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Title: It's the LaWS, don't look at the beam!!!
Post by: BobR on August 17, 2012, 05:30:19 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_pjzW98dM

Between things like this and the neat toys DARPA gets to play with, I wish I was just getting going in life after high school again.


bob

Title: Re: It's the LaWS, don't look at the beam!!!
Post by: birdman on August 17, 2012, 08:09:32 PM

Hey cool, I know people in that video :)

Title: Re: It's the LaWS, don't look at the beam!!!
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 17, 2012, 09:40:18 PM

Lame. Laser tag is so totally '80s.

Title: Re: It's the LaWS, don't look at the beam!!!
Post by: RoadKingLarry on August 18, 2012, 08:29:13 AM

It's kind of cool watching some of the stuff we see  these days, rocket powered sky cranes autonomously landing rovers on Mars and here we we have LASERs shooting down aircraft.
So much of what we take for granted today was wild Science fiction when I graduated from High school.

Title: Re: It's the LaWS, don't look at the beam!!!
Post by: MechAg94 on August 18, 2012, 10:58:40 AM

It seems to me that lasers ought to be fairly effective against jets as they are generally not heavily armored and their wings are full of fuel.

Title: Re: It's the LaWS, don't look at the beam!!!
Post by: Blakenzy on August 18, 2012, 11:11:43 AM

Quote

Lame. Laser tag is so totally '80s.

I guess that's why they went with the Terminator 1 soundtrack in the background ???

Title: Re: It's the LaWS, don't look at the beam!!!
Post by: kgbsquirrel on August 18, 2012, 03:09:50 PM

Sooo....

What happens if you get two of these together and cross the beams?  [popcorn]

Title: Re: It's the LaWS, don't look at the beam!!!
Post by: MillCreek on August 18, 2012, 03:50:23 PM

Video needs moar acronyms.......

Title: Re: It's the LaWS, don't look at the beam!!!
Post by: RoadKingLarry on August 18, 2012, 05:08:58 PM

Quote from: kgbsquirrel on August 18, 2012, 03:09:50 PM

Sooo....

What happens if you get two of these together and cross the beams?  [popcorn]

The obvious and expected reply

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyaLZHiJJnE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyaLZHiJJnE)