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US Congress Funds Laser Weapons
An anonymous reader writes "The Washington Post reports that the US Congress is funding laser weapons for use in the near future. Low-power lasers called 'dazzlers' are already being used in Iraq to temporarily reduce a person's vision. High-power laser weapons would allow precision attacks that minimize civilian casualties. From the Post: 'The science board said tactical laser systems could be developed for broader use because they "enable precision ground attack to minimize collateral damage in urban conflicts." The report suggested, for example, that "future gunships could provide extended precision lethality and sensing." The board also proposed using lasers to protect against rockets, artillery, mortars and unmanned airborne vehicles by blasting them out of the sky. Last month, the Army awarded Boeing $36 million to continue development of a high-energy laser mounted on a truck that could hit overhead targets. But deployment is not expected until 2016, even if all goes well.'"
the world economy is spiraling out of control and yet they still find some way to fund wars.
WHY !
My theory is this: If you are a lying, cheating dick and make everybody hate you, you need big guns to stay alive. That's what the US have been doing for the last couple of decades.
They lie, they cheat, they deceive and they stick their noses in other peoples business while their own country runs wild and goes down the pooper.
I don't know if they'll ever fix this but the military is probably not the reason if it happens eventually.
Mod me flamebait if you like but it's the truth and you know it.
What is it with the US and this obsession with devising new and more efficient ways to wage war?
Two words and a letter... George W. Bush
its a shame some people confuse republican stupidity with a sound defense strategy
i'd rather have a smart weak defense than big dumb one. obviously, a smart big defense is best, but that's in no way what the republicans offer us. and so i choose barack, the lesser of two evils. let him talk to ahmafruitcake, as if our current course is winning anything over there
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
One of the things I hate the most about your "precious 2nd amendment" is that it allows gun merchants to sell guns (after a minimal background check) to Mexican drug lords.
The vast majority of the weapons seized from the drug cartels here in Mexico were legally purchased in the USA
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