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Boeing Begins Flight Tests and Laser Firings for Laser Gunship Program
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| Oct. 13, 2006
Posted on 10/13/2006 11:00:51 AM PDT by Righty_McRight
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To: Righty_McRight
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:03:16 AM PDT
by
NinoFan
To: Righty_McRight
"Puff the Magic Dragon" - 21st Century style.
To: Righty_McRight
"...the weapon operator will be able to select the degree and nature of the damage done to a target..."
How do you want your Islamo-Fascists? Regular or Extra Crispy?
To: Darteaus94025
The race is on. If memory serves me correctly the ABL was not supposed to be on line until 2008. Looks like that date will be moved up dramatically and don't be surprised if the gov't contracts for three or four of these babies. It appears that this will evolve into an offensive weapon very quickly. The application seems obvious. It isn't a stretch of the imagination to see Kim's palace just disappear from the face of the planet or perhaps see Iran's parliament ceasing to exist with Ahmanutjob inside.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:09:11 AM PDT
by
appeal2
To: Darteaus94025
Please call it the Death Star.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:10:34 AM PDT
by
doodad
To: appeal2
The Democrats in Congress are trying to kill anything to do with lasers and the military. This 2006 election is critical to the future of our country.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:11:27 AM PDT
by
NinoFan
To: Righty_McRight
Could this system be adapted to passenger vehicles?
If so I would like one for my Taurus. It would be useful on the freeway at times.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:12:02 AM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or a Democrat to do serious work...)
To: HereInTheHeartland
Forget cars, can it be adopted to Shark's heads?
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:16:07 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: HereInTheHeartland
No tactical lasers in the carpool lane.
To: HereInTheHeartland
Rush hour will never be the same ... betcha wont want to cut off the Duece rolling down the freeway at 45 any more huh?
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:16:46 AM PDT
by
RainMan
To: Darteaus94025
One of my AFROTC drill team mates would complete flight training in '66. He went to Nam and flew the original "Puff". I was stationed in Texas and you can imagine my surpries when the monthly Air Force Asociation Magazine arrived on Base.
There was Jimmy haning out the pilot's cockpit window of the Goonie Bird with a big SEG and giving the "OK" sign!
He was a real American Hero unlike some Mass Senators with the initial K who were traitors and murderers!
To: Darteaus94025
Too bad it can't paint them with pig fat BEFORE it fries them!
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:19:03 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jazzy
(God Bless the United States of America and all that defend her hard earned freedom!)
To: Righty_McRight
I cant wait to see this baby in action.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:21:06 AM PDT
by
CougarGA7
(This tag line will be commercial free for the remainder of this thread.)
To: appeal2
I doubt this device could wipe out a building. I could see it more as a way to nail an individual enemy without having to blow up the entire building to do it. For example:
RADAR Scope
anuary 15, 2006 There was once a time when a concrete wall on the battlefield meant that a soldier was both safe from bullets and invisible to the enemy. Thanks to the coming XM25 Advanced Airburst Weapon System and DARPAs latest invention, the Radar Scope, the concrete wall has now been rendered useless on both counts. The new "Radar Scope" offers warfighters the very same x-ray vision with which SuperMan captivated a generation of youngsters it can see through walls. The Radar Scope is a light-weight, low-cost, through-wall personnel detector that uses stepped-frequency radar to detect subtle changes in Doppler signature of the returned signal. Put simply, it is a motion detector that can see through walls.
Just use the laser to engage your target through the wall of the building, leaving a dead target and only a smoking hole in the wall of the building.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:22:17 AM PDT
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: Darteaus94025
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:26:07 AM PDT
by
6ppc
(Call Photo Reuters, that's the name, and away goes truth right down the drain. Photo Reuters!)
To: Righty_McRight
![](http://www.gizmag.com/pictures/hero/5118_30010691624.jpg)
Yeah Baby ... get yer hot stuff here!!!!
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:33:23 AM PDT
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: Righty_McRight
Wish we can develop big mirrors in space to protect our satellites and have the ability to manipulate the angle of the mirrors and turn the lasers beams that the Chinese try to blind our satellites back on them.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:35:07 AM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: NinoFan
That's curious, besides the ole "so Bush won't look good" motivation, why else are they fighting it? Do you have any links? I'd love to see why they would oppose this!
To: mvpel
![](http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/death-star-7.jpg)
The ultimate in airborne lasers.
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posted on
10/13/2006 11:41:00 AM PDT
by
Fudd
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