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    Boeing Airborne Laser Weapon Fires for the First Time
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    12/01/08

    In reply to Boeing Airborne Laser Weapon Fires for the First Time
    News Flash: US Air Force implements Laser Based Missile Defense.


    On the other news: US Air Force is developing Orbital Kinetic Bombardment..


    Hmm. This sounds earily familiar...

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    12/01/08

    @ripfire: Eerily..
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    12/01/08

    In reply to Boeing Airborne Laser Weapon Fires for the First Time
    How long before they start the testing with ground based targets?
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    12/01/08

    In reply to Boeing Airborne Laser Weapon Fires for the First Time
    Cool. Who wants popcorn?
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    12/01/08

    In reply to Boeing Airborne Laser Weapon Fires for the First Time
    "Last week they fired the entire laser system for the first time ever at the Edwards Air Force Base in California."


    Man, that must have really pissed off the people at Edwards who were being fired at.


    Badump, bum.

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    12/01/08

    In reply to Boeing Airborne Laser Weapon Fires for the First Time
    I never understood what good it does on say a Boeing 747, as they peak out at ~600mph. Sure, the amount of machinery would never fit inside of say a supersonic jet, but would this actually be able to respond to a ballistic missile in the event of an actual launch?
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    12/01/08

    @P3nnst8r:

    depends on the range of the laser. also, icbm's travel at like 4000mph, with an impact velocity even greater than that. so basically, if you want to shoot it with your 747, you better be flying over the city that the missile is gonna hit. i would suppose that this is the idea: if we think someone is gonna nuke us, we launch these jets over all major US cities and strategic assets. wait till the missile gets close enough, and PEW PEW, country saved.
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    12/01/08

    @trout: Uh, no. The point is to nuke the nuke before it hits suborbit. Before it hits apex and returns to earth.
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    12/01/08

    In reply to Boeing Airborne Laser Weapon Fires for the First Time
    So, how's it perform against 500 MIRV's?
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    12/01/08

    @newgalactic: Umm.


    Boeing is the prime contractor for ABL, which will provide speed-of-light capability to destroy all classes of ballistic missiles in their boost phase of flight.

    So yeah, even before the MIRV splits up.

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    12/01/08

    In reply to Boeing Airborne Laser Weapon Fires for the First Time
    "take care of this young man, he's one of the top ten minds in the country..."

    "some day I hope to be two of them..."
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    12/01/08

    @SavitaDorus:


    Isnt this the company raining debris all over europe?

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    12/01/08

    @kaiesis: No, that's Airbus.
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