Posted by
michael
on from the also-useful-for-making-popcorn dept.
KeyShark writes: "An article on FoxNews describes how front-line troops soon will be protected by battlefield lasers designed to shoot down rockets, artillery shells and even mortars."
I've known it for a long time, but the events of the WTC, and now this, are continually proving it for me.
FOX News is one of the most sensational, "check the facts later if anyone bothers to call us on our imaginative story" news agencies to ever hit the books. It wasn't 5 minutes that the first building hit the ground before FOX news had conclusive proof that Bin Laden did it.
Of course, they blamed Oklahoma City on him too, and look what happened.
For gods' sake, stay away from them.
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Hold on a second...
by
Zen+Mastuh
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
Fox News wants us to believe that the Lunar landings were faked, and that the government has lasers which can shoot down ordnance from space? Hmmm....
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"What is the sound of one belly slapping?"
THIS IS NOT FLAMEBAIT MORONS
by
Audent
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
I don't know the poster but what he says makes sense... I have a funny feeling it's been marked down as flamebait simply because it casts the US military in what could be perceived to be a bad light and that's a big fat no-no at the moment.
Friedly fire, and the blocking of it, are important issues for any soldier regardless of which side they're on.
These FF casualties seem so outrageous because of the way the US fights wars these days - from a safe distance. We see very few actual casualties caused by the other side because the US is so careful with its soldiers, but that makes the relatively few casualties we do see seem so high.
Can you imagine invading a country, any country 30 years ago and having fewer than 10 combat deaths on one side for the thousands on the other? It wouldn't/couldn't have happened.
Being able to shoot down errant bombs would be a great boon, however I don't think this system would cope with that any more than a ground2air missile would today but it's NOT flamebait to suggest it.
-- I am a leaf on the wind
Re:Purely defensive??????? I dont think so....
by
pa-guy
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· Score: 2, Flamebait
OK, so you may slag off some armour. Tanks move using low ground, scooting around treelines etc. They also move in pairs (fire teams), with one member of the team staying put while the other moves to his next fire position. This thing is line of sight (obviously). That means that the tank thats getting hit's fire team partner will take out the laser. As well, even if it does penetrate the armour, there will be no spalling on the inner armour. Pretty ineffective actually. BTW, I was a tanker for twenty years so I do have a little clue about this shit.
Want a good life for masses? Stop picking on people who are sucessfull and start emulating any good ideas they might have. The third world does this. They also tend to take our ideas and use them against innocent people in the Tribal-War-of-the-Week or in acts of terrorism against our citizens.
You know, the USA was founded on, among many others, a principle of letting anyone become a citizen and open immigration - so what happens? A bunch of pissed off Arabs come over here, learn to fly at American private flight schools, and kill 5,000 people. We give the world air travel, and then they do this? I think we're justified in being slightly distrustful of other cultures now, which is a shame for the truly GOOD people that live in those other cultures.
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...maybe these can defend against friendly fire. so far all but one american military casaulty in the new war have been due to errant american bombs.
granted the frontline is a deadly place to be, but i'm shocked by how many of our own soldiers we're killing.
then again, i remember the same stories in the Desert Storm, Desert Fox, and the action against Milosovich (choppers downed/stealth fighters downed)
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I've known it for a long time, but the events of the WTC, and now this, are continually proving it for me.
FOX News is one of the most sensational, "check the facts later if anyone bothers to call us on our imaginative story" news agencies to ever hit the books. It wasn't 5 minutes that the first building hit the ground before FOX news had conclusive proof that Bin Laden did it.
Of course, they blamed Oklahoma City on him too, and look what happened.
For gods' sake, stay away from them.
[/RANT]
Fox News wants us to believe that the Lunar landings were faked, and that the government has lasers which can shoot down ordnance from space? Hmmm....
"What is the sound of one belly slapping?"
I don't know the poster but what he says makes sense... I have a funny feeling it's been marked down as flamebait simply because it casts the US military in what could be perceived to be a bad light and that's a big fat no-no at the moment.
Friedly fire, and the blocking of it, are important issues for any soldier regardless of which side they're on.
These FF casualties seem so outrageous because of the way the US fights wars these days - from a safe distance. We see very few actual casualties caused by the other side because the US is so careful with its soldiers, but that makes the relatively few casualties we do see seem so high.
Can you imagine invading a country, any country 30 years ago and having fewer than 10 combat deaths on one side for the thousands on the other? It wouldn't/couldn't have happened.
Being able to shoot down errant bombs would be a great boon, however I don't think this system would cope with that any more than a ground2air missile would today but it's NOT flamebait to suggest it.
I am a leaf on the wind
OK, so you may slag off some armour. Tanks move using low ground, scooting around treelines etc. They also move in pairs (fire teams), with one member of the team staying put while the other moves to his next fire position. This thing is line of sight (obviously). That means that the tank thats getting hit's fire team partner will take out the laser. As well, even if it does penetrate the armour, there will be no spalling on the inner armour. Pretty ineffective actually.
BTW, I was a tanker for twenty years so I do have a little clue about this shit.
Want a good life for masses? Stop picking on people who are sucessfull and start emulating any good ideas they might have.
The third world does this. They also tend to take our ideas and use them against innocent people in the Tribal-War-of-the-Week or in acts of terrorism against our citizens.
You know, the USA was founded on, among many others, a principle of letting anyone become a citizen and open immigration - so what happens? A bunch of pissed off Arabs come over here, learn to fly at American private flight schools, and kill 5,000 people. We give the world air travel, and then they do this? I think we're justified in being slightly distrustful of other cultures now, which is a shame for the truly GOOD people that live in those other cultures.