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Breakthrough Laser Could Revolutionize Navy's Weaponry
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| 1/20/2011
Posted on 01/21/2011 6:27:58 AM PST by Lazamataz
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To: org.whodat
Are you referring to that ray gun they have glued on the nose of a 747.
I hope those fly boys get crakin on that thing cause we gonna need it when HU decides to re-take Taiwan.
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posted on
01/21/2011 6:52:01 AM PST
by
NeverForgetBataan
(To the German Commander: ..........................NUTS !)
To: org.whodat
Nobody said anything about free energy. ‘Free’ in terms of there are free electrons that form the beam, not light photons..............
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posted on
01/21/2011 6:52:39 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing something right.)
To: org.whodat
According to the article this is a FEL laser. The laser onboard the Air Force 747 is a chemical laser which is a logistics nightmare. This looks to be vastly superior to the chemical laser and even the solid state laser.
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posted on
01/21/2011 6:53:25 AM PST
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: SC_Pete
To: sauropod
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posted on
01/21/2011 6:53:32 AM PST
by
sauropod
(The truth shall make you free but first it will make you miserable.)
To: TexasPatriot1
Better version:
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posted on
01/21/2011 6:55:41 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, than Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
To: org.whodat
No such thing as free energy, yet. Wait 'til the State of the Union speech. I think Obama promised to cure cancer in his first SOTU, so he may promise free energy in the upcoming one.
To: drbuzzard
From your link:
Of course, the Navy still wants its laser to target and destroy incoming threats, and therein lies the challenge. The lower power threshold for a weaponized laser of this nature is more or less 100 kilowatts; the FEL at the DOE lab where the Navy has been sponsoring research currently runs at about 14 kilowatts. Boeings job is to make up the difference so the Navys FEL can perform tasks that require 50 watts, 100-plus kilowatts, and everything in between.
Sounds like it's a problem of scaling it up.
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posted on
01/21/2011 6:59:20 AM PST
by
DManA
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
01/21/2011 6:59:33 AM PST
by
TexasPatriot1
("Tyranny is defined as that which legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry" Jefferson)
To: org.whodat
No such thing as free energy, yet."Why sir, how can you doubt me? As sure as the sun rises.... it's FREE! In fact, dear sir, DOES ANYONE CHARGE YOU MONEY FOR THE SUN? NO! NO, I say! The sunlight you have on your dapper suit, RIGHT NOW, is FREE! That, sir, is free energy and may God strike me dead right now if I lie."
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posted on
01/21/2011 7:00:53 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, than Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
To: TexasPatriot1
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posted on
01/21/2011 7:02:51 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, than Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
To: Lazamataz
Tech specs will be on Wikileaks soon thanks to a low-level illegal alien Navy enlistee upset over failure to pass the Dream Act.
Obama will go golfing...
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posted on
01/21/2011 7:07:50 AM PST
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: Lazamataz
This could get messy.
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posted on
01/21/2011 7:07:54 AM PST
by
TexasPatriot1
("Tyranny is defined as that which legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry" Jefferson)
To: Lazamataz
Can we make miniaturize this technology to fit it on an F-22/F-35/Pegasus/Phantom Ray/RQ-170 Sentinel? Could they disable TELs before they raise their missiles to launch position?
To: saganite
After working in the HEL field for more than 30 years, I think fiber lasers offer the best hope for every type of mission except the largest systems such as would be required to defend ship convoys from ballistic missiles.
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posted on
01/21/2011 7:09:42 AM PST
by
Laserman
To: DManA
That seems to have been the problem in directed energy weapons all along.
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posted on
01/21/2011 7:12:02 AM PST
by
drbuzzard
(different league)
To: org.whodat
but the air force has been breaking through for about thirty years nowSorry to bust your bubble, but the USAF has been working on chemical lasers. Not FELs. Big difference. The simplest difference is the logistics works for the FEL.
/johnny (former zoomie, disappointed that the USAF fell so far behind the USN)
To: Tonytitan
Can we make miniaturize this technology to fit it on an F-22/F-35/Pegasus/Phantom Ray/RQ-170 Sentinel? Could they disable TELs before they raise their missiles to launch position? Miniaturization has never been a problem, all packages shrink in time. HOWEVER: The power requirements might put it out of the realm of being fighter-borne. This article references putting them on Naval vessels by 2018, and that's using the shipboard power plant.
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posted on
01/21/2011 7:13:27 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, than Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
To: Lazamataz
What does this have to do with women? /s
My favorite subject.
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posted on
01/21/2011 7:14:50 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
To: Vendome
Lasers can be used to kill other boyfriends.
Ergo, more available women.
Q.E.D.
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posted on
01/21/2011 7:17:34 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, than Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
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