Freaking Lasers………..

USS Ponce, now fitted with a operational laser for shooting down targets, but not people. $40m !

Laser on a boat !

shouting down targets

Sounds like an extreme way to win an argument.

Best named boat in the world, obviously. 🙂

Nifty Edit 😉 Thanks Martin

Nice bit of kit 🙂

for shouting down targets, but not people.

I take it the people will just keep flying along after their plane has been shot down?

“It would be [used] against those [unmanned aerial vehicles], slow moving helicopters, fast patrol craft.”

So, you can use it on small slow things.

Apparently the Ponce is 43 years old as well …

I take it the people will just keep flying along after their plane has been shot down?

According to footage gathered by US intelligence, quite possibly.

Didn’t the Americans also say they would not torture people, Until it suits them.

This is just an ‘enhanced flight adjustment technique’.

The Captain of the Ponce has authorisation to use the weapon, if the situation calls for it.

“Ahoy Jihadists”

Just working my way through the senate report into the CIA interrogations and its horrific. That laser is proper smart though.

A weapon is a weapon I guess, I’d rather not have it aimed at me, but I have similar feelings about Gatlin guns, SAMs and Tomahawks (both kinds).

I agree though, the Yank Military seems completely unable to use the word “Kill”.

I think I bought some wheels off

The Captain of the Ponce

off here a while back?

Twinned with HMS Nonce (UK)

How long before we get a HMS Yewtree

P-Jay – Member

I agree though, the Yank Military seems completely unable to use the word “Kill”.

Is it not a wee bit more nuanced here- killing people with lasers is allowed but blinding them is against the geneva convention. Which is weird, but also gives them a bit of difficulty in the pitch.