Fighter Jets with lasers within 2yrs?!

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Far out... within two years?!


<I>Pentagon invention could make air combat resemble a battle scene from Star Wars, with a laser so small it can fit on a fighter jet, yet powerful enough to knock down an enemy missile in flight.</I>

FULL STORY:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050824/tc_nm/laser_dc



Also interesting; Japan is testing a mach2 supersonic airliner prototype; With travel times of New York to Tokyo in just 6 hours! :eek: Trust the Japanese to know how to do it: ;)
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7896
 
First off Neo.... Those flames on the NSX better be photo shopped! Or else you may be visited by the bad taste gestapo!! :biggrin:

NeoNSX said:
Far out... within two years?!


<I>Pentagon invention could make air combat resemble a battle scene from Star Wars, with a laser so small it can fit on a fighter jet, yet powerful enough to knock down an enemy missile in flight.</I>

FULL STORY:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050824/tc_nm/laser_dc



Also interesting; Japan is testing a mach2 supersonic airliner prototype; With travel times of New York to Tokyo in just 6 hours! :eek: Trust the Japanese to know how to do it: ;)
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7896
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But the British/French did it 40 years ago with the Concorde! (Lest we forget!)
 
NeoNSX said:
<I>Pentagon invention could make air combat resemble a battle scene from Star Wars, with a laser so small it can fit on a fighter jet, yet powerful enough to knock down an enemy missile in flight.</I>
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Dr. Evil: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have?
Number Two: Sea Bass.
Dr. Evil: [pause] Right.
Number Two: They're mutated sea bass.
Dr. Evil: Are they ill tempered?
Number Two: Absolutely.
Dr. Evil: Oh well, that's a start.
 
LOL @ mojo's post...

AU_NSX said:
First off Neo.... Those flames on the NSX better be photo shopped! Or else you may be visited by the bad taste gestapo!! :biggrin:
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:D :D :D


AU_NSX said:
But the British/French did it 40 years ago with the Concorde! (Lest we forget!)
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Yes, but if you'd read the article...... :p ..... the Concorde had 1/3rd the number of passengers (meaning higher airfare costs) and couldn't travel longer distances than London-to-NY. Plus this has new "sonic boom muffling" technology and lower emissions because it's japanese. :)

Good to have you back on the forums AU!
 
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