Fighter Jet Laser

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992585

Having seen the huge aircraft that the US airborne laser currently uses, a
Jumbo jet type thing (got all the lingo me!) at the Farnborough Air Show; I
doubt that the time-scale is as short as sugested. The Airborne Laser is

currently being developed to engage inbound ICBMs et al, which are very
vulnerable to this kind of attack, and requires the entire length of the

jumbo for the primary laser.

Maybe I am wrong...

Cool article though, thanks

Richard

P.s. the USAF Airborne Laser has to have the most out-landish cap-badge
I have ever seen!

> From: kaladorn@magma.ca

Does it look anything like this:
http://www.cia.gov/spy_fi/item25.html

;-)

> On Saturday, July 27, 2002, at 02:10 AM, Richard Kirke wrote:

Yep but your missing the supplementary battery
that lights the badge up...Mini-me on tread mill..

;-)

[quoted original message omitted]

> On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Tony Christney wrote:

> Does it look anything like this:

The CIA runs a *Fine Arts Commision*?

Very cool. Someone even appears to have a sense of humour, too.

:>

That's a terrific site. They've got stuff from man from UNCLE, the Avengers,
the original Wild Wild West, Our Man Flint, get Smart, and Bond films. Neat
stuff. I'd say someone at the CIA loves their work.

> Brian Burger wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Tony Christney wrote:

Not exactly, more like a big bird projectile vomiting turquiose at a missile

No offense intended to anyone from the USAF Airborne Laser, it looks cool

Hmm Dr Evil, why hasn't he got an Evil Emire in the GZG FH? With Evil petting
zoos! (Dad, you always do that!)

Richard
> Does it look anything like this: