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Laser Shoots Down Artillery Shell In Flight

Posted by michael on from the hammer's-slammers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser is a joint project between the US Army and the Israeli Defense Ministry, with much of the work being done by TRW. Tuesday they had a spectacular success when they shot an artillery shell out of the air."

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  1. Israel? by GoatPigSheep · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    my god, I don't think a country that has commited so many terrorist acts against innocent people deserves such technology. Lets see how long it takes for the Israeli millitary to go from shooting down shells with lasers to shooting lasers at helpless palestinian villagers . And we can solely thank USA funding for all this too, because the rest of the world realizes who is WRONG here.

    I pray that in spite of developments such as this there may one day be world peace.

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    1. Re:Israel? by GoatPigSheep · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      maybe you haven't heard about Israel firing a rocket into an apartment building full of children, or bulldozing away people's homes? Or forcing people out of there own land because of their religion?

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    2. Re:Israel? by GoatPigSheep · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      I see nothing wrong with the Jews getting their land back... However it's hard to calculate exactly how big "their land" is. Do we refer to the torah and make a rough estimate? From what I have observed, the country of Israel is already much bigger than any previous Jewish kingdom. And yet there is still an insistance to build settlements on areas that are palestinian.

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    3. Re:Israel? by superyooser · · Score: 1, Flamebait
      Let me clarify something quickly. I mean no offense against the Spanish or any Latin peoples. My only intent is to show how ridiculous it would be if Spain were to claim that Florida was its "occupied territory."

      And yeah, the analogy has a big hole. Spain is obviously a real country. Palestine (in modern news media parlance) is more closely comparable with Atlantis: Nobody can agree on where either of them is actually located or if they even exist.

  2. Government Contractors are Socialist Parasites by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    All you geeks who work for government contractors are nothing but fucking socialist parasites dependent on us in the private sector for your paychecks.

    You pussies retreat into government jobs or into defense contracting positions and then cheer for big government without any regard as to who the hell has foot the bill for the welfare-warfare state.

    Socialism, communism, fascism, it's all the same collectivist, statist bullshit.

    So oooh and aaah all you like about the kewl new military toys. Fact is it's a drain on society and those of you involved in defense contracting--no matter how neat you think it is or how many toys you get to play with--are part of the problem.

    And now for a few shameless plugs for sites where you can learn more:

    LewRockwell.com

    Antiwar.com

    The New American

    The columns of Joseph Sobran

  3. Re:More details please by TheSync · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Of course, lasers are the perfect peacetime weapon...

    Seriously, I imagine the Israelis are looking at this for intercepting the occasional terrorist mortar or shell. If it was an actual war, Israel would nuke them first.

  4. Re:Mod Parent Down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    burn in hell jew

  5. USA wins! All your countries are belong to us! by lugonn · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Man! Are we leavin' every other country in the military dustbin or what? I can't think of any country that can wage war with America anymore. Don't know if that's good or bad, but I'm sure glad to be an American.

    Sure a terrorist can reek some havoc, but they'll never "win" anything. We can level whole military infastuctures without cuasing collateral damage anymore. WEEEEEEEEE! I can melt your tanks and radars without using bombs, so no more hiding them in schools you lousy commie-muslim-leftists!

  6. Re:Read the test plan... by Frank+of+Earth · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Honestly, peoples hostility to this program in current time has me baffled.

    Probably just snooty French men who are afraid they won't be under the umbrella of protection that the US will be able to offer in 10-15 years.

    It will be pretty funny how quick France and these other little puke countries get on board with the US when we threaten to remove our anti-nuke satelite defense system from their homeland.

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  7. Sarcasm, version 1.0 by vandan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why do America and Israel need an anti-missile laser? No-one would want to send a missile at them; they're such fair, fun-loving people.

  8. Pax Americana, baby! by ccmay · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Why understand when you can just force things unto others?

    Sorry, I don't waste time trying to understand inferior savage cultures anymore. Cultural relativism and wooly-minded 'diversity' worship died on a sunny September morning last year. It's might-makes-right from here on out.

    We are great! We are Americans!

    Yes we are. The best there has ever been, by practically any measure.

    Tremble before our might!

    Yes. Please do, and learn to live with Pax Americana. And thank your lucky stars it's us and not the Nazis or the Chinese that will be calling the shots from here on out.

    -ccm

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