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Air Force Looks To Laser-Proof Its Weapons

Posted by samzenpus on from the have-you-ever-heard-of-a-mirror dept.

slugo writes "This wired.com article has probably the coolest laser destruction video you have ever seen. The video shows the Israeli and US Air Force working on laser defense systems. The US Air Force is starting to look for ways to laser-proof its bombs and missiles — with spray-on coatings, no less. They think everyone is going to figure this laser thing out sometime and need a defense against what they are already very good at — shooting things out of the sky with a laser."

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  1. It's obvious, isn't it? by JeremyBanks · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cover everything in mirrors.

    1. Re:It's obvious, isn't it? by oldspewey · · Score: 3, Funny

      Cover everything in mirrors.

      ... preferably shaped like a disco ball, and also incorporating a loudspeaker system that plays a continuous loop of The Trampps "Burn baby burn, disco inferno"

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  2. That's why you need the friggin' sharks! by Biff+Stu · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's why you need sharks to go with your lasers. You think you can defend yourself with mirrors, do you? Don't you know that sharks like to eat shiny things?

  3. Simple business plan. by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Buy all the Krylon 'Chrome' spray paint.
    2. Relabel it and sell it to the government as 'Anti-Laser Shielding'.
    3. Profit!

    Ha ha h- wait... there's a step #2. There's never a step #2. wtf

  4. Re:Armour them and spin them. by davester666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Instead of carbon, how about that magical substance known as: Tin Foil.

    If it's good enough to stop the beams entering my head, it should be good enough to stop the beams from entering missiles!

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  5. Environmental Impact by DougF · · Score: 4, Funny

    of chrome would probably rule out using it as a coating/shield. Its tough enough getting EPA approval to use chromium coatings on stuff that isn't going to go BOOM (such as bearings/anti-corrosive coatings, etc), let alone a proposal that says "We'd like to put chrome on artillery rounds so there are lots of opportunities to leach into water supplies, cause cancer, etc."

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  6. Re:well that was a waste of money by Repton · · Score: 3, Funny

    One of these days, Slashdot will post a story with the word 'laser' in the summary and people won't tag it "sharks"...

    (probably because Slashdotters will all be too busy playing DNF to comment)

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  7. Re:Armour them and spin them. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    target CPUs and get all the 0s to be 1s and those smart weapons go stupid and don't target targeting anything

    I see they got to yours already.

  8. Re:Blimp by Bastard+of+Subhumani · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fit them with semiconductor lasers and they'd be LED Zeppelins.

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