Congress Wants To Resurrect Laser-Wielding 747 302
Harperdog writes "Noah Schactman has a great piece on the Airborne Laser, the ray gun-equipped 747 that became a symbol of wasteful Pentagon weaponeering. Despite sixteen years and billions of dollars in development, the jet could never reliably blast a missile in trials. Now the House Armed Services Committee's Strategic Forces wants the Airborne Laser to be used to defend us against the threat of North Korea's failed missiles."
what better... (Score:5, Funny)
...to shoot down a failed missile than a failed missile-defense program?
Re:what better... (Score:3, Funny)
That laser can burn a hole through a gnats brain from an altitude of 30,000 feet.
This fact was demonstrated on one of the Pentagon's top generals.
But there is more! (Score:5, Funny)
We must not allow... (Score:3, Funny)
... a failed military technology gap!
Re:what better... (Score:5, Funny)
If 80's movies have taught us anything, they're also good at popping giant balls of popcorn and destroying the homes of asshole professors.
Re:what better... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:what better... (Score:4, Funny)
But first, may I compliment you on you choice of footwear.
Re:what better... (Score:5, Funny)
Chris: So, if there's anything I can do for you, or, more to the point, to you, you just let me know.
Susan: Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis?
Chris: Not right now.
Susan: A girl's gotta have her standards.
Re:what better... (Score:2, Funny)
Actually, the reports were inconclusive, no evidence was produced that the general had ever had a brain.
Laser Jets? Pfffffft..! (Score:5, Funny)
Hewlett-Packard has been building LaserJets since the 1980s...
Congress Wants To Resurrect Laser-Wielding 747 (Score:4, Funny)
...And Discovery wants to crash it!
Re:what better... (Score:3, Funny)
...it's because a high powered laser needs a fuckton of power...
Is that the metric or imperial fuckton?