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Neil
30-Jul-2008, 11:16 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7531046.stm

How is this thing useful?

With a laser range of just a few 100 kilometers? And obviously needing the plane within range, at the right time?

Publius
05-Aug-2008, 01:45 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7531046.stm

How is this thing useful?

With a laser range of just a few 100 kilometers? And obviously needing the plane within range, at the right time?

Gotta start somewhere. The first firearms weren't all that impressive for military purposes either. They got better.

bassman
05-Aug-2008, 02:20 PM
You gotta start somewhere, I suppose.:|


Next stop? Teleportation and Brundleflies...

Bub666
05-Aug-2008, 02:58 PM
You always have to start off small.

Neil
05-Aug-2008, 04:53 PM
You always have to start off small.

Exactly what I tell my girlfriend...