Navy has developed a laser capable of destroying airplanes

[Chris]

"The Directed Energy Program, part of the Office of Naval Research Naval Air Warcraft and Weapons Department, has developed a laser capable of destroying air planes."

http://www.minds.com/blog/view/70314/directed-energy-weapons-navy-test

[jeebus]

the thread's a few years late but hey

[The Reckoning]

Star Wars tech has been in the mix for years

[ChumpDumper]

Yeah, they used that during 9/11.

Duh.

[mouse]

Yeah, they used that during 9/11.

Duh.

link?

[TDMVPDPOY]

i smell bullshit

all the planes america sells has a back switch that allows the manufacture to press kaboom if they become an enemy

[SupremeGuy]

This stuff is just the tip of iceberg of what our military is really capable of. There's a reason no country wants shit from us.

[ChumpDumper]

link?bITl3lmbWb8
Watch every second of it and provide a transcript for us!

[Suspect]

This stuff is just the tip of iceberg of what our military is really capable of. There's a reason no country wants shit from us.
Oh so you think America is the supreme end all be all of military force?

[SupremeGuy]

Oh so you think America is the supreme end all be all of military force?No, of course not. There's Canada and Mexico!

[Heath Ledger]

I was in the Navy in the mid to late 90's and we were already testing weaponzied lasers then presumably many years before that. They have just made them more efficient and in a smaller package.