Some of the cool non - schematic weapons being developed now are lasers , and when you make a gigantic laser strapped to a 747 , you ’ve won the whole contest mightily there . This “ directed vitality weapon ” dwell of a “ megawatt - form chemical oxygen tincture of iodine optical maser electron beam , ” which can be guide at other plane , missiles or hobbitses on the ground . It ’s a shame that the budget ’s been cut .
There ’ve been 70 successful firings on the ground , and the optical maser should be enough to destruct “ many ” missiles depending on how fast the 747 can touch firing aloofness . The eventual finish is to have the laser planes — each deserving a cool $ 1.5 billion — make up the US ’ optical maser carpenter’s plane fleet .
Political battles over the Airborne Laser[Crave viaSci Fi ]
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