Israel successfully tests laser interception system

[RoyalShock]

[WstateU]

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

[C0|dB|00ded]

2017

Lol. Israel does not lead the world in directed energy weapons.

[ShockerPrez]

Does it catch ghosts too?

I remember years and years ago, I heard there was a 707 or similar plane that would fly around McConnell with a laser on it's nose cone. This was probably 30 years ago. Something tells me that our capabilities to intercept ICBMs is higher than we think and is of the utmost secret.

[C0|dB|00ded]

Does it catch ghosts too?

I remember years and years ago, I heard there was a 707 or similar plane that would fly around McConnell with a laser on it's nose cone. This was probably 30 years ago. Something tells me that our capabilities to intercept ICBMs is higher than we think and is of the utmost secret.

[WstateU]

[SB Shock]

Does it catch ghosts too?

I remember years and years ago, I heard there was a 707 or similar plane that would fly around McConnell with a laser on it's nose cone. This was probably 30 years ago. Something tells me that our capabilities to intercept ICBMs is higher than we think and is of the utmost secret.

It was a 747 Airborne laser program (ABL). They choose the wrong laser technology so it became more of test bed of developing the concept. Probably the lessons learned were transfered to new program when it was cancelled in 2009.

[Ted Lasso's Neighbor]

It was a 747 Airborne laser program (ABL). They choose the wrong laser technology so it became more of test bed of developing the concept. Probably the lessons learned were transfered to new program when it was cancelled in 2009.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1 - mentions Wichita in the last paragraph under Origins

[WuDrWu]

It was a 747 Airborne laser program (ABL). They choose the wrong laser technology so it became more of test bed of developing the concept. Probably the lessons learned were transfered to new program when it was cancelled in 2009.

Man, that ABL project was responsible for an awful lot of commerce in the greater Wichita area.

[N Crestway]

I suppose a great weapon but the brass jumping up and down when the laser knocks a "model airplane" somehow put me in mind of Benny Hill.

Wonder what the range for these laser weapons is?

[Kung Wu]

Not gonna lie, I was expecting to see a mountain goat get vaporized at the start.

[wufan]

Reminds me of Dr Evil, or the classic 1985 cinematic masterpiece, Real Genius, starring Val Kilmer and Gabriel Jarrett.

[Kung Wu]

Reminds me of Dr Evil, or the classic 1985 cinematic masterpiece, Real Genius, starring Val Kilmer and Gabriel Jarrett.

Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis?

[SHOXAAC]

Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis?

Not right now!