[extropy-chat] ray gun

[BillK]

On 2/2/06, Dirk Bruere wrote:
>  OTOH a good laser system would render air power obsolete.
>  No more 'bloodless wars' for the US - back to bayonets in the trenches.
>

Hey, it kills people as well, if they get hit by it. All the article
said was that it didn't blow up the building next door, like big bombs
do.

Another article suggested that the strength of the beam could be
reduced so it could be used as a disabling weapon.   Israel also is
eager to get a laser weapon that could destroy all the grenades and
rockets that the Palestinians keep lobbing at them.

BillK