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Cool laser weapon, but why...............
Check out this cool new laser weapon developed by the Navy. But why oh why did they have to use an expensive boat with over $20,000 worth of outboards for the test? Why not use a really old boat with a single, older, outboard?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42538948...ion/?GT1=43001 
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04-12-2011, 05:18 AM
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Oh those old things....they probably had 100 hours on them so they were slated for replacement anyway.
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04-12-2011, 05:24 AM
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Are you kiddin'??...an old boat w/a single wouldn't WASTE near enough of our tax dollars...be glad it wasn't new quad 300s!!...
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04-12-2011, 05:41 AM
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The laser only took out one engine and ensuing fire did the balance of the damage. If I was running the test I would have insisted on a single engine boat to kill. It would make my test look better. Also, I don't know the range but if you put a mini gun and a rocket launcher on the boat they killed you'd have a pretty awesome combination. Personally, I would rather see the Opti's explode into a cloud of aluminum vapor, "Quicksilver Style". The slow burn down worked but I am too practical. Umm, how many people in the air and on the sea does it take for the laser to work? If it is a point and shoot. Turn it up...
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04-12-2011, 07:52 AM
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not sure how well that laser would work in a real life crisis, you know with the boat moving around...
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04-12-2011, 03:34 PM
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True.... still, not as bad as Yamahas though...... 
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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04-12-2011, 03:52 PM
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"Biotch Slapped by the cold hand of Truth."
 
Last edited by RidgeRunner; 04-12-2011 at 03:53 PM. Reason: Edited for content by the wizzard of e-chatter.
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04-12-2011, 06:15 PM
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they probably figured the laser was going to take a while and they didn't want the motors to corrode off the boat before the laser got them
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