U.S. airborne laser advances to 'First Light'

[GTaudiophile]

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[MattCo]

Now they just have to shoot it through the smartass professor's window into the big vat of popcorn.

(Does anyone get this or am I too old?)

-MC

 

[bunker]

I'm suddenly reminded of the movie Real Genius. 🙂

Edit: heh, thinking of the same thing MattCo 😛

 

[ElFenix]

val kilmer's finest moment

 

[KC5AV]

Great movie.

 

[cjchaps]

Originally posted by: KC5AV
Great movie.

 

[GTaudiophile]

MY thread has been hijacked!

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Cue the uppity liberals whining about weapons in space. 😛

- M4H

 

[SuperTool]

Can't the enemy just coat the warhead in a reflective material?

 

[IHYLN]

Not really, the type of laser will determine if it will be reflected. This is a chemical based laser so you can't just start chroming missles.

 

[gotsmack]

Originally posted by: SuperTool
Can't the enemy just coat the warhead in a reflective material?

put some bling on the missiles.

 

[blakeatwork]

What are the dangers of detonatiing a nuclear-type device in the atmosphere?? Would that not expand it's potential follout radius??

<---knows not very much with regards to bombs..

 

[GRIFFIN1]

Originally posted by: blakeatwork
What are the dangers of detonatiing a nuclear-type device in the atmosphere?? Would that not expand it's potential follout radius??

<---knows not very much with regards to bombs..

A ground burst creates more fallout because it blows dirt into the air. The dirt then settles in the area around the blast creating high levels of radioactivity. An air burst that is too high to vaporize the ground, will not create as much radioactive material, and it will be dispersed over a much larger area.

 

[blakeatwork]

Originally posted by: GRIFFIN1

Originally posted by: blakeatwork
What are the dangers of detonatiing a nuclear-type device in the atmosphere?? Would that not expand it's potential follout radius??

<---knows not very much with regards to bombs..

A ground burst creates more fallout because it blows dirt into the air. The dirt then settles in the area around the blast creating high levels of radioactivity. An air burst that is too high to vaporize the ground, will not create as much radioactive material, and it will be dispersed over a much larger area.

Ahhh.. so it's more the ground/materials it affects, VS the payload of the missle itself?

Makes sense...

Yay! We want the Frickin Lasers!

 

[Juice Box]

Real Geinus, we watched it in phyzix

 

[FoBoT]

can i have some extra butter on mine?

 

[MaxDepth]

Mitch: This is coherent light.
Mitch's dad: Oh, so it talks.

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: MattCo
Now they just have to shoot it through the smartass professor's window into the big vat of popcorn.

(Does anyone get this or am I too old?)

-MC

dude I made a reference to that movie like 2 weeks ago in here.

 

[Gulzakar]

christ, it's starwars all over again.