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Anti-Missile Laser Weapon Successfully Tested
xPertCodert writes "A latest attempt to build a futuristic laser weapon appears to be a success.
Joint Israeli-US developed laser destroyed a large caliber rocket in a latest New Mexico test. The press release also contains links to some interesting video and photo material, related to THEL (Tactical High Energy Lasers) defense systems."
The test went fairly well, but it wasn't without incident. After reviewing the field test, the project lead recommended adding the following warning label:
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"Do not look into laser with remaining eye."
Sorry, it had to be said.
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now all we need are the sharks...
I'm glad they figured out how to balance the phase variance in the polaric energy they had to run through the deflector array to fire up the phaser arrays. Ver admirable work, but it's no match for my Klingon Disrupters!
Major Carnagle: Where's the laser? Professor Hathaway: It's coming. Major Carnagle: It's coming? It's not even breathing hard.
"There is no teacher but the enemy."-Mazer Rackham
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why some small towns have suddenly disappeared outside the test area.
So that's what happened to my missile.
Well, I guess we WILL get to see a $10 million missile fired at a $10 tent protected by another $10 million laser.
In the end the guy with the explosive beatup mercedes still wins.
...this means world peace for our and all following generations, right?
They were rattlesnakes, and after being lightly fried, they were delicious. Then they were eliminated some time later.
Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.
I feel so safe. This is being built right across the street from where I live.
Oh yes, I feel safer already! My neighborhood is not a terrorist target at all now. F%^&kin press releases!
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Oh, grow the hell up. I lived during the Cold War 2 freaking miles from the Pentagon. Nothing like having a couple dozen multimegaton thermonukes aimed in the general vicinity of your apartment.
Geeze, kids today just don't have what it takes, anymore!
By the taping of my glasses, something geeky this way passes
If the missle was kindly feeding the defense system it's GPS coordinates, like the last missile defense test that hit the news.
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"Aim missile away from face"
(from the one where Bart spots a comet headed towards springfield)
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And see who is the punk that's gonna say no to my sales presentations. :)
Screw large caliber rockets. I wanna laser that can blast an asteroid at a great enough distance so that it's remnants burn to dust in the atmosphere, or elude our orbits totally.
Preferably mounted on a large shark that won't eat LL CoolJ if given the chance.
Cost of developing anti-missile laser? $50 billion
Cost of building anti-missile laser? $10 million
Cost of deploying anti-missile laser? $15 million
Cost of mirror fitted to missile? $1.99
Effect of reflected laser on defending forces? priceless.
A reflective tin foil hat...
> I don't know about you but if the US was invaded I'd be fighting back too.
> I'd even tie a bomb to my chest if I had to. Wouldn't you?
No. I wouldn't. Because that would be stupid.
--Kevin