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| Death Ray Development Gets Serious |
| 2005-02-11 |
| Northrop-Grumman, leading manufacturer of combat lasers, believes these weapons are only a few years away from battlefield use. To that end, the company has set up a new divisions to develop and build the battle lasers. This optimism was caused by two successful tests last year. In one, a solid state laser shot down a mortar round. In another, a much more powerful chemical laser, firing from a customized B-747, hit a missile type target... Nearly half a century of engineering work has produced thousands of improvements, and a few breakthroughs, in making the lasers more powerful, accurate and lethal. More efficient energy storage has made it possible to use lighter, shorter range ground based lasers effective against smaller targets like mortar shells and short-range rockets. Northrops move is an indication that the company feels confident enough to gamble its own money, instead of what they get for government research contracts, to produce useful laser weapons. The high energy airborne laser would not only be useful against ballistic missiles. Enemy aircraft and space satellites would also be at risk. I wonder if they could make one that could be used for anti-aircraft, anti-a2a-missile, and anti-s2s-missile purposes? Say a system that could take down dozens, or even hundreds of rockets or missiles fired in a barrage |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #3 The core of Dubya's proposed GMD is atmospheric and space-based LASER-BASED DEFENSE, with follow-on missle defenses and other types as secondary. The Commies know this, which is why America has 9-11 and the Clintons and the anti-American agendists, why Russia is engaging in worldwide weapons and nuke proliferation in violation of treaties, and while China is buying up Russki and Western submarines, airborne transports, tacair, and miltechs, and reorg her provinces into multiple smaller entities for enhanced political/militarized control, includ but not limited to MARTIAL LAW AS FOR WARTIME! China and Russia are QUIETLY MOBILIZING and preparing for NUKE WAR ags America iff the Clintons fail! This is why Hillary MUST RUN FOR POTUS, and why the Left have their 2020 maxima timeline for the US to be under Socialism, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!? I know the Army's and USDOD's weapons because I developed andor helped develop them as one of "Reagan's/Bush 1's Boyz". as only a MADONNA FAN CAN - BWAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA...@!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-02-11 10:45:29 PM |
| #2 It certainly would put Lil'Kimmie's missile launches at risk. |
| Posted by: Remoteman 2005-02-11 6:41:48 PM |
| #1 Exactly. Imagine a few of these 747's patrolling the Taiwan straits. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2005-02-11 6:39:05 PM |