I think they already do this with Predator drones loaded w/ hellfire missiles; I've seen footage on liveleak. So, if they have a truck-mounted laser nearby and a drone that can relay the laser to the target....poof! and nobody will know where the strike came from (unlike a missile).
I dunno much about lasers but it seems logical to assume that if our govt has this mounted on aircract (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/20/raygun_ju mbo_wants_pork/), then they probably have plans to mount this on attack helos or a sattelite (provided it has enough power) and use it for covert operations.
Could you imagine taking out key insurgents with this type of weapon? All you would need is line-of-sight...Scary...
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I think they already do this with Predator drones loaded w/ hellfire missiles; I've seen footage on liveleak. So, if they have a truck-mounted laser nearby and a drone that can relay the laser to the target....poof! and nobody will know where the strike came from (unlike a missile).
I dunno much about lasers but it seems logical to assume that if our govt has this mounted on aircract (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/20/raygun_ju mbo_wants_pork/), then they probably have plans to mount this on attack helos or a sattelite (provided it has enough power) and use it for covert operations.
Could you imagine taking out key insurgents with this type of weapon? All you would need is line-of-sight...Scary...