Posted on 02/27/2020 7:17:25 PM PST by DEPcom
A Chinese destroyer used a weapons-grade laser to target a US Navy P-8A surveillance aircraft flying above the Pacific last week, US Pacific Fleet said Thursday.
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Someone else hinted on Free Republic there is something going on with China..
Interesting times also with the Army release info on their new super gun that could be station in PI and hint the artificial islands.
Is the CCP about to loose power?
Great, now we’ll either die from a virus named after a beer or a chinese nuke.
It’s settled. I’m emptying my 401k and bank account and heading to vegas for one last big bash.
If anyone reads about some fat guy from Staten Island found dead in his Vegas hotel room surrounded by drugs, booze, poker chips and women...
don’t expect to see anymore posts from me.
And know I went out with a smile :)
JK!!!
Wars and rumors of wars.
See u in Vegas
You went out like Nelson Rockefeller?
A Harpoon would have been a commensurate response.
A man’s gotta have a plan.
Perhaps the laser was just a rangefinder. Perhaps it was designed to dazzle sensors. It might even be something that went on inadvertently, or automatically.
“The laser appeared to be part of the destroyer’s close-in weapon system, a PACFLEET spokeswoman told Insider.
“The laser, which was not visible to the naked eye, was captured by a sensor onboard the P-8A,” PACLFEET said.”
However, if you could FReepmail us Grandma Rose's Naples meatball recipe, I promise we will NEVER tell a soul if you expire.
That said, this story is worth posting even though you're not suicidal.
And yes, there IS a band called Hookers & Blow.
So shoot back.
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As has been stated, you're too strong to be taken out by pedestrian means.
However, if you could FReepmail us Grandma Rose's Naples meatball recipe, I promise we will NEVER tell a soul if you expire.
That said, this story is worth reading even though you're not suicidal.
And yes, there IS a band called Hookers & Blow.
I find myself rooting for the coronavirus, so long as it stays within Chinese borders. Finally, your abominably cruel treatment of animals and people, your theft of billions of dollars’ worth of U.S. research, and now your targeting our aircraft is catching up to you. I read that your satanically cruel Yulin dog meat festival might have to be cancelled due to the corona virus. May it destroy all the people who have participated in this demonic activity. There is a critical component of your soul which is entirely missing.
“I spent my money on booze and women, the rest I just wasted.”
Don’t mess with Mike Tyson’s tiger.
lol
rofl
That’s a Unique Name. A Very Unique Name :)
“A Chinese destroyer fired a weapons-grade laser at a US surveillance aircraft, US Navy says”
It’s a targeting laser, not a weapon. And we have targeted a number of their warships and aircraft in the past. An example of what we can do with them is the 2019 placement of a new naval strike missile and the newly mission-capable MQ-8C Fire Scout drone.
The new missile can travel more than 100 nautical miles, passively detect an enemy through imaging stored in its computer brain and can kill a target so precisely that an operator can tell it to aim for a specific point on a ship like the engine room or the bridge. And they would have to practice the use of it in place, so it has been targeted during exercises, at least.
rwood
key word - ‘targeting’ laser
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