Boeing Laser System Kills a Plane

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ZOMG! LAZORGUNZ! Quick! Hide the children!

On a more serious note, will there ever be a technology that is developed not for warfare? All of our technologies (as far as I can recall) were adapted from military applications. This carries the implication that if we're ever able to achieve world peace, we'd be technologically stagnant (either that, or we'd be waging war with ALIENS.)

 

[Vie]

Bare in mind that these lasers are mounted in the nose cone of a civilian/transport aircraft and have to be on target for a considerable amount of time. Against a modern military aircraft, it's currently still useless. Particularly when you consider that a jet fighter is probably both cheaper and far more effective.

Interesting, but still useless at the moment.

 

[SilentHunter7]

im not entirely sure where i saw the article but i believe police forces were experimenting with a sort of civilian (or rather anti civilian) laser technology. it was meant to cause intense pain and minor burns however the laser could not shoot through metallic surfaces meaning that a simple thin layer of say... aluminum underneath a persons clothing would make them immune to this weaponry.

It's called the active denial system. It doesn't use lasers, but rather microwaves. Basically it fries the nerve endings in the outer layer of your skin, so it feels like you're standing under a magnifying glass on a sunny day. It's *supposed* to be relatively harmless, but they still haven't actually deployed any yet, because noone knows what the long-term effects of using it on humans are. Particularly humans with disorders and such.

 

[Athlumney]

Bare in mind that these lasers are mounted in the nose cone of a civilian/transport aircraft and have to be on target for a considerable amount of time. Against a modern military aircraft, it's currently still useless. Particularly when you consider that a jet fighter is probably both cheaper and far more effective.

Interesting, but still useless at the moment.

The main idea is to shoot down Ballisitic missiles, it melts some of the outer layer causing the missiles trajectory to change or tear its self apart in the air from the combination of high speed and a broken surface.

 

[Sebenko]

Lasers are the future. There is nothing they cannot do.

Appease Boeing before they get they hands on total world control.

Lasers can get you laid, feed starving children and make Twilight good?

Apart from make Twilight good, yeah.

 

[SMOKEMNHALO2001]

......AWESOME!
So the first one was pure energy and the second used Bullets with energy?
Looks like someone over there likes Outlaw Star a little too much.

Yeah lets hope someone at NASA loves Cowboy Bebop enough to make jump gates and bad ass space ships.

 

[Simski Burkez]

So, when do we get freaking sharks with freaking laser beams on their heads?

I'm sorry sir, that won't happen ... you see, we only have ill-tempered sea-bass.

Damn. Ninja'd.

 

[ark123]

You know what's great? Reports say it doesn't work if it has to go through clouds. An anti-air weapon that doesn't work when it's cloudy. Awesome.

 

[SomeGuyNamedKy]

Wait until the raptors get a hold of them, then we will all be sorry.

 

[Gigaguy64]

Soldier: Sir, they're broken through the front lines!
General: Damn it man, we can't afford to lose this sector! We need something drastic.
Soldier: You're not suggesting--
General: Soldier... START CHARGING THE LAZOR!
*Just then*
Terrorist: ALLAH ACK--
[HEADING=2]DOCTOR OCTAGONAPUS BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH![/HEADING]
General: What does the scouter say about it's power level?
Soldier: It's significantly greater than nine thousand sir!
General: Get down, it's super effective!

General:OH NOES!
Quickly Private, set us up the bomb!
Soldier: Yes Sir!
Attention Airborn squad delta 3! Release the Brando anti-ground missile!
Soldier 2: Roger that.

Terrorist: ? In the sky...what is that?
ROAD ROLLA DA!
[HEADING=2] WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! [/HEADING]

 

[Lazy Kitty]

Please excuse me while I order my minions to steal some laser technology.

 

[KiKiweaky]

Arent we good enough at killing each other already? Next theyre going to chuck em onto satelites then we are foooked.

 

[Paragon Fury]

So someone over there likes Outlaw Star a little too much.

Its possible to like Outlaw Star too much?

 

[Gigaguy64]

So someone over there likes Outlaw Star a little too much.

Its possible to like Outlaw Star too much?

..........hmmmmmm.
I think so.
Iv seen some pretty Crazy things including but not limited to Fan art.
What has been seen cannot be un-seen.(shudders)