down drones that made the mistake of attacking a US Navy ship.
I'm reading this and wondering how it will feel subjectively from the POV of those manning the ship! Will it feel like being in a microwave? Will it be instant or slow, like a snail or crab being boiled? Whichever way I'm imagining it, it still comes out horrific!
A laser system is theoretically capable of firing off an unlimited amount of shots at least while it has power.
Can it be made solar-based?!
I do not know how it will be felt by the people being attacked by this, I don't think that was even part of the testing process.
And making it solar based, probably not, at least not at this moment because the power requirements are just too large for any solar panels that would fit on a ship.
The OP was faster than me to answer the second part. Energy requirements are the key :)