To: sonofstrangelove
Both the ABL abd the ATL are significant achievements. But the COIL laser will not be the basis for eventual HEL weapons. They will be electric lasers of some sort - solid state, fiber, or diode.
2 posted on
02/16/2010 7:57:22 PM PST by
Laserman
To: sonofstrangelove
Frickin' sharks...just sayin'
3 posted on
02/16/2010 7:59:45 PM PST by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: sonofstrangelove
Well, Star Wars is coming closer...
6 posted on
02/16/2010 8:11:25 PM PST by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: sonofstrangelove
8 posted on
02/16/2010 8:23:09 PM PST by
rbosque
(11 year Freeper! Combat Economist.)
To: sonofstrangelove
Two words:
Ronald. Reagan.
9 posted on
02/16/2010 8:34:21 PM PST by
Arthur McGowan
(In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
To: sonofstrangelove
“Solid state lasers have been around since the 1950s...”
Wrong. The first laser (pulsed ruby rod) was built in 1960. I think the public was generally unaware of lasers until the movie “Goldfinger” came out in 1964. Solid state diode lasers did not show up until decades later.
10 posted on
02/17/2010 10:59:39 AM PST by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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