Melt a tank

Posted on March 14, 2008 | Comments Off on Melt a tank

Or, more likely, melt (or set afire) the bed of that baby pickup the bad guys are using to carry themselves and their heavy machinegun into battle. Looks like Boeing has beaten the Air Force to the draw on the chemical airborne laser. Although the AF version, which is already a year late, has the more important and tricky task of downing in-flight enemy ballistic missiles.

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0 responses to “Melt a tank”

  1. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | March 15, 2008 at 9:41 am |

    Chemical lasers are still unwieldy and hopefully will be eventually outpaced by the solid state ones.

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | March 15, 2008 at 9:54 am |

    Yes, amazing that the C-130 is just about filled up inside with the chemical processes to produce the laser. But as long as it works…