Boeing Demonstrates a Hummer-Mounted Laser Cannon!
Holy cow, who wouldn’t want one of these things? Can you imagine being stuck in traffic and some douche is up there holding everyone back because for some dumb reason? You can pop out the laser cannon and blast his ass back to doucheville. Hell yeah, baby! Here’s the story from The Register (via):
Monster US arms’n'aerospace outfit Boeing is pleased as punch this week to announce that it has “successfully demonstrated” its new Humvee-mounted raygun, the Laser Avenger - intended to prove “that directed energy weapons are relevant to today’s battlefield, and ready to be fielded”.
Just what use this might be isn’t immediately clear, though Boeing reckons Laser Avenger would be a great way of clearing unexploded ordnance (UXO) or perhaps terrorist/insurgent bombs (Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs) out of the way. It seems you can shine the raygun at such things, and after a while they explode.
Boeing said: “During laser firings [last month] the Laser Avenger engaged and destroyed five targets representing IED and UXO threats… at ranges that allowed the system to be operated at safe distances from the target.”
I want one tomorrow!
