First Operational Deployment of Lasers

[GDS_Starfury]

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

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Toonces has been using a laser pointer for years.

[LongBlade]

Very cool.

[GDS_Starfury]

Toonces has been using a laser pointer for years.

yes, but this one actually does something useful.

[endfire79]

Wait a minute, somebody messed up this deployment.  Where are the sharks?

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Good, now put a picket fence of those around Russia.

[Gusington]

That one weapon has probably rendered the entire Iranian "fleet" even more useless now.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

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.) 

[BanzaiCat]

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

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.

[BanzaiCat]

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.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

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.)

[Nefaro]

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:

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

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.

[BanzaiCat]

Because Jem is truly outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous.