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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. wow... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    to do that, you would have to be nearly as quick as a slashdotting

  2. Real Genius by Kobalt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wasn't this in the movie Real Genius?

  3. Let me be the first to observe... by straponego · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!

  4. However! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My first post made it...

  5. third post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    here lies me, run with yourself to the store and buy some smokes...

  6. Like in Real Genius! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I can hammer a nail through a block of wood using just my penis! Do I win?

  7. Re:Isn't this old news? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do you have a penis? Correct me if I'm wrong, I was always told this.

  8. Re:Yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod parent down, that was infantile, off-topic flamebait.

  9. Re:Mirror coating? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're not curious, you're a karma whore copying the dozens of posts that already said the SAME DAMN THING.

  10. 420 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Doesn't sound like much of a problem to me.