Pfeer ar LaZ0rz!

[0iD]

Laser weapon knocks down missile in test

A high-powered laser destroyed a target missile in flight off the Central California coast in a milestone test of a futuristic but troubled national defense system, the Air Force announced Friday.

A laser weapon mounted on a Boeing jumbo jet tracked the missile as it accelerated over the ocean off the Point Mugu Naval Warfare Center Thursday night, then fired an energy beam that heated the missile until it cracked and broke up, according to statements from the Air Force and two aerospace companies involved in the program.

[matty-hodgson]

imagine the size of the warning label on that!

"DO NOT POINT IN EYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Me wants

[TooNice]

I wonder if it can manage two in a row without overheating. Still, it's early days..

[IBM]

I couldn't find the evidence I was looking for, but I'm positive I've seen this before from the 1990s, where a laser was mounted on a 747 and burned a hole through the side of a missile....

Found this though, from ten years ago http://www.spacedaily.com/news/laser-00g.html

[Rave]

http://www.techeye.net/science/laser...osquito-plague

A more practical application.

[Salazaar]