techs
Lifer
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...ser_blast_cannon_plan/
DARPA looking to kickstart raygun tech
By Lewis Page
Published Thursday 23rd August 2007 16:50 GMT
Rayguns are, um, on fire lately, with the US Army dishing out early contracts in its monster truck laser cannon race.
Boeing planning a rather unimpressive blaster-equipped Humvee, and the famous American nuke-toasting jumbo jet continuing to make headlines. Now the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon war-nerd bureau which loves nothing better than a long shot, has joined in.
In a solicitation (http://fs1.fbo.gov/EPSData/ODA...-34_RIFL_Final_2_.pdf (pdf) issued on Tuesday, the military boffins are looking for nothing less than "a Revolution in Fibre Lasers (RIFL)".
Ok, I admit, I want to test fire one.
DARPA looking to kickstart raygun tech
By Lewis Page
Published Thursday 23rd August 2007 16:50 GMT
Rayguns are, um, on fire lately, with the US Army dishing out early contracts in its monster truck laser cannon race.
Boeing planning a rather unimpressive blaster-equipped Humvee, and the famous American nuke-toasting jumbo jet continuing to make headlines. Now the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon war-nerd bureau which loves nothing better than a long shot, has joined in.
In a solicitation (http://fs1.fbo.gov/EPSData/ODA...-34_RIFL_Final_2_.pdf (pdf) issued on Tuesday, the military boffins are looking for nothing less than "a Revolution in Fibre Lasers (RIFL)".
Ok, I admit, I want to test fire one.
