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Northrop Grumman Markets Weaponized Laser System
stephencrane writes "Northrop Grumman is making available for sale the FIRESTRIKE weaponized laser system. The solid-state laser unit weighs over 400lbs, sends/receives instructions and data via an RJ-45 jack and can be synchronized with additional units to emit a 100 kW beam. It looks like some piece of stereophonic amplification equipment out of the '50s. Or Fallout 3. The press release suggests that FIRESTRIKE 'will form the backbone of future laser weapon systems.'"
Northrop is also working on a weaponized shark system.
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power lost.
Apparently, he is the only one who could defeat this system, due to his rhinestone covered suit.
We are gonna need a bigger shark.
Yahoo, laser sharks.
(And a whale to carry the power pack)
Now if I could get this mounted on my flying car (http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/15/007225), like, that would be totally awesome.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
With laser control, only the criminals will have lasers.
Can it blow up a house using a giant jiffypop container?
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Since before the dawn of time, Man has dreamed of the laser cannon - even when Woman said it was dumb and that the costumes on Star Trek were ridiculous.
The ancient Hebrews called it "Uriel" - "the flame of God". The Romans had an entire god (Apollo) devoted to the laser cannon and its many uses. The Greeks dreamed of Prometheus stealing the laser cannon of Zeus and giving it to mortals. In Norse mythology, the end of Ragnarok is marked by the wolf Skoll consuming the last remaining laser cannon and condemning the world to a laser cannon-less eternal night.
Today, the laser cannon is at last ours. Thank you, Northrop-Grumman, and thank you, US military-industrial complex. The spirits of countless millennia stand in silent awe at what you have wrought.
"...always new atoms but always doing the same dance, remembering what the dance was yesterday." -Richard Feynman
Smokey says "Only YOU can prevent huge frickin' weaponized lasers!"
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Has the future finally arrived?
"A week in the lab saves an hour in the library"
So, if I buy this new toy, how many C-Cell or 9V batteries do I need? The companies are usually to cheap to put them in the box.
FIRESTRIKEâs can be linked together to get a more powerful beam
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of sharks with laser beams attached to their heads!
You just got troll'd!
Your right to bear arms only includes the types known to the Founding Fathers, therefore you shall only be allowed to bear laser muskets.
Just put a solar panel on it and aim the laser at the panel. That should provide loads of power!
You joke but it's developments like this that put Revelations in a new light (no pun intended).
The same light ... it's just more coherent.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
I predict the consumer versions will have a USB interface and Windows-only drivers... :/
Ezekiel 23:20
HMMWV? Did they steal the name from Command & Conquer?
I am trolling