Comments on: Laser Gunship Revealed

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:12:53 +0000

Yay! We can kill even more! Ain't we civilized!

Too bad we can't teach anyone how to fish, farm or get along with their neighbors...

By: Sid Morrison

Sid Morrison — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:56:24 +0000

6'5" Arabs living in the mountains bordering Pakistan & Afghanistan best not leave their caves too often.

By: Klink-O

Klink-O — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:25:38 +0000

@ vonSkippy- the sharks weren't carrying "lasers", they were carrying "Frickin lasers." They are lighter and more compact than standard lasers and are also water proof.

By: Lasse

Lasse — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:13:26 +0000

Boeing is building a death star.

By: jd

jd — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:56:18 +0000

what they fail to mention in the article is that the power supply will likely fill the rest of the plane and that it will have a limited firing capacity since firing the laser will completely drain the power supply and leave behind a butt-load of toxic residue.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:45:02 +0000

Take that, alien scum!

btw munky; the "Powers That Be" have been spending money like drunken sailors on poverty and education for the last 40-plus years, and haven't made a dent in either problem. What makes you think throwing more money at it is going to make a difference?

By: munky

munky — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:22:25 +0000

.. and I die a little more inside...

If the Powers That Be would spend a tenth of what they spent developing this horror, we'd kick poverty, global climate change and falling education standards totally.

Never.
Fucking.
Happen.

By: rob izumi

rob izumi — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:53:12 +0000

It's just like the movie Real Genius. Hopefully Val Kilmer will be around to save us.

By: Vonskippy

Vonskippy — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:22:04 +0000

@Kaloran

Very Unlikely (i.e. impossible). The Panama incident happened in 1989, there's no way ANYONE had portable lasers with that type of power.

Even with todays technology, the laser weighs in at over 12000 pounds (hence the need for a big airplane instead of using sharks).

By: Frito Lay

Frito Lay — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:07:36 +0000

Well, now I know my tinfoil hat goes shiny side out. :-/

By: kaloran

kaloran — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:59:05 +0000

In the documentary, 'The Panama Deception' an eyewitness said she saw a laser cut right through a vehicle that she was standing next to during the invasion.

Makes me think that the American military have had these devices a while ago already.

By: algonkin

algonkin — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:37:05 +0000

I'm sure Ronald Reagan would have been proud of this one

By: Pudifoot

Pudifoot — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:34:25 +0000

Yay! It finally feels like the 21st century!!!