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High-powered laser weapon destroys truck from 1 mile away in ‘seconds’
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| Friday, March 6, 2015
| By Douglas Ernst
Posted on 03/06/2015 7:08:05 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: C210N
1) This is still an R&D project, not a finished deployable system.
2) Stabilized Gimbal.
Enough said.
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:25:32 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: trebb
Fuel tank would be a better target than the engine. Less metal, more BANG....................
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:25:35 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: central_va
That was a waste of a dang nice f-150
My first thought, why a Ford? sniffles
Try filing a claim on THAT.
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:26:48 AM PST
by
txhurl
To: Red Badger
They apparently wanted a ‘non-lethal’ alternative to stop oncoming vehicles.
Eff that. If you have a suicidal jihadi headed your way, you don’t want to disable their vehicle...you want to blow it to Hell in an expeditious manner.
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:29:57 AM PST
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: Red Badger
This looks like one of those perfect conditions tests. How does it work in a sand storm or rain storm. Or on a moving platform...Someone mentioned what happens if the have a mirror mounted on the target?
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:30:19 AM PST
by
McGruff
(Maybe my comments were too nuanced for you)
To: Poison Pill
Put me down for an XMLR 1A or 3A and a H.A.L. plus a VAMP jeep to haul it all.
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:31:13 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: Poison Pill
Hey, just what you see pal...
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:33:20 AM PST
by
shotgun
To: txhurl
They probably have stock in Government Motors...
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:34:48 AM PST
by
shotgun
To: Red Badger
I thought they blew it up.
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:36:02 AM PST
by
meatloaf
To: Red Badger
Yes, I’ve seen the top deck stuff....what is below?....what is the plant? Power supplies and how portable?
I’d also like to know how much time on target it took to get the burn shown on the stationary truck?
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:38:02 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: Red Badger
But, can they put that on a shark's head?
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:40:09 AM PST
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: Calvin Locke
“I think the Russians have already polished MIRV warheads to try to avoid destruction by laser.”
The idea would be to hit the rockets in the launch phase before MIRV separation.
To: Red Badger
Did they let NBC run that test?
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:47:02 AM PST
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
To: Red Badger
hwo many seconds? 2..20...200?
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:51:56 AM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: McGruff
Someone mentioned what happens if the have a mirror mounted on the target?That mirror would have to be optically perfect to defect the beam. Not to mention that the surface would have to be kept completely sterile. Even the smallest imperfections/dust would absorb energy with the expected results.
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posted on
03/06/2015 8:06:09 AM PST
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: Red Badger
Not everyone will get this, but I must:
![](http://www.blogcdn.com/pl.engadget.com/media/2008/08/real-genius-laser.jpg)
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posted on
03/06/2015 8:08:46 AM PST
by
Mich Patriot
(Pitch black is the new "transparent.")
To: McGruff; Gaffer
...based on early technology used against small airborne and sea-based targets.
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posted on
03/06/2015 8:19:18 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Mich Patriot
I don’t get it...................
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posted on
03/06/2015 8:19:52 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
Make sure this was not an NBC report. There could have been six pounds of C4 planted under the dash.
To: hoagy62
Bullets can have surprisingly little effect on an oncoming car. You’d be amazed what they can survive. Not to mention, if it really is just some idiot who can’t take a hint, it’s better not to splatter the driver’s and occupants’ brains all over the interior if this could do the job of halting the vehicle quickly.
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