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Old 04-13-11, 11:52 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike View Post
Well the Wright Flyer was not very impressive, but in 15 years cities were being bombed from the air.
Correct, and im not downplaying the Navy Laser by any means.

and the wright flyer was more or less a proof of concept machine as well.

What i am saying - when i first saw the headline for this a few days ago it was similar to the thread title

"US Navy Laser destroys target ship"

what it should have read:

"US Navy laser starts small fire aboard target skiff in early test"

of course it didnt say that.

so when i clicked for video, needless to say i was disappointed when I saw instead of THIS. (not that i really expected the latter)

its as much of a big deal as it isnt - if that makes sense.

now... when we can upgrade the Arleigh Burkes with a laser that can split an aircraft carrier in half within 90 seconds - that would be awesome.
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