reply to post by dragonridr
Umm yeah sure, they been talking about such lasers for years, yet no one has demonstrated one that actually works, nor have they confirmed any
operation dates etc.
Sure they can show it to investors, have them target stationry pre determined targets, have some explosives on the target, once the laser is aimed on
the target, a detector detonates this explosive and "WOW" ensues, of course the explosion was the gas tank not the explosives in the boot, why a
wrecked vehicle used for target practice would have fuel in it anyway...
As far as this one is concerned, it is more propeganda than a real technology. Like I said Microwave weapons are easier since the technology is
already advanced enough in a home microware to develop it into a directional beam weapon. Lasers which are powerful enough to destroy a target, fitted
to an airplane... just tough talk.
But of course, such propaganda and bull# stories being leaked, reported etc, have made the world so paranoid as to what exists, most of it is over
exaggerated or just a myth in reality.
Take into account Russian plasma stealth, it was claimed years ago, they have the technology ready for deployment and earlier generation tech is ready
for export, yet years later, still no export variant, even the original scientists claiming it is far beyond their current capability to engulf a high
speed jet in a constant plasma cloud.
How many more examples need to be presented, before people realise, all those wonderful dream techs, are mostly just ideas still in concept stage (not
even knowing if it is possible to implement), or just made up to show superiority over other nations etc.