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Thread: Anti-aircraft laser unveiled at Farnborough Airshow

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    Default Anti-aircraft laser unveiled at Farnborough Airshow

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    Stupid retards shining their lasers at airplanes.. they're gonna screw things up for all of us.

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    Neat demo, but the typically lazy "reporter" got the decade of the invention of the laser wrong. Very typical.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ElektroFreak View Post
    Stupid retards shining their lasers at airplanes.. they're gonna screw things up for all of us.
    haha i spit coffee at my screen
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    So,

    can these Mig Burners be converted for show use and will they be safe for audience scanning?
    http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3985/laser.gif

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    Hmmm,Doc I think a certain "SuperDuper DJ" is probably well on his way in doing just that!

    Nah,couldn't be?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc View Post
    So,

    can these Mig Burners be converted for show use and will they be safe for audience scanning?
    I'm visualizing the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where they open the box.

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    Default Big Laser

    I wonder if this is similar to the MTHEL or even the same thing.

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    The THEL uses Deuterium Flouride. Is this an excimer?
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    I'm sure I've already seen that in a Romanian laser show...

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