[[{"id":"phhg4e\/node\/230941","site":"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/","hash":"phhg4e","entity_id":230941,"entity_type":"node","bundle":"basic_content","bundle_name":"Basic content","ss_language":"und","path":"node\/230941","url":"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/will-this-cold-war-spy-plane-pack-laser","path_alias":"will-this-cold-war-spy-plane-pack-laser","label":"Will The U-2 Cold War Spy Plane Get A Laser?","content":" Anthony Noble, via Wikimedia Commons Lockheed U-2R Like Bono after the 1990s, this U-2 still hasn't found what it's looking for. Lockheed Martin\u2019s U-2 is an anomaly of an airplane. Delivered on time and under budget, the spy plane had a starring role in much of the early Cold War, with one shot down in Russia and another taking the pictures that sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis. And then, quietly, the plane disappeared back into the shadows, a workhorse of American intelligence-gathering for decades. How can such an old warbird stay relevant? Lockheed Martin has two ideas: turn it into a drone, and put a freaking laser on it. From Aviation Week: An unmanned version of the U-2 Dragon Lady is among the list of platforms being considered by Lockheed Martin for the Missile Defense Agency\u2019s stratospheric UAV-borne laser demonstrator program. The Cold War spy plane\u2019s structural integrity, modular payload bays, high power output and open mission system architecture has made it ideal for accommodating experimental payloads over the years. But Lockheed won\u2019t confirm if it has actually chosen the GE F118-powered U-2S as its preferred airborne testbed. There\u2019s a lot of new interest in laser weapons from every part of the Pentagon, and a reinvention of an ancient spyplane as high-altitude anti-missile weapon is just one possibility. We\u2019ll see if Lockheed actually picks the U-2 for its laser wagon, but it fits their broad patterns, of spinning a spyplane built to take black-and-white pictures of soviets into an indispensible tool of modern warfare. ","teaser":" Anthony Noble, via Wikimedia Commons Lockheed U-2R Like Bono after the 1990s, this U-2 still hasn't found what it's looking for. Lockheed Martin\u2019s U-2 is an anomaly of an airplane. Delivered on time and under budget, the spy plane had a starring role in much of the early Cold War, with","ss_name":"AthertonKD","tos_name":"AthertonKD","ss_name_formatted":"AthertonKD","tos_name_formatted":"AthertonKD","is_uid":183,"bs_status":true,"bs_sticky":false,"bs_promote":true,"is_tnid":0,"bs_translate":false,"ds_created":"2016-08-19T19:04:38Z","ds_changed":"2016-08-19T19:04:38Z","ds_last_comment_or_change":"2016-08-19T19:04:38Z","bs_field_sponsored":false,"bs_field_custom_page":false,"bs_field_display_social":true,"bs_field_feed_builder_exclusion":false,"bs_field_display_author_bio":true,"bs_field_display_bottom_recirc":true,"bs_use_sir_trevor_body":true,"bs_field_flag_gallery":false,"bs_field_flag_video":false,"bs_field_display_off_ramp":true,"bs_in_nps":false,"ts_bonnier_summary":"
U-2 with lasers, maybe…<\/div>","ts_bonnier_eyebrow":"
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U-2 with lasers, maybe…<\/div>","
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Nikola Tesla Drones…<\/div>","ts_bonnier_eyebrow":"
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Nikola Tesla Drones…<\/div>","
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Chuck Yeager tweets…<\/div>","ts_bonnier_eyebrow":"
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Chuck Yeager tweets…<\/div>","
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While sea level rise remains bad news for people and cities, it might be good news for at least some residents of this planet: coral reefs.<\/div>","ts_bonnier_eyebrow":"
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