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2017-06-28 Science & Technology

What happens when you put a laser gun on an Apache helicopter?

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Posted by Frozen Al 2017-06-28 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 next step (admittedly a big challenge) is high energy laser gun on drone

Posted by lord garth 2017-06-28 00:32|| 2017-06-28 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 A mile away against a stationary target. Definitely a work in progress.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2017-06-28 01:39|| 2017-06-28 01:39|| Front Page Top

#3 ..sharks, we want'm for sharks. Oh, wait, never mind. Want'm for Killer Whales.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-06-28 07:57|| 2017-06-28 07:57|| Front Page Top

#4 I was gonna say, you stop calling it an Apache and start calling it a Shark.
Or an ApacheShark. (Did Apache Indians even know what a fish was?)

Posted by ed in texas 2017-06-28 08:42|| 2017-06-28 08:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Mescalero Apache Reservation - scroll down for fishing prices. Trout.

Posted by Theager Oppressor of the Veal Cutlets7411 2017-06-28 11:17|| 2017-06-28 11:17|| Front Page Top

#6 ...oops, that was me.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-06-28 11:18|| 2017-06-28 11:18|| Front Page Top

#7 How about a shoulder-fired version?

Posted by JohnQC 2017-06-28 11:46|| 2017-06-28 11:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Did Apache Indians even know what a fish was?

The Oklahoma Cherokee had a traditional crab dip, or so I've been told.

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-06-28 12:17|| 2017-06-28 12:17|| Front Page Top

#9 and a lobster roll to die for

Posted by Frank G 2017-06-28 14:19|| 2017-06-28 14:19|| Front Page Top

#10 If B-movie titles are to be trusted Shark should always come first. So Sharkapache or something would probably be the name when it is fighting Sharktopus near the Sharknado.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-06-28 15:11|| 2017-06-28 15:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Anybody know what the cycle rate (between shots) is?

Posted by Elmiting Angemble5896 2017-06-28 15:55|| 2017-06-28 15:55|| Front Page Top

#12 "pew pew pew"

so, at least 0.5 seconds

Posted by Frank G 2017-06-28 18:59|| 2017-06-28 18:59|| Front Page Top

#13 Guys, I knew it was a dumb question when I asked it.
That's why I asked it. I'm a jerk that way.

Posted by ed in texas 2017-06-28 19:00|| 2017-06-28 19:00|| Front Page Top

#14 Quiet Ed, we are already in pre-production of SharkApacheFireNado.

Anyone interested in a research grant to determine whether the laser should use Star Trek or Star Wars universe noises?

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-06-28 19:21|| 2017-06-28 19:21|| Front Page Top

#15 ...I'll go for the Death Star firing sound.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-06-28 19:43|| 2017-06-28 19:43|| Front Page Top

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