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US Navy - Big Laser
hey guys found a cool article not sure if its been posted.
enjoy
US Navy's laser test could put heat on pirates - Yahoo! News
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14-04-2011, 05:47
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Re: US Navy: Big Laser
So I guess instead of arresting the pirates, they are going to be the main course at a BBQ.
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14-04-2011, 19:58
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Re: US Navy: Big Laser
sounds about right
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14-04-2011, 20:22
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Lasers for Pirates
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Originally Posted by Unicorn Dreams
So I guess instead of arresting the pirates, they are going to be the main course at a BBQ.
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Best use for pirates. 
From my understanding of a newspaper article in Australia on high power it could knock out a motor or on low power cause sight problems.
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14-04-2011, 20:27
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Re: US Navy: Big Laser
i like the bbq idea.......what kinda sauce goes with pirate en brochette?
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14-04-2011, 20:50
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Re: US Navy: Big Laser
Here's the test video, since they didn't link to it in the story.
YouTube - Maritime Laser Demonstration
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15-04-2011, 18:50
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Re: US Navy: Big Laser
thanks for the video thats pretty impressive.
to bad they had to use a perfectly good 200hp outboard!
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15-04-2011, 20:39
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Re: US Navy: Big Laser
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thanks for the video thats pretty impressive.
to bad they had to use a perfectly good 200hp outboard!
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My thoughts exactly. Nice to see such good use of tax dollars when it could have been done with something less new and shiney.
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15-04-2011, 21:46
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Re: US Navy: Big Laser
Geez, judging by the comments there (youtube), the youtube population has gone completely liberal!
About the outboards - my guess is they made a "replica" pirate vessel for testing purposes.
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16-04-2011, 16:33
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Re: US Navy: Big Laser
It looks like a cool weapon, I'm not sure about using this thing on "pirates" though. really; what is the sense in using a million dollar laser, (capable of intercepting a high speed missile), on a small skiff that can be easily disabled or sunk with a single 50 cal bullet?
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16-04-2011, 18:42
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Re: US Navy: Big Laser
The laser may not have the appropriate intensity at the necessary range to intercept a missile.
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16-04-2011, 19:05
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Re: US Navy: Big Laser
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About the outboards - my guess is they made a "replica" pirate vessel for testing purposes.
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Why would you guess that? Is it because certainly they would not waste tax dollars and destroy very expensive engines and boat?
I think about the best we might hope for is that the boat and motors were about to be decommissioned and would go on the GSA auction block.
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16-04-2011, 19:05
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Re: US Navy: Big Laser
Ok, I am a pirate. The navy shoots a laser at me. The next time (as they rarely arrest anyone) I take a mirror. Problem solved
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16-04-2011, 19:12
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Re: US Navy: Big Laser
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Why would you guess that? Is it because certainly they would not waste tax dollars and destroy very expensive engines and boat?
I think about the best we might hope for is that the boat and motors were about to be decommissioned and would go on the GSA auction block. |
That or they were confiscated. Beyond that, what's $2k tacked onto our multi-trillion dollar debt?
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16-04-2011, 20:24
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Re: US Navy: Big Laser
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Originally Posted by ozskipper
Ok, I am a pirate. The navy shoots a laser at me. The next time (as they rarely arrest anyone) I take a mirror. Problem solved |
Any normal mirror is only gonna delay a laser like that a tiny fraction of a second.
A highly polished industrial mirror might delay it 10 times longer. Maybe even a whole second.
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