And in the uber-egghead news, we have....

obieone
obieone Posts: 5,077
edited February 2011 in The Clubhouse
....The USN test firing a laser that can burn through 200 feet of steel.....




PER SECOND!:eek::biggrin:


http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/18/navy-breaks-world-record-futuristic-laser-getting-real/

I bet Iran is just LOVING this news. Their enrichment program may be getting a new skylight installed:tongue:
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  • jbooker82
    jbooker82 Posts: 1,627
    edited February 2011
    Must be the responce to the "Long" Dong Feng DF-21D that china has developed.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DF-21
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited February 2011
    Maybe we can shoot that at any space rocks that come flying our way.:tongue:
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  • silvertuner
    silvertuner Posts: 496
    edited February 2011
    and we still dont have a reverse microwave? dammit i want my drinks that warmed up cold again without waiting 3 hours :(

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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited February 2011
    I wonder if they could use the laser to pop a house full of popcorn :-)
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited February 2011
    The real break through will come when they have the ability to stop a laser beam. Once a laser beam is shot, it goes on for a long time. That's why you wont see lasers used as guns for a while. Sure, it'll work for shooting a missile out of the sky, but you can't strap one to a fighter plane to shoot other planes. Even if it hits, it can still go through unlike a bullet which will stop or a missile which will explode.

    Once they get it to where they can shoot a high intensity beam that'll phase out over a reasonable distance, that'll be when it really becomes 'game changing'.

    Still, a very cool accomplishment!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2011
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    I wonder if they could use the laser to pop a house full of popcorn :-)

    First thing that popped into my head too.

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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited February 2011
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    First thing that popped into my head too.

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    Luv that movie - classic 80's....and not too far off the mark for on-campus college antics...:biggrin:

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