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Subject: Re: Another win for Jon and Tanisha Author: GB34 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:39:04 12/16/14 Tue In reply to: Wes 's message, "Re: Another win for Jon and Tanisha" on 09:06:33 12/11/14 Thu >>>Jon and Tanisha can take several bows.The Navy has >>>come up with a weapon to match theirs. >>> >>> >>>href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/us-n >a >>v >>>y-approves-first-laser-weapon-for-operation-aboard-pe >r >>s >>>ian-gulf-ship/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed& >u >>t >>>m_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technic >a >>+ >>>-+All+content%29">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/ >2 >>0 >>>14/12/us-navy-approves-first-laser-weapon-for-operati >o >>n >>>-aboard-persian-gulf-ship/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_ >m >>e >>>dium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%2 >8 >>A >>>rs+Technica+-+All+content%29 >>I was just coming to the forum to report this. I'm >sure >>the other branches will want some too. The Navy >reports >>the cost for firing it is 1$ per shot. >>My goodness, imagine what the bonus checks are going >>to look like at Lambatatron? > >They still haven't caught up with Jon and Tanisha. >This Navy system uses the direct power of a laser beam >to burn a hole in the target. Jon and Tanisha's used a >maser at microwave lengths to burn out the >electronics. I know there have been experiments with >this approach, but nothing deployable has resulted -- >so far. > >-- Wes It looks like it might be just a matter of time though. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-practical-maser-microwave-laser-is-built/ Another interesting article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directed-energy_weapon ---GB34 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]