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laser tag, navy style: us navy wants a 100 kilowatt laser weapon for its warships

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The Office of Naval Research – not to be confused with the Office of Navel Research, a pet project of the previous president – recently awarded defense contractor Raytheon a year-long contract to develop laz0rb33mz. No seriously, the US Navy wants to have a 100-kilowatt Free Electron Laser as a weapon that will be installed…

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June 19th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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