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Army creates new lightning weapon!!!!
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 17433381:MV8xOTA5ODY3XzMxOTQ5NjQzXzk3MjU0Qjk3] [quote:Anonymous Coward 16655196:MV8xOTA5ODY3XzMxOTQ5MzQ4XzYzQzUwRjQ=] [quote:Anonymous Coward 5614446:MV8xOTA5ODY3XzMxOTQ3ODk5XzI4MUY4NkZE] 'It puts out more power than a large city needs ... for two-trillionths of a second.' - George Fischer, lead scientist on the project HOW ABOUT USE THIS TECH TO POWER A CITY!? [/quote] same thoughts here [/quote]right, well that wouldn't help them if they're trying to immobilize me as much as possible. [/quote]
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Today's military lasers can blind spy satellites or burn enemy vehicles, but tomorrow's could guide lightning bolts to strike and destroy battlefield targets.
A U.S. Army lab is testing how lasers can create an energized plasma channel in the air — an invisible pathway for electricity to follow. The laser-guided lightning weapon could precisely hit targets such as enemy tanks or unexploded roadside bombs, because such targets represent better conductors for electricity than the ground.
"We never got tired of the lightning bolts zapping our simulated (targets)," said George Fischer, lead scientist on the project at the U.S. Army's Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey.
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