Russia new wonder weapon?

[Alpha Kodiak]

Originally posted by Raging Deadstar:
Actually thinking about it, it could all be speculation, it was in the media I remember stories about how everyone was terrfied that nations were developing Laser armed satelites that could track people by Mobile Phones and kill them within a rather accurate range. Did this ever happen? Not to my memory.

Maybe that explains some of the mysterious disappearances that happen. You never know when a laser might str... -Aaarrrrgggghhhhhhh-

[Raging Deadstar]

Lol *looks at mobile phone...*

*promptly runs outside, calls someone and starts wavings his hands about to see if it is true!*

I'll update you on my progress once i'm extra crispy!!!

[Puke]

Hmm. I think that orbital anti-personnel laser was from the movie Real Genius, which I did rather enjoy. While something like that might be possible, lasers lose focus over range and dissipate GREATLY in atmosphere, it just would not be practical.

We do have air-to-air and air-to-ground and ground-to-air lasers, I would expect to see them get more powerfull and more wide-spread once the politics arround them die down. ground-to-ground lasers dont seem to be practical yet, but maybe in 20 years we will start to prototype them.

[Timstone]

Originally posted by Raging Deadstar:
Lol *looks at mobile phone...*

*promptly runs outside, calls someone and starts wavings his hands about to see if it is true!*

I'll update you on my progress once i'm extra crispy!!!

"Look who's been left in the oven too long." (The Violator talking to Spawn)

[Timstone]

Why the hell would you like to create a laser in the atmosphere?! Lasers are distorted far too much to be of serious use in our atmosphere. Or you need a very big source of energy or you need some miracle design. But then again wonder happen every day.

[Raging Deadstar]

Originally posted by Puke:
Hmm. I think that orbital anti-personnel laser was from the movie Real Genius, which I did rather enjoy. While something like that might be possible, lasers lose focus over range and dissipate GREATLY in atmosphere, it just would not be practical.

We do have air-to-air and air-to-ground and ground-to-air lasers, I would expect to see them get more powerfull and more wide-spread once the politics arround them die down. ground-to-ground lasers dont seem to be practical yet, but maybe in 20 years we will start to prototype them.

I'm pretty sure there were worries about this being implemented lol. Paranoid People

But is till dread to think what other weapons our governements are cooking up *who's paranoid now? *

On good news i'm still alive and not crispy!!

[spoon]

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