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1 posted on 07/19/2017 12:05:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Baloney. We had laser weapons when I was in and that’s a LONG time ago.


2 posted on 07/19/2017 12:08:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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The big questions are how many shots per minute, and how many shots before something expensive needs to be replaced?


3 posted on 07/19/2017 12:13:32 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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Under Geneva Convention rules, armed forces are not allowed to use laser weapons directly against people

Because a nice sterile, straight line beam of light is much worse than a hunk of lead that shatters into a dozen pieces and rips your body to shreds...But that's "World Government" logic for you....

4 posted on 07/19/2017 12:17:02 PM PDT by apillar
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8 posted on 07/19/2017 12:20:58 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: BenLurkin

Funny.
I am pretty sure that the Battlefield Laser Scanner system which we decided to put in mothballs at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow rather than deploy was very much a laser weapon.

I am also pretty sure that 1981 happened before today.


11 posted on 07/19/2017 12:32:04 PM PDT by MrEdd (long hours.)
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To: BenLurkin

Does it have a pistol grip, folding stock or bayonet mount? That would make it REALLY dangerous!


13 posted on 07/19/2017 1:02:20 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (Fidel and Che are together again, and it ain't on a t-shirt.)
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Anyone worried about lasers in the wrong hands?


14 posted on 07/19/2017 1:07:54 PM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder” - The LSN didn’t make Trump, so they can’t break T)
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Make the muslims talk
ping
20 posted on 07/19/2017 3:31:38 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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Optical fiber laser pumped by laser diodes—all based upon commercial laser tech—except for the combiner which is a military contractor proprietary design.

http://www.janes360.com/images/assets/736/51736/The_mirage_of_laser_weapons.pdf


21 posted on 07/19/2017 4:02:06 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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