Humvee/Hummers with Huge laser guns!!!

[Baltoman]

Humvee with Boeing Laser Avenger blasts UAVs

 

by Noah Joseph on Feb 7th, 2009 at 3:55PM

 

Remember those Saturday morning cartoons from when you were a kid, where futuristic soldiers battled with laser guns? Well if you were wondering what ever happened to that future we were promised, it's here. Boeing's Direct Energy Systems project recently concluded a test in the New Mexico desert where the Humvee-mounted Laser Avenger system successfully shot down three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a demonstration for U.S. Army officers.

 

The Laser Avenger was initially created to dispose of unexploded ordinance (bombs that didn't detonate) lying on the ground, but given the proliferation of UAVs for both surveillance and weapons deployment, Boeing adapted the lasers to shoot the UAVs out of the sky. The benefit over shooting down the drones with guns or missiles – in startling contradiction to the red lines depicted in the old G.I. Joe cartoons – is that the enemy can't see where the laser beam is coming from, thereby keeping the ground troops' position secure. Pretty awesome, unless you're a UAV. Fortunately UAVs are unmanned by definition, so what we're looking at here is lasers shooting down flying robots. You can check out the details in the press release after the jump if you'd like, but we're going to sit right here in our pajamas until the next commercial.

 

[source: Boeing via NextAutos]

[Guest RB26DETT]

imma firin mah laz0r!

 

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[Baltoman]

lolololololl Just seen those vids on Youtube. HILARIOUS!!!!!

[zo6dude]

Arby n the Cheif FTW

[CarboyZR1]

In other news: Hummers are the most ticketed vehicles in the United States

 

 

http://benzinsider.com/2009/02/is-your-mercedes-benz-a-cop-magnet/

[Cakeflour]

Normaly I hate hummers, but this is an exception!

 

Btw, I see lots of "Fiin' mah lazor!" videos on Youtube, is there an original? And what does it come from?

[KoenigseggBG]

Clicky

 

Don`t worry USA, Russia will always be one step in front of you. :cheeky:

[kalniel]

Clicky

 

Don`t worry USA, Russia will always be one step in front of you. :cheeky:

He shoots lasers from his eyes? Wow :p

[Baltoman]

He shoots lasers from his eyes? Wow :p

 

Nope, From his mouth, just like the videos on youtube!

[KoenigseggBG]

I was talking about the jeep. The Tiger is much better than the Humvee. :p

[DriftNismo]

Lolz, I really do wonder what's next...

 

Btw, I see lots of "Fiin' mah lazor!" videos on Youtube, is there an original? And what does it come from?

 

Yeah, I'm seen tons too (mainly on YouTube Poop vids) but I can't find an original :p.

[Guest RB26DETT]

[KoenigseggBG]

Haha, brillian find...look what I found in the related videos.

 

 

:rofl:

[Cakeflour]

 

Thanks. :)

 

I was talking about the jeep. The Tiger is much better than the Humvee. :p

 

Does the Tiger have lasers? :)

[Baltoman]

Nope, only Hummers

[Immelmann]

I want a Hummer with a lazor!