From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Fri Apr 18 2003 - 08:32:07 MDT
Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
> http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/TechTV/techtv_laserartillery030416.html
>
> While troops won't be replacing their assault rifles for ray guns just
> yet, high-tech lasers are nearly ready for other combat uses.Last year
> the U.S. and Israeli armies field-tested a chemical laser made by TRW
> that successfully knocked out 100 mm rockets and artillery shells.
>
> But making powerful lasers fit for use against enemy artillery means
> that they'll have to be mobile enough to keep up with fast-moving tanks
> and other units that make up a modern fighting force.
>
> And the key to developing a more agile laser system may lie in research
> being done at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories.
If we can mount one in a satellite and in an
airplane, I don't see why not on a tank. Perhaps
humanity is seeing the end coming for traditional
battlefield tactics, which has been with us for
as long as there have been humans. spike
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