In a recent test at the White Sands Missile Range, a specially equipped C-130 plane fried a parked truck with a powerful laser. And while we still haven't seen evidence of the laser "defeating" a ground target, as Boeing puts it, a video of it scorching a direct hit on the hood of a truck is still pretty amazing.
yes powerful and accurate on stationary target, but what happens when you have a moving target faster than a bullet like missles, rockets....
no, it looks like a hearse
Our generation are so lucky that we are now encountering some major advances in technology. But all these things have limitations. And yet, the most advance computer cannot escape the glitch that engineers still finding a way to perfect. More power to our researchers and to the publishers who gives us cutting edge technology and some information.
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