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2018-07-02 Science & Technology

Chinese Company Claims it's 'Laser AK-47' can set you on fire from half mile away

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-02 03:45|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 ...HahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahNO.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-07-02 07:08|| 2018-07-02 07:08|| Front Page Top

#2 ....but you have to stand real still.

Posted by AlanC 2018-07-02 07:36|| 2018-07-02 07:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Paging Archimedes, to the courtesy phone. Can the Greeks claim cultural appropriation?

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-07-02 07:39|| 2018-07-02 07:39|| Front Page Top

#4 So, 800 yards with tracer rounds.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-07-02 09:47|| 2018-07-02 09:47|| Front Page Top

#5 The really scary part is the high-capacity cord. Like, a hundred gauge or something, and super long. And then there's the chainsaw bayonet plug.

Posted by Spomomp Cleter2573 2018-07-02 09:56|| 2018-07-02 09:56|| Front Page Top

#6 I would rather be hit by a laser that causes great pains than a bullet that spatters my brains.

I could see a laser being a very nice assassination weapon if you had time and space to set up in your sniper hole but as a hand-held battlefield weapon they are just too finicky and power requirements too high. Maybe on a vehicle, certainly on a ship, but not carried by soldiers. This sounds like nonsense to me.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-07-02 09:58|| 2018-07-02 09:58|| Front Page Top

#7 With a laser gun you have to verbally make the "pew pew pew" sounds

Posted by Frank G 2018-07-02 10:14|| 2018-07-02 10:14|| Front Page Top

#8 The tow-behind generator (or big friggin' D-Cell carriers) would make it somewhat problematic for the stealth angle you speak of rj, so I would agree.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2018-07-02 12:34|| 2018-07-02 12:34|| Front Page Top

#9 But skepticism is still warranted.
I'm going with that.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-07-02 14:22|| 2018-07-02 14:22|| Front Page Top

#10 How much? When is the demo?

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2018-07-02 14:34|| 2018-07-02 14:34|| Front Page Top

#11 Doubtful but make no mistake someday there will be.

Posted by Woodrow 2018-07-02 14:51|| 2018-07-02 14:51|| Front Page Top

#12 Frank G, I read that while filming one of the prequels a few of the actors were subconsciously doing just that.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-07-02 17:40|| 2018-07-02 17:40|| Front Page Top

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