Step by step, Boeing and the Defense Department are getting closer to flying a gunship that fires lasers, instead of bullets. After years and years of development, Boeing's Advanced Tactical Laser, a modified C-130H turbprop plane, last week fired its chemically-powered ray gun "in ground tests for the first time," the company says in a statement. The plane is supposed to be a prototype for a flying laser blaster that can "destroy, damage or disable targets with little to no collateral damage". (source: blog.wired.com)
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