747 carries weapon not passengers

post from Ubergizmo on 25 June 2007 02:01:35 PM. © Ubergizmo

747 carries weapon not passengers While most of us equate the Boeing 747 as a mass people carrier, the military decided to turn it into an Airborne Laser, carrying a "megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser beam" that takes aim at both ground and airborne targets, turning them into a fine mist with a direct hit. Created specifically to combat the threat of airborne missiles, this technology is still undergoing heavy research at this moment. Ah well, looks like there are now more reasons to believe that the world is coming to an end pretty soon. We don't even need to wait for another meteorite to wipe us out, I guess us humans are pretty adept at doing that ourselves.