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Boeing, Northrop Test Fire Megawatt Laser
Boeing, Northrop Test Fire Megawatt Laser
Manufacturing.Net - September 09, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Boeing Co., and industry partners including Northrop Grumman Corp., recently fired a high-energy, chemical laser equipped on modified commercial aircraft that can shoot down ballistic missiles. On Sunday, prime contractor Boeing and its partner Northrop Grumman, which designed and built the megawatt laser for the airborne laser aircraft, successfully fired the laser during a ground testing at Edwards Air Force Base in California -- proving that the laser will be capable of destroying a missile in flight. Both companies, along with Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin Corp., are expected to provide further details on the ground testing during a conference call Tuesday. The Missile Defense Agency's airborne laser aircraft is a modified 747-400F freighter, whose back half carries the high-energy laser. Ground testing will continue throughout the remainder of the year with firings over a longer duration planned. It will be followed by flight test of the entire system. The Chicago-based aerospace manufacturer says it remains on track to complete an airborne intercept test against a ballistic missile in 2009.
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I love technology, but we would be better served using that money to seal our borders and eliminate 99.9% of the real threat. Wait a minute, I'm in DoD acquisition.  Never mind.
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I KNEW IT !!!!!
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Good and evil Seahawk's doing battle in a single post?
I like the border protection idea more than the laser. Now if we had phasors, photon torpedos, or disrupters, that would be cool. 
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That laser could go a long way towards border control. C'mon Paul, it's all about platform management.
 Will phase 2 involve the shark mounted model?
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Incinerate anything crossing the border...illegals, smugglers, iguanas, coyotes, tumbleweed...
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A few fried Mexicans would serve as a GREAT deterrant. Not very PC, but effective.
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A lazer triggered by a laser for boarder patrol? I would hate to see the after effects.
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Damn straight. I'm all about the red sauce.
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that's it, i'm putting mirrors on my roof
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Friggin' laser beams?
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OK here's a what if: what if they fired this lazer powered laser at the collider? Would the black hole light up? A white hole? That would be something. |
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