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The Crossbow Project: There's no defense like a good offense

Picture of 747 with big freaking laser on its noseRemember the most quotable movie to come from the 80s? The movie that gave us a young Val Kilmer wearing a toy on his head, because if he wore it anywhere else, it would chafe? The same movie that taught Kent to "Stop Touching Yourself?"

So it went from God to Jerry to Kent to the Military, apparently. After all, what do you think a Phase Conjugate Tracking system is for, anyway?

It is, of course, for this:

A megawatt class chemical oxygen iodine laser mounted on the nose of a 747. And just like the Crossbow in the movie "Real Genius", it does hit it's targets. There have been at least 70 tests so far, but funding is starting to dry up and there is political unrest over the future of the proposed fleet of these $1.5 billion dollar aircraft.  read more »

Top Gear guys launch a car on their own rocket!

Holy crap this is just awesome!!! Those guys from Top Gear just rock. This video speaks for itself:

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