Comments on: Skyguard Laser

By: darkbhudda

darkbhudda — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:06:25 +0000

I sometimes wonder what kind of world we would have if not for the Cold War which forced two super powers into a fierce competition for technological supremecy. We'd have our flying cars for a start. Far more technologies weren't birthed because of the wasted resources. Also considering all the inventions attributed to NASA which they didn't invent (everything from velcro to microwave ovens) I wouldn't trust any list of technologies "birth thanks to the enormous budget the US military is given".

By: shecky

shecky — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:55:43 +0000

I wonder if this will take out boxcutters?

By: Akiro

Akiro — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:06:42 +0000

It is absolutely outstanding that we have such a defense mechanism. The power issue is the biggest downfall though...

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:05:22 +0000

Even if it isn't as picture perfect as the promo video, this seems like something that is worth the investment militarily and scientificly.

There are so many technologies that have their birth thanks to the enormous budget the US military is given.

I sometimes wonder what kind of world we would have if not for the Cold War which forced two super powers into a fierce competition for technological supremecy.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:10:23 +0000

One must also remember that (judging by the background music and glowing script) this was made by the manufacturer. One can only guess at how accurate this really is.
Nifty?...yes.
Perfect?...maybe not so much.

By: Schwank

Schwank — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:05:56 +0000

There are some interesting articles about this system at wikipedia and Popular Science. Costs $150 million and despite the field setting its main purpose is defending airports, because of the massive power supply required.