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1 posted on 07/29/2015 5:26:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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2 posted on 07/29/2015 5:30:36 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Which goes to show that the real value you want to know is the number of joules per pulse.


3 posted on 07/29/2015 5:31:07 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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That’s one big spark plug coil...


4 posted on 07/29/2015 5:35:00 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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"The power of the 'Death Star'-like beam is equivalent to 1,000 times the world's total electricity consumption,.."

That's enough to put a dent in Michelle 0bama's ass! Well, maybe....

5 posted on 07/29/2015 5:35:16 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Tesla has ALWAYS been correct !


7 posted on 07/29/2015 5:35:54 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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The evolution of intelligence ends with self-annihilation.


8 posted on 07/29/2015 5:38:10 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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Let’s get those guys on our team.


9 posted on 07/29/2015 5:40:10 PM PDT by paintriot (On the Conservative Coast.)
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To put that into context, according to Popular Science, a 50,000 watt laser successfully took down a drone just a mile away. That 50kW laser was 10 billion times less powerful that the one used in Japan.

And THAT'S why the ETs aren't worried about us...


10 posted on 07/29/2015 5:41:29 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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If someone shoots it at me, would SPF 50 be any help?


11 posted on 07/29/2015 5:41:46 PM PDT by Crystal Palace East ("We Must All Hang Together, or Assuredly We Will All Hang Separately" B. Franklin)
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The laser, liked to the Death Star laser in Star Wars, is currently mainly of scientific interest rather than having any real-world purpose.

Oh, come now! We aren't that stupid!

14 posted on 07/29/2015 5:50:19 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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equivalent to 1,000 times the world's total electricity consumption

That seems vague enough to be meaningless.

16 posted on 07/29/2015 5:52:44 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Henry Bowman where are you?)
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Orders of magnitude (power)

Below 1 watt

yoctowatt (10-24 watt)
zeptowatt (10-22 watt)
attowatt (10-18 watt)
femtowatt (10-15 watt)
picowatt (10-12 watt)
nanowatt (10-9 watt)
microwatt (10-6 watt)
milliwatt (10-3 watt)

Between 1 and 1000 watts is the watt

Above 1000 watts
kilowatt (103 watts)
megawatt (106 watts)
gigawatt (109 watts)
terawatt (1012 watts)
petawatt (1015 watts)
exawatt (1018 watts)
zettawatt (1021 watts)
yottawatt (1024 watts)
17 posted on 07/29/2015 5:55:05 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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1,000 times the world's total electricity consumption

Japan is now $999 trillion in debt for that. lol

19 posted on 07/29/2015 5:59:04 PM PDT by GeronL
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So what I learn from this is that if you make the dominator large enough, you can claim anything.


23 posted on 07/29/2015 6:05:01 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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Now all we need is a supercapacitor that can charge in 1 pico-second.


25 posted on 07/29/2015 6:13:37 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Aim it at Nork, see what happens


27 posted on 07/29/2015 6:23:43 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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So that’s why the lights flickered the other day during clear weather.


30 posted on 07/29/2015 6:30:20 PM PDT by fso301
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firing the laser beam for 1 pico-second, or a trillionth of a second.

Danged near as fast as a fart.

32 posted on 07/29/2015 6:48:29 PM PDT by umgud
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Thirty-plus posts and no Dr. Evil? Come on, people!


34 posted on 07/29/2015 6:53:12 PM PDT by Huntress ("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
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I once saw a UFO shoot a laser beam into Elvis’ grave.

W.W.


42 posted on 07/29/2015 7:51:27 PM PDT by logitech (It is time.)
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