550 yards would increase pucker factor, the LADS is really aimed at replacing Counter Rocket-Mortar Phalanx, land based systems.
A 100kW system would give a ship based CIWS an effective range of about 3 times that of Phalanx, according to some sources.
It is exciting, the technical problems look pretty tough though.
Rusty`, would love to see those videos you have of the test! If they were from a site, you could post the link or put it on Youtube? I don`t know if this forum has a facility for video upload. If Rochenhost have a video player inbuilt to run video attachments, it would be much like uploading a picture, the player automatically popping up in a window within a post. I am not sure if the site does this....
Phaser or Blaster? I prefer "Disruptor", sounds a bit meaner
