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US Air Force Wants To Put Lasers On Fighter Jets By 2021, Bringing Us One Step Closer To Star Wars
The US Air Force’s scientific research wing is giving Lockheed Martin $US26.3 million ($34.3 million) “for the design, development, and production of a high power fibre laser” which it expects to start testing on a tactical fighter jet in four years. Sounds cool and certainly futuristic, but the jury’s still out on whether these weapons…
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Watch The US Navy’s New Laser Cannon Successfully Fry A Drone
Video: After months at sea patrolling the Persian Gulf region, the USS Ponce and its shiny new laser cannon have successfully confronted and destroyed not only an unmanned aerial vehicle but also an incoming speed boat and other moving targets — all without breaking a sweat.
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UK Police Will Squash Rioters By Blinding Them…With Lasers
Paranoid about future unrest after this summer’s riots in the UK, the British went and developed a laser rifle which can project a wall of light and temporarily blind a pack of rioters.
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Laser Pointers Banned In NSW, Users Face $5,000 Fine
Unless you have a really good reason to own a laser pointer (being a Giz-loving geek doesn’t count, apparently), you should probably avoid using / carrying / showing off anything that points a laser beam if you live in NSW (or WA). Yesterday the NSW government passed legislation making it possible for police to search…