[extropy-chat] ray gun

[spike]

> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Damien Broderick
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http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/laser.htm


Some futurey person please comment on this.  I can imagine
a future war being fought in one night, with few if any
actual human casualties, where the guys with the laser fly 
over and quietly knock out all the other guy's tanks, planes
and missiles.  

This would be a wonderful twist on Alfred Nobel's peace 
dream: war becomes impractical not because technology makes war 
too dangerous, but rather because technology makes war safe for
humans but dangerous for the war machines.  Without the
machines of war, the actual soldiers are as harmless as
kittens.

spike