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ripfire
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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ripfire
12/01/08

@ripfire: Eerily..
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
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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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
12/01/08

In reply to Boeing Airborne Laser Weapon Fires for the First Time
Cool. Who wants popcorn?
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weatherman
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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P3nnst8r
12/01/08

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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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trout
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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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
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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newgalactic
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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ripfire
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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SavitaDorus
12/01/08

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"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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kaiesis
12/01/08

@SavitaDorus:

Isnt this the company raining debris all over europe?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
12/01/08

@kaiesis: No, that's Airbus.
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