mgmorden
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Garandimal;
I believe you mean 40 megawatts.
Navy’s new laser weapons run 35-55mw.
I’ve got a 40watt LED landing light on my Piper Cherokee. It’s really bright, but only thing it kills are bugs... With an impact at 115mph...
I'm guessing it's a reference to the original Terminator movie where the T-800 walks into a gun store and asks for a "phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range". Arnold Schwarzenegger was a little less skilled at English back in those early days so it's quite possible that the script said megawatt and he goofed the line, but regardless it has entered pop culture ever since.