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originally posted in:Secular Sevens
Edited by Dr. Phil:
4/9/2013 5:46:07 AM
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U.S. Will Deploy Solid-State Laser Weapon On Ship Headed To Persian Gulf
|[url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/08/176594482/u-s-will-deploy-solid-state-laser-weapon-on-ship-headed-to-persian-gulf?sc=tw]Source[/url]|
[quote]For the first time ever, the United States is deploying a solid-state laser weapon. The Laser Weapon System (LaWS) successfully destroyed a drone in flight during a test run and will head to the Persian Gulf aboard the USS Ponce as part of what the military is calling an "at-sea demonstration."
"The future is here," Peter A. Morrision, program officer for ONR's Solid-State Laser Technology Maturation Program, said in a statement. "The solid-state laser is a big step forward to revolutionizing modern warfare with directed energy, just as gunpowder did in the era of knives and swords."
Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder said one of the big deals here is that a laser shot costs about $1.
"Compare that to the hundreds of thousands of dollars it costs to fire a missile, and you can begin to see the merits of this capability," Klunder said.
Another big advantage: A laser moves at the speed of light and in the future it may be able to disable an incoming missile....[url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/08/176594482/u-s-will-deploy-solid-state-laser-weapon-on-ship-headed-to-persian-gulf?sc=tw]Read More[/url][/quote]
All we need are freaking sharks with frickin laser beams!
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I saw the video of that thing shooting down drones, very cool.
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AMERICA! -blam!- YEAH!
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OMJ A LON TIME AGO IN GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY HAHAHHAHLOLOLOLOL SO COOL
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4 RepliesThe US seriously has a ship called the USS Ponce? [url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ponce]It must mean something different in the US...[/url]
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Aw sweet!!
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Now I know what I'm doing for my current event tomorrow.
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Video of the laser in operation.
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Kim Jong Un is sad. :(
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LASERS
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Edited by Mr SexBot: 4/9/2013 12:15:58 PMNow we need the department of [url=http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/United_States]Alcohol,Drugs,Tobacco,Firearms and Lasers[/url]
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See, this why the UK and America are the best of friends. Hold me.
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Now all we need is power armour.
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"lol -blam!- you Kim Jong Un"
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--> Cover drones with thin coating of Tin Chloride and Silver. --> Troll America
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Laser weapons, FRAK YEAH! So much for BioWare Mass Effect technology being useful in any sense, lord knows plausible was out of their league.
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Handheld laser guns pl0x?
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'Merica! Seriously this is cool stuff.
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Awesome
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I'm curious about the science of this. This could better energy production, rather than for just military use.
