[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
...It's nose-mounted on a turret in a 747...

Am I the only one to find this contradictory and amusing?

[Grey Wolf]

Is this really that big a deal? I mean, so they can blind gunners/fry optics. But given the time it would take to do that, I'm sure they would be shot at first by either the tank they are attempting to blind or another.

[J.F.K.]

Originally posted by Kalfireth
I mean do you really think the US hasnt been working on them? Sure I've no proof of it but if others have it's a fair bet that the US and/or other countries have investigated defence and retaliation against them.

Mmmm, black budget. Do you know how massive the US black budget is? You could buy the whole of Australia with it several times over.

[Corsair]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
BTW, the US is developing it's own laser system. It's nose-mounted on a turret in a 747 (I think it's a 747)

Yup. And it's not for killing tanks, it's for shooting down Scuds. Because those Patriots just don't work as well as the army says they do.

[Stryke 9]

"as the Army says they do" meaning "at all", of course.

Beh. They're inefficient, inaccurate, haven't worked in a non-rigged test yet, and a fantastic waste of money, but on the other hand they're laser weapons. I mean, DUDE! I'm really torn here...

[Nico]

Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
Is this really that big a deal? I mean, so they can blind gunners/fry optics. But given the time it would take to do that, I'm sure they would be shot at first by either the tank they are attempting to blind or another.

? should take less than a second for a high powered laser to fry optics ( either mechanical or organic )
btw, everybod has laser weapons
I even saw an israelian laser tank prototype somewhere on the net.

[Stryke 9]

There's a slight difference between a major first-world nation with a huge ****in' army dabbling in experimental lasers and a tiny jungle-based third-world Communist state possibly actively making use of a functional laser cannon.

[Black Wolf]

Originally posted by tEAbAG


Ummm... WTF?

Had you been here "as long as the most of us" you'd know that Razor is one of those rabidly anti American people who turn anything into a rant about how stupid the Yanks are. I mean, I don't like some of their international policies, and I wouldn't want to live there, but Razor takes it to ridiculous extremes. And he thinks he's funny when he does it. . So don't worry, your confusion is understandable.

[Nico]

well... yeah, there's a difference between NK and Israel.
your point being?

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by Black Wolf


Had you been here "as long as the most of us" you'd know that Razor is one of those rabidly anti American people who turn anything into a rant about how stupid the Yanks are. I mean, I don't like some of their international policies, and I wouldn't want to live there, but Razor takes it to ridiculous extremes. And he thinks he's funny when he does it. . So don't worry, your confusion is understandable.

I consider myself to quite anti-American at times, but I bury those feeling here because of the high number of American members, for the sake of keeping the peace. Anyway, American people I have no trouble with (mostly), but the govt. and corporations that piss me off.

Razor has yet to learn how to integrate into a society of any kind.

I remember being banned from the PCG forums for violent ranting about George Bush and his "American people should ahve the right to pollute" crap, but now I have learned (for the most part) to keep such sentiments under wraps when online.

[Razor]

And he thinks he's funny when he does it.

Oh so it's my fault that only 1% percent of your brain is working.
I've seen comments that weren't even funny and people just started to spam the thread with LOLs. Mostly, these comments were written by someone "high up". and so people just started laughing madly because of their fear of the high uppers. Like for instance the "Who wants to be a mjolnir?" thread. Oh yeah! What a joke...what a joke.

[CP5670]

? should take less than a second for a high powered laser to fry optics ( either mechanical or organic  )

yeah, but the thing is that this is all it would do. You could fire a missile instead in that time, which would have the same the effect but would fry the rest of the target as well. The main application I see with these types of lasers is for intercepting missiles.

Had you been here "as long as the most of us" you'd know that Razor is one of those rabidly anti American people who turn anything into a rant about how stupid the Yanks are. I mean, I don't like some of their international policies, and I wouldn't want to live there, but Razor takes it to ridiculous extremes. And he thinks he's funny when he does it. . So don't worry, your confusion is understandable.

I would be ready to put up with that if he actually had any competence and did not show his total ignorance almost every time (and on topics of his choice too); even Bush himself could do much better. If you are going to start fights all the time, at least make your arguments solid so that they actually present a challenge. ah well, he is "about to be hammered" anyway.

Mostly, these comments were written by someone "high up".  and so people just started laughing madly because of their fear of the high uppers. Like for instance the "Who wants to be a mjolnir?" thread. Oh yeah! What a joke...what a joke.

eh...what is "someone high up?" An admin?

[Nico]

Originally posted by CP5670


yeah, but the thing is that this is all it would do. You could fire a missile instead in that time, which would have the same the effect but would fry the rest of the target as well. The main application I see with these types of lasers is for intercepting missiles.
 

well, if your read closely, you'll notice intercepting missiles is exactly what it seems to be supposed to do ( analogy to the russian antimissile missiles ).
anyway, destroying the targeting system of a vehicle renders this one about useless. even more if you make the pilot blind .

[Stryke 9]

CP: A pilot can't see, you've got one crashed plane/helicopter. Same effect as launching a rocket, only nearly untraceable, at the moment legal, and reusable.

Razor: Yeah, those admins. Can't trust 'em, they've got everyone on the line. People who don't laugh at their jokes, you know, they take 'em into the back room, and they're never seen again.

Can also see into your mind using the electromagnetic waves from your monitor, tell if you're thinking bad thoughts about them. I got 'em foxed, though, I took some tinfoil and wrapped it around my head, they can't penetrate that...

[Razor]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Razor: Yeah, those admins. Can't trust 'em, they've got everyone on the line. People who don't laugh at their jokes, you know, they take 'em into the back room, and they're never seen again.

eh...what is "someone high up?" An admin?

Wow! I am impressed. I didn't know that some people around here have brains. When I saw that: *eh...who is someone "high up"?* I thought: It's over. This guy totally went down the drain.

ah well, he is "about to be hammered" anyway.

Pff...like I really care. But hey... I see you do. Might as well do something usefull while I am still sticking around.

[tEAbAG]

We should turn our microwave weapons on them next time they laze our stuff:nod:

[Top Gun]

I Guess that's why they keep having powercuts;)

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