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Navy To Deploy Lasers On Ship In 2014
Velcroman1 writes "The Pentagon has plans to deploy its first ever ship-mounted laser next year, a disruptive, cutting-edge weapon capable of obliterating small boats and unmanned aerial vehicles with a blast of infrared energy. Navy officials announced Monday that in early 2014, a solid-state laser prototype will be mounted to the fantail of the USS Ponce and sent to the 5th fleet region in the Middle East for real-world experience. 'It operates much like a blowtorch ... with an unlimited magazine,' one official said."
Next up, sharks.
Somali pirates begin to feel the heat. Original recipe or extra crispy.
Government spending is bad, unless of course you are mounting infrared lasers on Navy ships to shoot down Zeroes. Banzai!
Austerity my tired buttocks. They just don't like that, what was it, 48%. Spending is good when you fund jobs programs that make layzers.
Next up: lasers on planes, which will make targeted assassinations done so much more quietly.
Oh Yeah? We not aflaid of laser. We have bigger better laser. Two of them. Will cut earth in half.
CIWS has 1550 rounds in its magazine
Oh, those damned new magazine limit laws, again!
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Obviously, for piloted aircraft they just order all hands on deck with laser pointers.