Aircraft mounted laser weapons

Interesting thoughts on the coming use of aircraft mounted laser weapons.

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Rods from God

I’ve been interested in this concept ever since I real about it in a Pournelle sci-fi novel.  With space lift becoming so much cheaper, I can see this becoming viable in the next decade.  The US needs to be the one to do it first.

Carl Gustav

Looks like the Army really likes the Swedish Carl Gustav.

Russia’s weapons woes

A nice article from Strategypage on why much of the Russian military is a paper tiger.  I suspect the truth is even worse than these reports.

Interesting developments

The U.S. Army is bringing back the recoiless rifle.

M60 tanks are getting an upgrade.

 

New Chinese weapon

Story here.  Hypersonics may be a dead end if laser based ABMs are successfully developed.

High tech

Light being turned into matter.

A deploy-able laser weapon.

What is China up to in space?

Possible ASAT testing?  Hmmm.

Shut up and take my money

I would like one of these please.

 

 

 

 

 

More Buck Rogers

A weapon that kills only electronic systems.  Story here.