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    New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs

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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    Ok, so where's my Camry destroying "layser" mounted to my Falcon?


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    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    Am I the only one watching that Boeing video expecting the camera angle to pan and show us Brains giving this presentation to the Tracy clan and proposing it as the next logical gadget for International Rescue...?
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    I've had that game 20 years. And 20 years later, I still want to shoot that fuckin' dog.


    Only now I want to do it with a frickin' laser beam.

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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    wouldnt you just need a pair of infrared goggles and a compass to find the laser gun thing?
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    01/29/09

    @FrankGrimes: And to be looking in the right direction and to not blink when it fires.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    that top picture is so full of win
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    01/29/09

    @Jo Schmo *STD-free for over 02 days: I now have the Duck Hunt theme stuck in my head.


    All eight seconds of it.

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    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    The best laser I know is a big Trumpf cutting steel in our machine shop.
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    Excellent. 1/3 of the way to pirate ninjas with lasers.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    01/29/09

    @theeastbaykid: We're easily at 2/3 if you count the Somalis.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    Awesome, and all that, but lasers freak me the hell out.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    Someone needs to explain to me how UAVs represent a "growing threat" to the US Military.


    Last I heard, we were the only ones using or developing them.


    I'd rather see the cash spent on more effective ubran warfare tech/equipment. Better ground vehicles, better body armor, better emergency medical care.

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    Image of nadnarb nadnarb
    01/29/09

    We arent the only ones using them. Just about every country that can afford them has them, hell even Georgia(the country). Mostly thanks to the US because we sell em.
    Now let me see why would a small mostly radar evading plane that can stay in air for 24 hours be a threat? I dont know......Do You?
    As for emergency care, trust me we are damn good at that.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    01/29/09

    @nadnarb: Re: emergency care: Could always be better.


    Re: UAVs...any potentially hostile countries that are using them?


    I mean, war with the Australians is always a possibility, but I'm thinking more like China or Iran.


    @tankman: Artillery rounds makes sense (if it could really do that).

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/30/09

    @Mad_Science: See above. I think that it's actually a defense against the geese that we send across your border every winter. Canadian unmanned flying... uh... vehicle... invasion.
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    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    I´m not excited at all, Is this technology only available for the "good" guy´s?
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    Just curious... which nations other than the United States have UAV's? I thought this was largely the domain of the US only.


    I mean, Canada has them, but we call them "geese".

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    01/29/09

    @Deartháir discusses blown trannies just for Google AdSense: Brazil calls them "VANT" (veículos aéreos não tripulados)
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    01/29/09

    @Deartháir discusses blown trannies just for Google AdSense: Ummm...countries like Israel, India etc I guess? Again, don't quote me, I am just typing off the top of what I've seen in news.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/29/09

    @Formerlythegreatestdriver: Are we talking about geese, or UAV's?


    Actually I'm not being pedantic, I'm genuinely curious. I was under the impression most other nations in the world didn't have these.

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    Image of Sigsworth Sigsworth
    01/29/09

    @Deartháir discusses blown trannies just for Google AdSense: The advertised purpose for any weapon system may not be the only purpose, it may even not be the primary purpose of the weapon system. Since the use of lasers against personnel is prohibited by something or other, it makes perfect sense that such an obviously useful weapon is advertised for its capability against an unmanned target.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/29/09

    @Sigsworth: So you're saying this is the REAL reason that US Airways flight ended up in the Hudson?
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    01/29/09

    @Deartháir discusses blown trannies just for Google AdSense: Can we use this laser to kill geese? Because that would be awesome.
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    01/30/09

    @Armand Bengle: That... that would be MUCH more awesome. Much.


    I anticipate a loud "POFF" noise.

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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    Lasers are nice but I bet they can't deliver this kind of awesome:


    The last 10 seconds of that video should be air-mailed on red white and blue memory sticks into every cave in Afghanistan.

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    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    I give it five years before they come out with a civilian version. And six years before rush-hour traffic congestion is a thing of the past.
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    01/29/09

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    Image of bzr bzr
    01/29/09

    In reply to New Boeing HUMVEE-Mounted Avenger Laser Shoots Down Three UAVs
    I'm not impressed until they mount them on sharks.
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