defrog: (banjos)
defrog ([personal profile] defrog) wrote2010-07-22 09:49 am

WHERE’S MY LASER CANNON? RIGHT HERE. SIR...

ITEM: Raytheon unveils an anti-aircraft laser at a UK airshow that can shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Yes. We can now shoot down drones with FRICKIN’ LASERS.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I am against war in principle. But I am also a military veteran trained to shoot down aircraft with a 20mm M61 Vulcan gun (it’s like the General Electric XM134 Minigun, only too big even for Jesse Ventura to carry around). I am also a first-gen Star Wars nerd.

So you understand my goofy enthusiams about this.

Pew pew pew,

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