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USAF unveils airborne laser weapon
The United States Air Force today unveiled its futuristic airborne laser weapon, based on a modified 747 design.
"What makes this revolutionary is that you can engage targets at the speed of light – 186,000 miles per second," Air Force Col. John Daniels said. "So we can go from New York to Los Angeles before you can blink your eye. Think about that. You can't blink your eye faster than this weapon system or a beam of light goes across the country."
The Airborne Laser is being developed as part of the defense shield, A detection-and-tracking system, optics and a high-energy laser would detect a missile launch and track it during the boost phase.
Now once they learn to aim their target dummies properly Bush can go and declare WW III on rest of the world.
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Saturday June 23, 2007
Saturday June 23, 2007
The United States Air Force today unveiled its futuristic airborne laser weapon, based on a modified 747 design.
"What makes this revolutionary is that you can engage targets at the speed of light – 186,000 miles per second," Air Force Col. John Daniels said. "So we can go from New York to Los Angeles before you can blink your eye. Think about that. You can't blink your eye faster than this weapon system or a beam of light goes across the country."
The Airborne Laser is being developed as part of the defense shield, A detection-and-tracking system, optics and a high-energy laser would detect a missile launch and track it during the boost phase.
Now once they learn to aim their target dummies properly Bush can go and declare WW III on rest of the world.
, it would certainly produce the sort of power needed (Megawatt). I was asuming they would use electronics to produce the pulsed power from smaller, less powerful generators. I do wonder about the weight of a nuclear reactor but I have to say though, I am certainly not up to date with the weight/output of the modern reactors.
