Dawn of the Airborne Laser · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by michael on Friday March 7, 2003 @11:56AM from the nothing-faster-than-a-laser dept.

Yonzie writes "As you may have heard, there are a number of competing franchises working on a functional laser weapon. Popular Science has an interesting story about `The Wall of Fire', an airborne laser designed to fit in the belly of a 747. Apparently, this is powerful and precise enough to destroy enemy intercontinental and intermediate-range missiles in mid-flight. I can imagine the use of laser turrets as protection against missiles, but I really can't see the use of a laser mounted in a 747. IMHO, it's way too slow compared to the missiles, and will not be able to scramble fast enough." This is the big daddy of the JSF laser that we've mentioned before.

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Incompetence! by Malicious · 2003-03-07 12:06 · Score: 0, Redundant

All i asked for, was Frickkin' 747's with FRIKKIN LAZER BEAMS attatched to THEIR HEADS!

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