Northrop Grumman Markets Weaponized Laser System 246
stephencrane writes "Northrop Grumman is making available for sale the FIRESTRIKE weaponized laser system. The solid-state laser unit weighs over 400lbs, sends/receives instructions and data via an RJ-45 jack and can be synchronized with additional units to emit a 100 kW beam. It looks like some piece of stereophonic amplification equipment out of the '50s. Or Fallout 3. The press release suggests that FIRESTRIKE 'will form the backbone of future laser weapon systems.'"
In other news (Score:4, Funny)
Northrop is also working on a weaponized shark system.
Wayne Newton being held by the miliary (Score:4, Funny)
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Yes but (Score:4, Funny)
We are gonna need a bigger shark.
Laser sharks Post no 1 (Score:1, Funny)
Yahoo, laser sharks.
(And a whale to carry the power pack)
Re:In other news (Score:3, Funny)
I can guess how that board meeting went:
Engineer: *holds a model shark in one hand, a model of their laser system in another* "Behold!" *mashes two models together*
Cue large round of applause and back patting from board members.
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I wonder if this laser can pop popcorn? From long distances? In someone's house?
Yes. First use the laser to set the house on fire. Next use it to blow up firetrucks trying to put out the fire. The popcorn will then pop as desired.
Cool, now can I mount it on my flying car? (Score:3, Funny)
Now if I could get this mounted on my flying car (http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/15/007225), like, that would be totally awesome.
Re:Well (Score:1, Funny)
With laser control, only the criminals will have lasers.
Can it make popcorn? (Score:4, Funny)
Can it blow up a house using a giant jiffypop container?
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Re:Yes but (Score:2, Funny)
In other news, Northrop Grumman announces they have contracted InGen to clone C. Megaladon.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is a historic day (Score:4, Funny)
Since before the dawn of time, Man has dreamed of the laser cannon - even when Woman said it was dumb and that the costumes on Star Trek were ridiculous.
The ancient Hebrews called it "Uriel" - "the flame of God". The Romans had an entire god (Apollo) devoted to the laser cannon and its many uses. The Greeks dreamed of Prometheus stealing the laser cannon of Zeus and giving it to mortals. In Norse mythology, the end of Ragnarok is marked by the wolf Skoll consuming the last remaining laser cannon and condemning the world to a laser cannon-less eternal night.
Today, the laser cannon is at last ours. Thank you, Northrop-Grumman, and thank you, US military-industrial complex. The spirits of countless millennia stand in silent awe at what you have wrought.
FIRESTRIKE? Watch out for Smokey (Score:3, Funny)
Smokey says "Only YOU can prevent huge frickin' weaponized lasers!"
The future! (Score:5, Funny)
The top two articles at the moment on Slashdot:
>Northrop Grumman Markets Weaponized Laser System
>Pentagon Clears Flying-Car Project For Takeoff
Has the future finally arrived?
Re:In other news (Score:3, Funny)
Now...what would I use to do that with.....?
Power? (Score:3, Funny)
So, if I buy this new toy, how many C-Cell or 9V batteries do I need? The companies are usually to cheap to put them in the box.
Can't... resist... (Score:3, Funny)
FIRESTRIKEâs can be linked together to get a more powerful beam
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of sharks with laser beams attached to their heads!
Re:In other news (Score:1, Funny)
It depends on your standards.
Re:Well (Score:4, Funny)
Your right to bear arms only includes the types known to the Founding Fathers, therefore you shall only be allowed to bear laser muskets.
Built in power supply! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ladies and gentlemen, it is biblical prophesy (Score:3, Funny)
You joke but it's developments like this that put Revelations in a new light (no pun intended).
The same light ... it's just more coherent.
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Re:The future! (Score:3, Funny)
Ethernet? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:More details? (Score:2, Funny)