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The US Navy has fired a laser gun from one of its ships for the first time.

Researchers used the high-energy laser (HEL) to disable a boat by setting fire to its engines off the coast of California.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13033437

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Now they just need to slim it down so they can fit it on a shark...
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Looks a bit slow and underpowered. It hardly blew it up in a few fractions of a second.
That would be no use against incoming missiles etc in its current state.

It reminds me a bit of:
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Now they just need to slim it down so they can fit it on a shark...


Is that like the dogs with bees in their mouths, and when they bark, they shoot bees?

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Now they just need to slim it down so they can fit it on a shark...

Or a bass.

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:lol: Is that it?

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I saw the US navy today all in full uniform, and my f*****g camera was at home, so I made myself look stupid for asking for their photo with my camera phone :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

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Ulla!

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