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New weapon could mean the end of collateral damage
Insight Magazine ^
| 1/30/2006
| Insight on the news
Posted on 02/01/2006 1:27:51 PM PST by GEC
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To: GEC
The laser could have tremendous repercussions on the battlefield, particularly in urban warfare in such countries as Afghanistan and Iraq.I'm not Walter Cronkite or anything, but I'm pretty sure we already whipped them.
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:36:30 PM PST
by
KarinG1
(Some of us are trying to engage in philosophical discourse. Please don't allow us to interrupt you.)
To: GEC
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:36:53 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
To: GEC
How long before the Russians get it and give it terrorists?
To: GEC
That's quite a breakthru - a weapon that eliminates all possibility of human error on the battlefield.
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:37:19 PM PST
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: KarlInOhio
Will the Navy have a shark mounted version?No, they have to settle for ill-tempered sea bass, just like everyone else.
To: GEC
Seems there was a movie about something like this a few years back
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:37:33 PM PST
by
P8riot
(When they come for your guns, give them the bullets first.)
To: GEC
"Flash Gordon"
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:37:51 PM PST
by
xcamel
(Exposing clandestine operations is treason. 13 knots make a noose.)
To: GEC
Very cool!
This is cool too . . .
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:38:31 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: atomicpossum
Add to this an adequate tracking system and such a laser would be terrific as an anti-missile defense. That model is mounted aboard a Boeing 747, currently in integration testing.
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:38:31 PM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: KarlInOhio
LOLOL - it leaves behind a seared-on message saying "testing...testing...123"
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:39:50 PM PST
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: GEC
The author of this article seems to misunderstand the very nature of war. Wars are won by breaking the enemy's will to fight. Quickly disabling some of his weapons is not the same thing.
The current war is chock full of examples. The terrorists fighting in Iraq don't have any high-tech stuff against which the ATL would be of much use. To our enemies there, having an overwhelming disadvantage in might, technology and manpower is still not reason enough to give up.
"Shock and awe" still wins wars where antiseptic surgical precision will not. Most conceivable fights in the future will still need boots on the ground.
The ATL will be a very nice tool in the arsenal, but I'm not holding my breath for any conflicts to be "over in minutes".
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:40:25 PM PST
by
TChris
("Unless you act, you're going to lose your world." - Mark Steyn)
To: JasonC
Where have I heard this before? Only took 20 years...They were pondering the immortal words of Socrates, who said... "I drank WHAT?"
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:41:10 PM PST
by
Terabitten
(If you've abused the public trust, the public should never trust you again. Throw the bums out!)
To: GEC
Gotta be a little careful with scaling it up, though.
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:42:01 PM PST
by
orionblamblam
(A furore Normannorum libra nos, Domine)
To: GEC
I see only one problem here; lasers have to be trained constantly on a target to take effect. Won't that leave the C-130 a juicy target for anyone with a SAM?
To: GEC
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:43:19 PM PST
by
jwh_Denver
(Liberals is where insanity and lies get together and party.)
To: GEC
I like the "dazzle them like deer in the headlights" lazer pointer option, they stand around in a glazed over daze while a 500lb bomb lands smack on top of them...
To: Blood of Tyrants
I think the better option for missile and artillery defense is the MetalStorm project. Kind of like a Phalanx on steroids.
To: GEC
But we can only use it over large well known tourist attractions like in Independence Day.
Set Phasers to Extra-Crispy.
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:45:39 PM PST
by
jbwbubba
To: GEC
For some reason, I'm thinking of the movie "Mars Attacks".
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posted on
02/01/2006 1:48:51 PM PST
by
marvlus
To: JasonC
I was wondering if anyone else thought of Chris Knight.
"Put simply -- in deference to you, Kent -- it's like lazing a stick of dynamite."
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