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More on JSF Laser System

Posted by michael on from the huh-huh-fire-huh-huh dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Seems Lockheed Martin has won a contract to equip future versions of the Joint Strike Fighter with a 100-kW laser. Housed in a dome within the aircraft, the laser's turret would emerge for firing [sound familiar?], and the laser itself is spec'ed to achieve airborne and ground kills at a distance of more than six miles. The problem? According to this Aviation Week article, Lockheed Martin has to figure out how to dissipate 900 kilowatts of heat. Maybe the Finnish airforce could value-add to the OEM model." We mentioned this earlier.

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  1. sounds more like by graveyhead · · Score: 5, Interesting

    the plot of Real Genius than a star trek episode...

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  2. A sophisticated way of relating to others? by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 5, Interesting


    For some people, this is an acceptable way to relate to other people. If you don't like other people, just kill them. Preferably from a long way away.

    It's profitable, too, for a small number of people, because the weapons are secret and therefore the profits can be kept secret.

    It's an adult video game. Except that you don't get to play. You, if you are an American taxpayer, only get to pay.

    There are a lot of people who would like to kill other people if it is free and they don't have to go to prison. It's a kind of mental illness. For more about this, see What should be the Response to Violence?

    Violence tends to cause other violence. Mostly hidden elements of the U.S. government are causing the U.S. to be a target of violence. For example, the U.S. government (taxpayers) spend more than $900 every year for every man, woman, and child in Israel so that Israelis can buy U.S.-made weapons to kill Arabs. It's a way of transferring money from the taxpayers to the weapons makers. It seems likely that this will result in another holocaust; I doubt the Arabs are kidding when they say they will never surrender.

    Every day in the U.S., it is possible to see American leaders on television calmly discussing the killing of other people. Of course, they have come to believe that they will never be the target.

    I accidentally posted this anonymously before, so here it is now, with my name on it.