VIDEO: Ballistic Missile Destroyed by Laser

[JMcEntegart]

Planes are awesome. Jumbo jets are even better and jumbo jets with laser attachments are better still, because they can shoot missiles out of the sky.

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[Guest]

Tell me why this is useful? Why are we spending so much money on defense when it isn't necessary and instead focus on things like green/reusable energy, things that will actually become important once the oil crash hits.

 

[drakefyre]

It's useful because Iran could and probably is developing nuclear weapons. With lasers you can actually destroy attacking missiles before they strike. I am sure nobody wants nukes hitting their country.

 

[liquid0h]

If they added the sharks, that would top this off...

 

[maban]

Damn, I wanted the missile to win.

 

[foody]

[citation][nom]jinxyjoo[/nom]Tell me why this is useful? Why are we spending so much money on defense when it isn't necessary and instead focus on things like green/reusable energy, things that will actually become important once the oil crash hits.[/citation]
Good point, why would we ever want to defend ourselves?

 

[Honis]

[citation][nom]jinxyjoo[/nom]Tell me why this is useful? Why are we spending so much money on defense when it isn't necessary and instead focus on things like green/reusable energy, things that will actually become important once the oil crash hits.[/citation]
If it makes you feel any better, the defense budget last year had 2 of these planes cut before production began. I for one can't wait till the technology makes it into fighters and replaces ballistic systems with this insanely accurate form of annihilation.

Also, in before mirror missile. (Little secret, they wont work due to defects found in even the most perfectly made mirrors.)

 

[fpsdominator]

[citation][nom]jinxyjoo[/nom]Tell me why this is useful? Why are we spending so much money on defense when it isn't necessary and instead focus on things like green/reusable energy, things that will actually become important once the oil crash hits.[/citation]

We wouldn't have to worry about renewable energy if you tree hugging liberals let the U.S use Nuclear Power Plants. Its free Energy!!! Why not use it???

 

[zoemayne]

This is good hopefully we can use lasers to replace patriot missiles. Remember those!?

 

[zoemayne]

[citation][nom]jinxyjoo[/nom]Tell me why this is useful? Why are we spending so much money on defense when it isn't necessary and instead focus on things like green/reusable energy, things that will actually become important once the oil crash hits.[/citation]
North Korea already has nuclear missiles. And they are the most serious threat IMO. Iran is more of a threat to Israel.

 

[SpinachEater]

Wow, you know this is going into a satellite next

 

[Dawgsoverrebs]

[citation][nom]jinxyjoo[/nom]Tell me why this is useful? Why are we spending so much money on defense when it isn't necessary and instead focus on things like green/reusable energy, things that will actually become important once the oil crash hits.[/citation]

Ok I'm not sure what is going through your head I hope to God its a joke. I always knew liberals were stupid but please this is going a little too far.

 

[nottheking]

Technically, North Korea doesn't have nuclear missiles; they have have a nuclear bomb design that they've tested, (albeit a speculated "fizzle," as the test yields were far below that of other country's early nuke tests) and they also have some ballistic missile technology.

However, building a nuke is one thing; making one small and durable enough to fit in the tip of a missile and survive the searing heat of a >10,000MPH atmospheric re-entry is another. There's also a question of range; N.K. has no ICBMs; their proposed, bulky Taepodong-2 missile has consistently had a spectacular failure on each of the tests they've made, and even if it worked, it might only BARELY classify as "intercontinental;" it could potentially reach the Aleutian Islands and some parts of Alaska, but be far, far from being able to reach the rest of the USA.

Still, a strong, functional anti-missile defense is important, as if the USA manages to build a combined system that can render nuclear missiles useless, then no countries will bother trying to make them anymore; America will have succeeded in making nukes obsolete, hence eliminating the shadow of potential nuclear war...

So really, is perhaps a try for world peace (or at least, a world free of nuclear weapons) not as important as hare-brained schemes to produce "green" energy that actually wind up yielding more pollution than more conventional means?

 

[sseyler]

[citation][nom]dawgsoverrebs[/nom]Ok I'm not sure what is going through your head I hope to God its a joke. I always knew liberals were stupid but please this is going a little too far.[/citation]


I am a liberal and I can assure you that I'm far from stupid.

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

[citation][nom]sseyler[/nom]I am a liberal and I can assure you that I'm far from stupid.[/citation]

well that previous comment was pretty stupid.


anyways, that vid wasn't particularly convincing either, show me a daytime vid and I might believe it.

 

[anamaniac]

I hate it when we develop new types of bombs, but I'm all for defencive weaponry (assuming it's used for defence only).

How long until we get a totally sick satellite array of gigawatt lasers?

 

[asdf634]

[citation][nom]fpsdominator[/nom]We wouldn't have to worry about renewable energy if you tree hugging liberals let the U.S use Nuclear Power Plants. Its free Energy!!! Why not use it???[/citation]

Please other countries won't need to develop nuclear bomb to nuke the U.S... one part of the North Korean's problem solved!

 

[Guest]

--We wouldn't have to worry about renewable energy if you tree hugging liberals let the U.S use Nuclear Power Plants. Its free Energy!!! Why not use it???

I love nuclear power actually; however, Its not free it costs more per watt then other resources currently. And if the world were to completely switch over to nuclear power we would exhaust the world supply of uranium in one generation.

--Ok I'm not sure what is going through your head I hope to God its a joke. I always knew liberals were stupid but please this is going a little too far.

What exactly is stupid? The fact that I think the defense budget could be smaller or my comment about the oil crash? The oil crash is comming, do your research. We have already peaked. At this point the world is pumping far more oil out of the ground then the amount of new oil found. If the world doesnt start to invest in renewable energy such as wind, solar, or hydro by the time the usa, middle east, and russia run out then we will plummit into a society that matches the technology of the amish. This will also result in massive shortages of food. We can hardly feed all the mouths now what do you think will happen when the nearly free cost energy recieved from oil is gone?

Oh and where is this liberal crap coming from? I dont care about politics and I dont brand myself as liberal or conservative, republican or democrat.

Go ahead and give me a thumbs down. But if you are open minded and realize our lifestyles are not sustainable unless serious actions are taken then thumbs up .

 

[Guest]

--We wouldn't have to worry about renewable energy if you tree hugging liberals let the U.S use Nuclear Power Plants. Its free Energy!!! Why not use it???

Oh, and just so you know obama has just approved a program that's going to build new powerplant(s), down in Georgia I think.

And I must insist that to all the conservatives who call people "tree hugging liberals", which makes up a great number, it isn't an insult so you can stop saying it. You may find it insulting but to those who do actually care about the environment, it really isn't. It's morally right to care for the environment, god forbid some people think raping the planet is not a good idea. The earth isn't yours to own.

 

[nottheking]

[citation][nom]anamaniac[/nom]How long until we get a totally sick satellite array of gigawatt lasers?[/citation]
Probably not for a while; given the cost of launching a sattelite is directly proportional to its mass, (it takes ~$1,000US per pound to launch it to orbit) huge satellites are often impractical, and usually cap out at a single ton or so. The YAL-1, the plane shown used for the test in the article, is based on a model that, when fully loaded, can weigh over 400 tons. (it's a modified Boeing 747-400)

So there it's a question of what can be had to supply enough power for the laser; plenty of methods exist for the ENERGY, but you need POWER. (power being the capability to supply tons of energy in a very short span of time)

One of the early proposals in Reagan's "Star Wars" SDI was a network of such; to get the power, they would be equipped with miniature nuclear bombs, that would detonate, with the rest of the equipment harnessing that power to fire the laser. Obviously, such design entailed them being both extremely expensive and good for a single shot only.