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It's cool, I'll give them that....but is this really what the world needs? It's too bad these minds couldn't have worked on something that could actually benefi

It's cool, I'll give them that....but is this really what the world needs? It's too bad these minds couldn't have worked on something that could actually benefit the Earth rather than something to destroy all who oppose the will of the United States!

cobrausn 13y ago
It's never that simple w.r.t. defense tech. A system like this could be used to protect space vessels from incoming high-velocity objects, such as debris.
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XorNot 13y ago
It's a defensive laser weapon. While all defenses generally act as force multipliers in some capacity, it's a weapon which improves the ability of the US to efficiently defend itself. The US military has been able to destroy all who oppose it since the 60s. That's not the point here.
- Already__Taken 13y ago
  Great, americans who can pick on people now with even less fear of reprisal. That'll help.
  - Jtsummers 13y ago
    Or other nations (say China) develop these systems and deploy them throughout their allied states. US air superiority is severely reduced.
- Inception 13y ago
  What is the point here? That we have a new high-tech defensive system that is going to make our enemies give up? That our enemies won't figure out a way to counter this new defensive weapon? And then what? Repeat cycle until when? I guess my point is that it seems we are on an endless cycle of "building a bigger gun" because we are scared of what the other guy has. We spend an outrageous amount of money on these ventures when instead we should be figuring out how to live on this Earth that has a finite number of resources. If we don't change our course than humanity is doomed - either we will run out of resources or everyone will be killed off using our latest and greatest defensive weapon. I think Einstein says it best: "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

cobrausn 13y ago

It's never that simple w.r.t. defense tech. A system like this could be used to protect space vessels from incoming high-velocity objects, such as debris.

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XorNot 13y ago

It's a defensive laser weapon. While all defenses generally act as force multipliers in some capacity, it's a weapon which improves the ability of the US to efficiently defend itself. The US military has been able to destroy all who oppose it since the 60s. That's not the point here.

Already__Taken 13y ago
Great, americans who can pick on people now with even less fear of reprisal. That'll help.
- Jtsummers 13y ago
  Or other nations (say China) develop these systems and deploy them throughout their allied states. US air superiority is severely reduced.
Inception 13y ago
What is the point here? That we have a new high-tech defensive system that is going to make our enemies give up? That our enemies won't figure out a way to counter this new defensive weapon? And then what? Repeat cycle until when? I guess my point is that it seems we are on an endless cycle of "building a bigger gun" because we are scared of what the other guy has. We spend an outrageous amount of money on these ventures when instead we should be figuring out how to live on this Earth that has a finite number of resources. If we don't change our course than humanity is doomed - either we will run out of resources or everyone will be killed off using our latest and greatest defensive weapon. I think Einstein says it best: "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."