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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: Admin on February 03, 2009, 10:07:11 AM

Title: evil military laser shoots down UAVs
Post by: Admin on February 03, 2009, 10:07:11 AM

Now that the US Airforce is buying more unmanned aircraft than manned (http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=6530.0), it needs lasers to shoot them down too. I wonder which country uses UAVs against US troops, anyway?

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Laser Avenger, developed by Boeing Directed Energy Systems in Albuquerque, N.M., and Boeing Combat Systems in Huntsville, Ala., integrates a directed energy weapon together with the kinetic weapons on the proven Avenger air defense system. It is a Boeing-funded initiative to demonstrate that directed energy weapons are maturing and are relevant to today's battlefield.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10150136-1.html
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2009/q1/090126a_nr.html
http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/avenger.html

If you look at the image closely, you'll see what looks like a black goose sitting on top of the turret . . . and a box-shaped SoR robot colored green, with two yellow eyes, on the left of the turret (under the laser) . . . but then again its past my bedtime . . .

(http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2009/photorelease/q1/MSF09-0013-1_lg.jpg)

Title: Re: evil military laser shoots down UAVs
Post by: izaktj on February 07, 2009, 05:01:02 PM

(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg50/izaktj/MSF09-0013-1_lg.jpg)

Title: Re: evil military laser shoots down UAVs
Post by: frodo on February 07, 2009, 05:14:37 PM

cool.