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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. |
07-05-2007, 02:35 PM | #2 |
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Does anyone else see tuition sitting there on wheels?
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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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07-05-2007, 03:06 PM | #4 |
no not that other guy, the other one
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Is it just me or does Putin remind you of Lee Greenwood?
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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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07-05-2007, 05:00 PM | #6 |
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I'm pretty sure it's the same guy. I've never seen them together.
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07-05-2007, 05:01 PM | #7 |
no not that other guy, the other one
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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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07-05-2007, 05:03 PM | #8 |
no not that other guy, the other one
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Also, I think the laser on the front of the plane is phallic.
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07-05-2007, 05:13 PM | #9 |
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could be...
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07-05-2007, 09:03 PM | #10 |
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Tuition? How many Doctorates, for your whole class, do you want?
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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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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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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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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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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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