Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday April 2, 2003 @02:15AM from the han-solo-shoots-first dept.

The Fryar writes "Well, folks, it looks like the future really is now! It seems the Defense Review has uncovered a submission by Stavatti, a sort of "free market" defense contractor, to the military for a laser rifle. The submission comes in response to the Army's LFLAN requirement - the quest to provide "Light Fighter Lethality After Next" technology, or lasers/phasers/sabers/advanced weapons for use some 20 years down the road. Needless to say, I also considered the category "Star Wars Prequels" for this article."

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Healthcare? Education? by smcavoy · 2003-04-02 02:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Do americans not care about this? I'm real curious to hear if they'd rather see more spending on defence, or the creation of a real healthcare system, bettering education, or even daycare (though I think that's *way* to far ahead...)