Sunday, August 17, 2008

Mad Science

The Air Force is up to the testing phase for their airborne laser, version 2. Version 1 was to intercept incoming Russian nukes over Canada, but the threat seemed to recede after 1991.

Precision engagement of a PID [Positively Identified] insurgent by a DEW [Directed Energy Weapon] will be a highly surgical and impressively violent event. Target effects will include instantaneous burst-combustion of insurgent clothing, a rapid death through violent trauma, and more probably a morbid combination of both. It is estimated that the aftermath of a sub-second engagement by PASDEW [Precision Airborne Standoff Directed Energy Weapon] will also be an observable event leaving an impression of terrifyingly precise CF [Coalition Force] attribution in the minds of all witnesses.
"So there we were, just tooling down the dusty road in Georgia, me and my comrades in the tank column, when suddenly all our tank commanders heads began exploding. Can’t imagine how that could have happened if is wasn’t an act of God, and Czar Putin says He doesn’t exist.”

Deny all you want, there's a very limited list of people who could do a trick like that and their names all start with "U.S.Dept of". The most impressive scenario I could think of would be to pre-designate a string of targets using mouse-clicks on an IR imaging screen, followed by clicking once in the "execute" box and watching the chain reaction of destruction happen so fast that even if the last target saw the first one get hit, he couldn't actually do anything before becoming part of the show himself.

H/T to Resurrection Song

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