it was going to happen at some point,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-14/u-s-navy-deploys-its-first-laser-weapon-in-the-persian-gulf.html
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Toonces has been using a laser pointer for years.
Very cool.
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on November 16, 2014, 07:09:25 AM
Toonces has been using a laser pointer for years.
yes, but this one actually does something useful.
Wait a minute, somebody messed up this deployment. Where are the sharks?
Good, now put a picket fence of those around Russia.
That one weapon has probably rendered the entire Iranian "fleet" even more useless now.
I dunno man. If they hit some of the Persian nightclubs in N. America, they could re-purpose all those disco balls into anti-laser reflectors (and still have Rico Suave dance parties on deck.)
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I can see it now. The navies of the world start buying up Bedazzlers in bulk. Sparkly My Little Pony stickers cover every square centimetre of ship's hulls. Chaff dispensers are replaced with glitter.
Sounds like things are set to get even more FABULOUS!!! in the navy.
Does the CIA know about this? Are border agents on alert for the illicit flow of yellowcake uranium, cubic zirconium rhinestones, and stripper glitter leaving the country in bulk? Probably funded by smuggling in Kinder eggs.
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on November 17, 2014, 12:07:18 PM
Are border agents on alert for the illicit flow of yellowcake uranium, cubic zirconium rhinestones, and stripper glitter
I think Star and Mirth are singlehandedly responsible for bringing all of this to the government's attention already.
Where do you think the Navy got the idea from in the first place? By the gub'mint monitoring their online spending habits. Not to mention their visitations to the toothless stripper truck stops down the highway.
I thought Star had been working on some sort of direct-to-living room stripper home delivery service?
(I heard there were still a few kinks to work out.)
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on November 17, 2014, 12:07:18 PM
I can see it now. The navies of the world start buying up Bedazzlers in bulk. Sparkly My Little Pony stickers cover every square centimetre of ship's hulls. Chaff dispensers are replaced with glitter.
I believe the Royal Navy has mounted 'Laser Dazzlers' on some of their warships for a long time. Supposedly to blind enemy aircraft pilots with them.
So you may not be too far off.
Also.. there's this:
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No, no, no! You don't use the BeDazzler to blind your opponent (unless you mean to blind him with your awesomeness). You use it to channel your inner Gem and the Holograms and reflect the lasers away with sparkly goodness.....Like Jesus intended.
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Because Jem is truly outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous.
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Quote from: Nefaro on November 17, 2014, 12:46:25 PM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on November 17, 2014, 12:07:18 PM
I can see it now. The navies of the world start buying up Bedazzlers in bulk. Sparkly My Little Pony stickers cover every square centimetre of ship's hulls. Chaff dispensers are replaced with glitter.
I believe the Royal Navy has mounted 'Laser Dazzlers' on some of their warships for a long time. Supposedly to blind enemy aircraft pilots with them.
So you may not be too far off.
Also.. there's this:
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Don't forget the nefarious plot coming out of Israel:
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Laser sharks are so 20th century. Israel uses particle accelerators now.
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on November 17, 2014, 12:29:52 PM
I thought Star had been working on some sort of direct-to-living room stripper home delivery service?
(I heard there were still a few kinks to work out.)
Actually, the kinks are being worked
in, available a la carte, like paid DLC.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on November 17, 2014, 03:03:33 PM
Laser sharks are so 20th century. Israel uses particle accelerators now.
I thought it was Israeli birds with spy cameras and laser microphones?
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What next?!
Turkey will have to build whole aviaries dedicated to interrogation!
Huh. $40 million over several years development seems pretty cheap.
Right now it's more of a tech experiment, though, I'd say. It can only set small boats on fire, but unless there's a significant improvement in aiming by using this I would think direct shelling would set small boats on fire much more cost-efficiently.
Wait: USS PONCE?? {checking to see if this is Duffleblog}
Quote from: Nefaro on November 17, 2014, 07:17:21 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on November 17, 2014, 03:03:33 PM
Laser sharks are so 20th century. Israel uses particle accelerators now.
I thought it was Israeli birds with spy cameras and laser microphones?
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What next?!
Turkey will have to build whole aviaries dedicated to interrogation!
That was sooooo 6 years ago!
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2008/10/attack-of-espionage-pigeons.html
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 19, 2014, 02:47:55 PM
Quote from: Nefaro on November 17, 2014, 07:17:21 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on November 17, 2014, 03:03:33 PM
Laser sharks are so 20th century. Israel uses particle accelerators now.
I thought it was Israeli birds with spy cameras and laser microphones?
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What next?!
Turkey will have to build whole aviaries dedicated to interrogation!
That was sooooo 6 years ago!
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2008/10/attack-of-espionage-pigeons.html
When does Muslim xenophobia go out of style these days? Hmm? ;)
Seems to be a regular thing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel-related_animal_conspiracy_theories
(Most recently last year)
Quote from: JasonPratt on November 19, 2014, 02:36:13 PM
Huh. $40 million over several years development seems pretty cheap.
Right now it's more of a tech experiment, though, I'd say. It can only set small boats on fire, but unless there's a significant improvement in aiming by using this I would think direct shelling would set small boats on fire much more cost-efficiently.
Wait: USS PONCE?? {checking to see if this is Duffleblog}
Last I checked, they planned on using it for missile and air defense on ships. Not sure what kinda range they'd get out of it, or whether they hoped to replace the CIWS systems with it eventually.