[GEC]

Title seems bogus to me, but this could be a huge advantage for Special Forces.

It's nice to have a Death Star available when you need it.

10 mile range is pretty cool too.

[allen08gop]

Could have a "unique" effect on the leadership of an enemy nation if they suddenly start developing large holes in their heads at a family outing.

Just a thought.

[MindBender26]

Contrarian Opinion:

This is disaster for USAF. All our LandWar battle plans require that we first establish air supremacy, or at least air superiority. Imagine Gulf Wat One without the weeks of softening of Iraqi targets by air assets. Imagine Gulf War Two without the F-15s, F-16s and Apaches destroying Iraqi anything that moved.

Think about it. If we have this weapon system, the Russians can reproduce it quickly. There is nothing really special here. It's simply a bigger, better, badder laser. In other words, it's a ray gun.

The Russians will certainly sell it to others. If it can be mounted on a C-130, it can certainly be fitted into the back of a 5 ton all terrain truck. If its guidanvce-stabalization system is good enough to work from an A/C, it's certainly good enough to operate from a stopped truck. If it's powerful enough to destroy ground targets, it's certainly effective enough to knock the wing off a USAF A/C.

And when you're shooting at the speed of light, any woggie who has ever pointed a BB gun at a paper target can hit a passing A/C.

Not good.

[Jhohanna]

POPCORN!!!!!!!!!!!

[Colorado Doug]

Spooky on steroids

[Mike Darancette]

TOP SECRET

[fso301]

What happens when the target has a multi-axis, highly reflective radar controlled surface plate?

[Dustbunny]

Sounds good, hope it is all that they 'hype' it to be.

[Puppet]

Can someone explain to me why a simple mirror isn't (or maybe it is) an effective countermeasure to a laser?