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US is developing a gunship that could literally obliterate enemy ground targets with a laser beam.
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Posted on 02/03/2006 9:29:36 AM PST by MARKUSPRIME
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To: ironwoodchuck
Execpt you forget the Flash has a laser that will shoot down the mortar, back calculate the point of origin, and either direct an airborne laser to take it out or fire GPS guided mortars to counter.
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:46:15 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: TXBSAFH
"... Next year we will start issuing phrasers and light sabers to the troops." Then we can issue plain robes instead of body armor.
I'd be in favor of relaxing grooming restrictions so Marines could have beards and pony-tails.
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:46:43 AM PST
by
The KG9 Kid
(Semper Fi!)
To: TXBSAFH
Ignignoc: Mooninites unite!
Err: Lock in!
Ignignoc: No one can defeat the quad-laser!
Err: It is over now!
Ignignoc: The bullet is enormous, there is no escaping!
Err: Jumping...is useless!
To: Semper Paratus
They made a movie about that 20 years ago starring Val Kilmer.One of my faves!
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:49:46 AM PST
by
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:50:22 AM PST
by
AntiGuv
To: Sam Cree
You'd have to have a very good mirror. If it reflected only 99%, it wouldn't be enough. The mirror would just explode and you'd still have a laser, but with nice melty shrapnel.
To: ChadGore
The howitzer would do more collateral splash damage and the laser would be more of a precise direct fire weapon. I see the US military using both because both are needed.
To: TXBSAFH
Simple defense mechanism:
To: Constantine XIII
You'd have to have a very good mirror. If it reflected only 99%, it wouldn't be enough. The mirror would just explode and you'd still have a laser, but with nice melty shrapnel. Good time to get into the business of anti-laser defense systems.
To: TXBSAFH
What about the photon torpedoes?
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:56:06 AM PST
by
FFIGHTER
(Character Matters!)
To: FFIGHTER
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posted on
02/03/2006 9:59:45 AM PST
by
TXBSAFH
(Proud Dad of Twins, What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger!!!!!!)
To: TXBSAFH
Umm, I really don't think lightsabers would be very practical. I can just see the training accidents... "hey ya'll watch this... SLICE! ... ooowwie.. "
To: samtheman
"The US military learns from its wars and gets better and better all the time."
True. Too bad the State Department keeps getting worse, and, to an extent, canelling them out.
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:02:36 AM PST
by
strategofr
(Hillary stole 1000+ secret FBI files on DC movers & shakers, Hillary's Secret War, Poe, p. xiv)
To: ChadGore
Hmmm...depending on the 'laser'. I guess the key thing would be the amount of weight saved. Give more air time and maybe let the spectre fly alittle higher.
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:09:36 AM PST
by
Tyche
(It is easier to take life than to give it.)
To: TXBSAFH
Next year we will start issuing phrasers and light sabers to the troops.I'm kinda partial to a good photon torpedo now and then.
Lando 
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:11:20 AM PST
by
Lando Lincoln
(God bless Jared Linskens and his family.)
To: TXBSAFH
US is developing a gunship that could literally obliterate enemy ground targets with a laser beam. Probably manufactured in China.
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:14:22 AM PST
by
Euro-American Scum
(A poverty-stricken middle class must be a disarmed middle class)
To: The KG9 Kid
".......I'd be in favor of relaxing grooming restrictions so Marines could have beards and pony-tails."
You really want to give Gunny another handle to grab you by?
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:15:24 AM PST
by
Unrepentant VN Vet
(I can't really accept a welcome home until the last MIA does.)
To: MARKUSPRIME
Whoeeee, good thing these guys are on our side.
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:16:35 AM PST
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
To: Semper Paratus
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:18:27 AM PST
by
absolootezer0
("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
To: MARKUSPRIME
Atention K-Mart shoppers..
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:24:08 AM PST
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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