Jun 272017
Now if you identify as an attack helicopter, you can come with laser weaponry as an option.
Laser strike
A high energy laser mounted on a helicopter shoots a target in groundbreaking test
Giggity!
No real details about the power or capabilities of the laser weapon. Chemical laser? Free electron? LED diode? Dunno, though the cables that run from the chopper to the laser pod seem to be fairly sizable. Certainly not capable of anti-armor operations; no such thing as a portable laser that is. Almost certainly poorly capable of taking out missiles and the like… a helicopter is a shaky platform for that sort of thing. But for setting individual jackasses on fire? Torching small buildings, piles of ammunition, IEDs, light vehicles? Burning the gunners girfriends name into the roof of the Mosul Piggy Wiggly? This might be just the thing.