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Boeing 12,000lb Chemical Laser Set to Fry Targets
coondoggie writes "Boeing this week completed work on and installed a 12,000-pound chemical laser in a C-130H aircraft. Boeing's Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) which is being developed for the Department of Defense, will destroy, damage or disable targets with little to no collateral damage, supporting missions on the battlefield and in urban operations."
But, can you use it to make popcorn?
Little or no collateral damage? Depends on the accuracy really.
If I had an Ass, I'd call it Fanny Bottom, then I could slap my Ass; Fanny Bottom, on the Arse.
If they relly want to destroy thing on hte ground why dont they enclose some high explosives in a steel container with a fuse set to go off when it hits an object. They could then drop this from the plane.
just an idea.
Old COBOL programmers never die. They just code in C.
...unless we can bring down their shields. All forces target the shield generators!
You want fun, go home and buy a monkey!
We are one step closer to having an X wing
....what does it sound like...movies always told us that laser will make cool sounds when fired. I vote it makes that 'Ptsui!' sound.
A C-130H might not have the sleek looks but it's a step in the right direction.
My next question is
"You'd think... they'd go after Wal*Marts first. Or Target Frys."
I think you have that backwards... they'd fry targets first.
There's nothing Intelligent about Intelligent Design.
That's why you should never go out without your tin-foil hat.
As they say, mechanical engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets...
I don't remember Mandatory saying that.
Electronics Frys Fry's Electronics.
God spoke to me.
You must be new here. :)
... the really tricky thing is incorporating that into a meme.
Sharks with frickin' steel containers, filled with frickin' high explosives and a frickin fuse, all tied to their heads, while being dropped out of a frickin' plane.
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
Arm VP Cheney, and let him protect his President. Anyone who isn't a moron can use a modern shotgun safely and effectively.
Would be a pretty crappy laser if it was slower than the speed of sound.
GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
People really do get the reference of sharks with laser beams without all the quotage AND the link.
It's nice to have it in context every once in a while, as a reminder. I'd forgotten about the ill tempered sea bass part.
It could be the start of a new extended meme:
Scientist develops car mounted laser guidance system.
Can it be mounted on a friggin' shark?
Well, we've got sea bass
MUTATED sea bass
Are they ill tempered? Well, no. They're friendly, happy, mutated sea bass with frickin' lasers on their heads.
They may not be vicious, but they sure taste good.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
...Hamas (the democratically elected terriorists/government/aid agency/prisoners/scapegoats) today ordered the streets and roof tops of the west bank paved with with shards of broken mirrors.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
The goggles, they do nothing.
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make
hummus
Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem.
Because I smell barbecue.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
That's why the Chinese Olympic swimming team was disqualified in 2004 for trying to compete with cheap AK-47 knockoffs slung on their backs.
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