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2010-07-20 Science & Technology

New Laser Weapon Blasts Spy Drones Out of the Sky

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2010-07-20 00:17|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Can it target something as small as an Iranian model RC drone?

Posted by gorb 2010-07-20 01:41|| 2010-07-20 01:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Now that it's public, this will be immediately marginalized and stripped of any federal subsidy. We can't have our military developing or deploying the weapons of the future. Not in evil, imperialist, selfish warhawk America--sez PrezBO

Seriously though, this is awesome. Now that we have the lasers all we need are the giant robots...

Posted by Keenster 2010-07-20 08:58|| 2010-07-20 08:58|| Front Page Top

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2010-07-20 17:05|| 2010-07-20 17:05|| Front Page Top

#4 IIRC, IMO I believe it twas CHINA? > repor desired to dev a "SMART/BRILLIANT" USV STRIKE DRONE capanle of being fired from a SUBMARINE, etc., MANEUVER = "FLY" UNDERWATER, PERHAPS EVEN TO "SKIP" BETWEEN SURFACE ANDOR BELOW SURFACE, + then emerge to FLY THRU + EFFEC MANEUVER THRU THE AIR = "ABOVE-GROUND" TO ITS TARGET ON LAND.

COLD WAR "LAND ATTACK" TLCM + other IMV, IRV.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-07-20 20:34|| 2010-07-20 20:34|| Front Page Top

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