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What to Do When Patriot Missiles Fail... A Laser Cannon??

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edited October 2003 in Science & Tech
In 1996, the US tested a chemical laser on a missile and it worked. However, the funding has been reduced in past years. Israel wants more research on the Nautilus anti-rocket laser to defend its northern boarders.

[blockquote] The Nautilus uses a high power radar to track and lock onto the incoming projectile. Then a Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser (MIRACL), which looks like a large spotlight, shoots out an intense beam that destroys the rocket. [/blockquote]

The article also mentions a right angle rifle...

Source --> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/29/laser.cannon.ap/index.html&quot; target=blank> CNN</a>

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  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited October 2003
    Heh. Like the "Beam cannons" of FreeSpace 2. :thumbsup:
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited October 2003
    "What if free people could live secure in the knowledge ... that we could intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reached our own soil...?"

    Ronald Reagan on the Strategic Defense Initiative "Star Wars Project", March 23, 1983.

    http://www.ronaldreagan.com/sdi.html

    Although it would probably cost billions of dollars to implement, the thought of eliminating most conventional WMD, ICBM & SLBM's through a space-borne defense system is very intriguing.
  • pseudonympseudonym Michigan Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    Oooh, thats just what we want Israel to have. They can set it up on their wall and cook people now. Just great........
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