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Author:  pcernie [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Aerial laser gunboat 'burns hole in fender' of moving car
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/14 ... r_driller/

Progress of a kind I guess ;)
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aerial laser gunboat 'burns hole in fender' of moving car
pcernie wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/14/atl_fender_driller/

Progress of a kind I guess ;)


Well…
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a single 20-tonne weapon system capable of a limited number of "shots", perhaps as few as six. The six-tonne chemical laser must be refuelled with dangerous toxic fuels once it is empty, a procedure much more logistically troublesome than loading regular ammo aboard an AC-130.


we’re still a way off from phasers and photon torpedos. I expect the size to decrease, the number of shots to increase and the refuelling problems to be reduced over the coming years.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aerial laser gunboat 'burns hole in fender' of moving car
Not long now before we have the fully autonomous flying versions that can target humans. :shock:
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aerial laser gunboat 'burns hole in fender' of moving car
Amnesia10 wrote:
Not long now before we have the fully autonomous flying versions that can target humans. :shock:


Indeed. And then Skynet. I think you know the rest.
Author:  pcernie [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aerial laser gunboat 'burns hole in fender' of moving car
paulzolo wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
Not long now before we have the fully autonomous flying versions that can target humans. :shock:


Indeed. And then Skynet. I think you know the rest.


My dad gave me a funny look the other day after he had been complaining about the washing machine not letting him do something cos of it's set 'computer' routine, and I said some of these manufacturers mustn't have seen Terminator :roll:
Author:  Spreadie [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:57 pm ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
Not long now before we have the fully autonomous flying versions that can target humans. :shock:

You know, just because you're a paranoiac, it doesn't mean they are not really out to get you. :twisted:
Author:  davrosG5 [ Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Aerial laser gunboat 'burns hole in fender' of moving car
The best bit of the article is right at the bottom though:

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The news will doubtless have a depressing effect in evil billionaire circles. It would seem that the day of the cranially mounted, shark-portable, waterproof pool menagerie above-water combat augmentation system remains as far off as ever.
Author:  LaptopAcidXperience [ Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Aerial laser gunboat 'burns hole in fender' of moving car
Amnesia10 wrote:
Not long now before we have the fully autonomous flying versions that can target humans. :shock:


They have them already they're called fighter pilots, only they're not that autonomous.
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