Oct 5 2009Wow: Plane-Mounted Laser Burning A Truck
This is a short video of Boeing and the Air Force testing a plane-mounted laser's ability to burn the everliving shit out of a stationary object during a flyby. Mission accomplished!
This video shows the effect of the high-energy laser beam from the Boeing Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL), fired at a stationary truck from a US Air Force NC-130H (Hercules) flying over White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on August 30, 2009. The ATL is a chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL), and is a scaled-down version of the megawatt-class high-energy laser in the Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser (ABL).
Did that say scaled down? Because this thing was powerful enough to set a truck's hood on fire from who knows how far away. Now imagine the much more powerful megawatt laser pointed at your face. You'll have to wear glasses after that for sure!
Thanks to Zach, who has one of these lasers mounted on his arm to heat frozen burritos. Good lookin', Zach, love those things.
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Reader Comments
1. andrewandrew - October 5, 2009 1:17 PM
whoaa
2. Scruff Mcgruff - October 5, 2009 1:18 PM
i would burn the everliving shit out of the space needle...seattle sucks... those damn smug ass suicide ridden freaks..too soon?
3. Ham Bone - October 5, 2009 1:21 PM
i'm not scared of that thing all you need is a little SPF 45
4. Carmen - October 5, 2009 1:22 PM
Well the most obvious thing to do next would be to fill your house with popcorn kernels.
5. Blastphemer - October 5, 2009 1:28 PM
I have one of these bad boys mounted to the top of my computer screen, aimed directly at my face, and set on a timer to keep me from staying online too long. As a matter of fact, i think time is almost up...here, hold on a second and let me check my watc
6. Andyman - October 5, 2009 1:29 PM
#4 FTW!
7. Hawk - October 5, 2009 1:29 PM
...and defeated by a $1 mirror at walmart. What's the point!?
Notice it is burning on the part that is black, that is absorbing the light? I'd like to see them try that on my car!:
http://www.ridelust.com/wp-content/uploads/mirrorcar.jpg
LASER FAIL!!
No. Really! That is my car... one day... soon!
*waves angry winged fist*
Damn you! DAMN YOU ALL!!
8. Zach - October 5, 2009 1:30 PM
Lol, love my some laser heated burritos!
9. Hawk - October 5, 2009 1:32 PM
@6 From the movie Real Genius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Genius
10. aoihfvco - October 5, 2009 1:34 PM
one step closer to a lightsaber
11. Justin - October 5, 2009 1:41 PM
@ #7 Thats your car? Your a Saudi Prince?
@Geek Sorry didn't see the link where to purchase laser.
12. Hawk - October 5, 2009 1:47 PM
Not a Saudi Prince, but a Saudi Prince's Hawk!
...eh. It's a living!
13. Dishy Dishyington - October 5, 2009 2:42 PM
#3 - lol
#4 - double lol, and a movie ref
#9 - thnx
14. tilc - October 5, 2009 2:42 PM
wtf is this?
15. BoardWeasel - October 5, 2009 2:48 PM
Holy crap. I wonder if/when this will be used in combat?
http://trevor-valentini.mybrute.com
16. Andyman - October 5, 2009 2:50 PM
@#9 nothing gets by you, eh?
17. beefytee - October 5, 2009 3:01 PM
Theres a room where the light wont find you
Holding hands while the WALLS come tumbling down
When they do Ill be right behind you
18. Closet Nerd - October 5, 2009 3:02 PM
@7
Just goes to show.... you can have all the money in the world, but you can't buy taste
19. Scruff Mcgruff - October 5, 2009 3:11 PM
@18 i can buy taste actually its called a big mac....shit its true what they say, america is obese capital of the world...its hard being an overweight sociopath who like's him some Mac Donalds
20. M_D - October 5, 2009 4:36 PM
so there you are, just walking down the street, minding your own business when BAM! burst into flames
21. AtomicCoffee - October 5, 2009 5:44 PM
Can they hit my ex-wife (who's a whore)? I'll happily provide the address.
22. ಠ_ಠ - October 5, 2009 8:46 PM
pew pew pew
23. Adam Peter Parry - October 6, 2009 5:01 AM
triforce
triforce
TRIFORCE
24. Geekolojew - October 6, 2009 2:09 PM
Must See!!!
http://alturl.com/obg7
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