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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:23:51 PM EDT
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Fuck yeah!
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:25:26 PM EDT
[#2]
Who needs a stealth fighter if a Boeing 747 could destroy with directed-energy weapons everything that got thrown at it? Who needs an M1 Abrams if a Stryker can lase every RPG or ATGM or tank projectile thrown at it?
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:25:36 PM EDT
[#3]
... fuck you!
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:26:28 PM EDT
[#4]
Hillary will sell it to the Chinese for campaign contributions.
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:26:56 PM EDT
[#5]
How are they powering this thing?
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:26:56 PM EDT
[#6]
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Who needs a stealth fighter if a Boeing 747 could destroy with directed-energy weapons everything that got thrown at it? Who needs an M1 Abrams if a Stryker can lase every RPG or ATGM or tank projectile thrown at it? It seems to me at that point being the last one to be seen is more important than ever. 
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:27:12 PM EDT
[#7]
Can it be shark mounted?
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:27:44 PM EDT
[#8]
How much does it weigh..
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:27:51 PM EDT
[#9]
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How are they powering this thing? It's like those flashlights you have to shake for them to work. 
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:28:05 PM EDT
[#10]
One step closer to a Phased Plasma Rifle in a 40 Watt Range.
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:28:09 PM EDT
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I hope it stays on our side. Who's the C-in-C again?
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:29:03 PM EDT
[#12]
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How are they powering this thing? Generators and APU most likely. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:29:11 PM EDT
[#13]
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How much does it weigh.. Quote HistoryQuoted:
How much does it weigh.. In total, the system weighs about 650 pounds To be fair you had to read all the way down to the third paragraph.
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:30:16 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: How much does it weigh.. 650 lbs |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:31:28 PM EDT
[#15]
Battery powered. 650 pound demonstrator. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:34:13 PM EDT
[#16]
Article uses both "force multiplier" and "game changer".
It's so exciting. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:34:43 PM EDT
[#17]
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Hillary will sell it to the Chinese for campaign contributions. They probably stole it already.
They never develop anything only steal technology 
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:35:00 PM EDT
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Article uses both "force multiplier" and "game changer". It's so exciting. It's dynamic and synergizes with new paradigms. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:36:17 PM EDT
[#19]
Guess David Drake really hit it right.
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:36:54 PM EDT
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Battery powered. 650 pound demonstrator. less than the weight of a harley. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:37:33 PM EDT
[#21]
So it's like a Ray Gun?
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:37:39 PM EDT
[#22]
It's unfair that only the US would have such a weapon.
#enemylivesmatter |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:38:35 PM EDT
[#23]
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Can it be shark mounted? This. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:39:17 PM EDT
[#24]
I love how they mention "unlimited capacity" then admit it's battery powered. What's it good for currently? Three shots?
They problem with high powered lasers is the same as it has always been, providing power to them. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:39:35 PM EDT
[#25]
How long until ISIS levels a small town with one?
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:40:03 PM EDT
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It's like those flashlights you have to shake for them to work. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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How are they powering this thing? It's like those flashlights you have to shake for them to work. ...on a treadmill |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:41:09 PM EDT
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"...an infinite magazine" -- both very attractive attributes. Indeed, in a press release, Boeing observed that "with a steady power supply, the Compact LWS can fire continuously." Did not read article......but continuous firing? Until it over heats....
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:43:26 PM EDT
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Battery powered. 650 pound demonstrator. So in Marine Corp terms, one and a half Dependas. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:44:56 PM EDT
[#29]
Having an over-watch squad taking out artillery rounds, mortar rounds and RPGs sounds like an incredible 'leg-up' for infantry troops. Gotta wonder how long it will be before this stuff is scaled down to fit in a rux. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:45:52 PM EDT
[#30]
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This. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Can it be shark mounted? This. 
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:46:00 PM EDT
[#31]
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It's dynamic and synergizes with new paradigms. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Article uses both "force multiplier" and "game changer". It's so exciting. It's dynamic and synergizes with new paradigms. a truly disruptive technology. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:47:11 PM EDT
[#32]
I wonder what the countermeasure could be.
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:48:03 PM EDT
[#33]
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I love how they mention "unlimited capacity" then admit it's battery powered. What's it good for currently? Three shots? They problem with high powered lasers is the same as it has always been, providing power to them. Read the article with a magazine article filter. Mostly nothing in the article is a fib, but the details are absent. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:48:50 PM EDT
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This shit or some variant gets trotted out once a month it seems.
Another commercial for .gov waste and kickbacks. Yay |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:48:56 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I wonder what the countermeasure could be. Mirrors. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:49:00 PM EDT
[#36]
pew pew pew
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:49:40 PM EDT
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I hope it stays on our side. Who's the C-in-C again? This.  Bill sold missile tech to the Chicoms; Shrillery will sell it for a speakers' fee.
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:49:40 PM EDT
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Who needs a stealth fighter if a Boeing 747 could destroy with directed-energy weapons everything that got thrown at it? Who needs an M1 Abrams if a Stryker can lase every RPG or ATGM or tank projectile thrown at it? I'm no geographist, but it's possible that ramjet projectiles could move fast enough that the laser would have difficulty tracking. There's always a counter option. The article doesn't say what wavelength the laser radiates in, but it's easy to make a CCD sensitive in IR and ultraviolet, which would make it stand out like a sore thumb for a man with a rifle to put one round into it. Stuff like that usually doesn't work too well with even a single speed hole. It could lead to the end of indirect fire, though I'm sure they probably said the same when the Firefinder RADAR system was developed. It tracks mortar, artillery, or rocket rounds and outputs a grid co-ordinate of where the fire came from before the first round impacts. It is also capable of transmitting that data digitally to the FDC. Because American mortar and artillery are so fucking good and because our met and survey data is excellent, the practical upshot is that we can have an FFE mission on the way before the second enemy round lands. That is, if commanders understand the deployment and advantages of the system. In practice, it has a few flaws that complicate things and command rarely uses it to full effect anyway. When I deployed to Kandahar province with an AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder RADAR in '05-'06 what actually happened was that we would be sent somewhere that was receiving a lot of mortar fire and the enemy would see the RADAR and switch to direct firing old Soviet ballistic rockets. Then they would send us somewhere else. Same story. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:49:57 PM EDT
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Mirrors. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I wonder what the countermeasure could be. Mirrors. Highly efficient solar panels, steal the enemy's energy to power your own lasers.
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:50:55 PM EDT
[#40]
Fool.com?
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:52:01 PM EDT
[#41]
Do want, could be a great drone killer.
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:52:29 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Can it be shark mounted? For the win! |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:52:29 PM EDT
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I wonder what the countermeasure could be. Stay off the battlefield? |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:52:53 PM EDT
[#44]
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pew pew pew Bzzt Bzzt Bzzt |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:52:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How much does it weigh.. Did you read the article? You win a perfect for that post.  |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:55:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Having an over-watch squad taking out artillery rounds, mortar rounds and RPGs sounds like an incredible 'leg-up' for infantry troops. Gotta wonder how long it will be before this stuff is scaled down to fit in a rux. Or mounted to a Humvee. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:58:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fool.com? You don't even invest Bra? |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 2:00:31 PM EDT
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I don't think it is illegal yet in nj.
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Posted: 7/5/2015 2:01:56 PM EDT
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You don't even invest Bra? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Fool.com? You don't even invest Bra? I recognized the full name after reading the article and looking around a bit. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 2:04:00 PM EDT
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Marines bitching about cleaning it in 3...2...1...
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