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2019-05-04 Science & Technology
Air Force Shot Down Multiple Missiles With A Laser Destined For Fighter Aircraft
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Posted by 3dc 2019-05-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 ...One thing's for sure - clearly there's a lot of money to be made in the acronym business...

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-05-04 05:16||   2019-05-04 05:16|| Front Page Top

#2 ...and SHIELD? Really, guys?
Posted by Raj 2019-05-04 05:55||   2019-05-04 05:55|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Frank G 2019-05-04 06:06||   2019-05-04 06:06|| Front Page Top

#4 S.H.I.E.L.D. > Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage and Law-Enforcement Division
Posted by Skidmark 2019-05-04 07:08||   2019-05-04 07:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Self Promoted Licensing Individual Franchise Flags.
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-05-04 10:54||   2019-05-04 10:54|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 Self Promoted Licensing Individual Franchise Flags.
Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-05-04 10:54


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Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-05-04 11:04||   2019-05-04 11:04|| Front Page Top

#7 We have been reading about laser knocking down rockets for ages and it is always still coming
Posted by BernardZ 2019-05-04 23:23||   2019-05-04 23:23|| Front Page Top

#8 The very idea of a laser was science fiction until it wasn't. Same with rockets landing on their fins.

It seems to take a couple decades to go from laboratory curiosity to off-the-shelf product. For airborne lasers, it appears the bottleneck was the acronym generator.
Posted by SteveS 2019-05-04 23:34||   2019-05-04 23:34|| Front Page Top

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