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Humvee with Laser Cannon in Afghanistan
Strategy Page ^ | 10/6/2004 | N/A

Posted on 10/06/2004 3:23:38 PM PDT by swilhelm73

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To: rudypoot

Hummers with friggen lasers on their roofs?!!!

21 posted on 10/06/2004 4:02:15 PM PDT by Michael Barnes
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To: swilhelm73

Can it set the enemy's turbans aflame?


22 posted on 10/06/2004 4:03:49 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid (Semper Fi!)
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To: rudypoot

No but here's a dolphin with a frickin laser beam.!!!

23 posted on 10/06/2004 4:04:33 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
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To: Question_Assumptions

And PC's will never use more than 640K of memory either :-)


24 posted on 10/06/2004 4:04:57 PM PDT by Axenolith (This space for rent.)
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To: MHak

Drat, beat me to it!


25 posted on 10/06/2004 4:05:56 PM PDT by Axenolith (This space for rent.)
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To: Dick Vomer
Here's your sharks with frickin laser beams!! Throw me a bone..
26 posted on 10/06/2004 4:06:23 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
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To: swilhelm73
"Using the Zeus laser is a lot cheaper (a few cents per laser shot)"
"However, Zeus is currently stuck in development because no one in the army wants to "own" it and pay for manufacturing it."

These two statements do not add up. There are a lot of fixed costs up front and probably a good size maintenance bill that brings that cost per shot well more than pennies.

That said, a system like this sounds like a darn good idea. Even if it cost more than the current method, keeping our guys that much further away from danger is worth it.
27 posted on 10/06/2004 4:06:49 PM PDT by Flying Circus
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To: swilhelm73

"Use diesel full to generate the beam." I assume they mean to run the power supply.


28 posted on 10/06/2004 4:06:53 PM PDT by Kirkwood (I think, therefore I am Republican!)
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To: swilhelm73

If it works on munitions, land mines, etc., it should work equally well on terrorist car bombers and truck bombers.


29 posted on 10/06/2004 4:07:24 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: Axenolith

And even if you could put more than 640k on a PC, what's the point? None of the software could take advantage of it.


30 posted on 10/06/2004 4:09:31 PM PDT by johnb838 (John F'n Kerry: Communist Dupe? Or Do-gooder Idiot? You make the call.)
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To: swilhelm73

I hope they come up with a hand-held home defense model.

Puts a whole new meaning into the phrase "Homeland Security."

31 posted on 10/06/2004 4:22:27 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: swilhelm73
THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA!

HAIL ZEUS!

32 posted on 10/06/2004 4:32:38 PM PDT by JOE6PAK (The Pajamaheddin. The gadflies of the truth, the guerrillas of the ugly fact.)
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To: swilhelm73

I think I'm in love.


33 posted on 10/06/2004 5:13:18 PM PDT by Tealc (Mail me if you want on or off my Jaffa, Kree! ping list)
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To: swilhelm73

Do not look into the beem with your one remaining eye


34 posted on 10/06/2004 5:33:11 PM PDT by ChadGore (Vote Bush. He's Earned It.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Radix; Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; LaDivaLoca; Fawnn; Bethbg79; ...

Check this story!!!!!!


35 posted on 10/07/2004 5:26:52 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (skerry's plan for oil independence - turn heinz tomatoes into oil????)
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To: swilhelm73

Another useful result from Reagan's Star Wars program.


36 posted on 10/11/2004 10:09:54 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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