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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.'"
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Yeah right. Drop it in swimming pool filled with liquid mercury, and then come back and tell us all again how that "400lb metal box is not buoyant in the slightest."