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Laser Weapon Shoots Down Airplanes In Test

Posted by Soulskill on from the phasers-on-stun-good-luck-kirk-out dept.

airshowfan writes "Boeing's directed-energy weapons (a.k.a. frickin' laser beams) have been getting some attention lately. The Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) is a C-130 that famously burned a hole through a car's hood, and the YAL-1 AirBorne Laser is a 747 that shoots a laser from its nose that is powerful enough to bring down an ICBM. But even cooler is the Mobile Active Targeting Resource for Integrated eXperiments (MATRIX), a laser that is mounted on a truck (which probably costs less than a 747, but who knows) and that can shoot down small aircraft, as shown in the picture on this article. (The Laser Avenger supposedly also has this capability). We live in the future!"

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  1. Truck mounted? Think Carcharhiniformes!!! by rwv · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But even cooler is the Mobile Active Targeting Resource for Integrated eXperiments (MATRIX), a laser that is mounted on a truck

    1. Mounted on a Truck

    2. ????

    3. Mounted on a Carcharhiniforme

    4. Profit!

  2. watch out for sharks by Alinabi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Shark mounted version coming next!

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    "You can't allow somebody to commit the crime before you detain them." [Condoleezza Rice]
  3. Re:What's next? by Yamata+no+Orochi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can we please stop with this stupid joke? It's not free +1 Funny anymore, it's just annoyingly redundant to read it 11 times in every article about a weapon.