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Old 07-05-2007, 01:28 PM   #1
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July 5, 2007: Awesome airborne 747-mounted laser cannon



Coign suggests this items from a community news site called Press Esc.

I'd heard of this plane before but had never seen it, at least to my memory...



The idea is that the laser on the nose of that 747 identifies and shoots down incoming missiles. Sounds unlikely, but I think it's had more success than the old "Star Wars" SDI. The presence of this beast was loudly pointed out when the North Koreans ran their last missile test; as if to say, go ahead and try it Il, we'll have a test of our own to carry out.

And at the link there is a pic of something it has actually shot down. Just do not look into the laser with your exposed eyeball, or you'll find your entire head exploding.
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Old 07-05-2007, 02:35 PM   #2
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Does anyone else see tuition sitting there on wheels?
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Old 07-05-2007, 02:53 PM   #3
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[GWB]Oh Vlady, guess what -- now about that missle shield in eastern Europe...[/GWB]
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Old 07-05-2007, 03:06 PM   #4
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Is it just me or does Putin remind you of Lee Greenwood?
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Old 07-05-2007, 03:07 PM   #5
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He's proud to be an American, where at least he knows he's free?!
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Old 07-05-2007, 05:00 PM   #6
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Is it just me or does Putin remind you of Lee Greenwood?
I'm pretty sure it's the same guy. I've never seen them together.
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Old 07-05-2007, 05:01 PM   #7
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A friend used to work for Lee, and, the way I understand it, he pretty much was a tyrant. So, we may be on to something here.
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Old 07-05-2007, 05:03 PM   #8
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Also, I think the laser on the front of the plane is phallic.
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Old 07-05-2007, 05:13 PM   #9
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could be...
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Old 07-05-2007, 09:03 PM   #10
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Does anyone else see tuition sitting there on wheels?
Tuition? How many Doctorates, for your whole class, do you want?
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Old 07-05-2007, 09:51 PM   #11
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Well, my friend Bill once said, considering engineering for a defense contractor, "I'm not really comfortable developing systems to kill people. On the other hand, holy crap, is some of that stuff cool as hell or what."
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Old 07-05-2007, 10:20 PM   #12
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Clean room, suits, gloves, masks.... then hang it on the front of a 747 doing hundreds of miles per hour... go figure.
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Old 07-06-2007, 10:01 AM   #13
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An image I suggested got used. I am so happy!!

For my acceptance speech I would like to thank my family, my post-production editor, my publicist, my ferret Kiki, and to all those little people who did all my work for me so I could surf the web everyday from 8 to 5.

I DID IT EVERYONE! YOU LOVE ME, YOU REALLY LOVE ME!!!!
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Old 07-06-2007, 05:05 PM   #14
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You do realize on Monday it'll be, 'what have you done for us lately', don't you?
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Old 07-06-2007, 07:17 PM   #15
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I heard somewhere from anonymous sources that they have something like this mounted on destroyers that are capable of taking a target at 600 miles! Don't know if i should feel safer or not with this. At least it's on our side..... for now...
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