Archive of entries posted on June 2021

Friday Night Open Thread: No Word on Whether It Could Hit the Millenium Falcon

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US Army Developing World’s Most Powerful Laser Weapon for a ‘Future Battlefield’
AmericanMilitaryNews.com | June 10, 2021 | Liz George

The U.S. Army is building the world’s most powerful laser weapon, capable of vaporizing targets and interrupting adversaries’ technology signals. The weapon is over one million times more powerful than any other laser developed before, NewScientist reported.

According to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) website, the laser system, known as the Tactical Ultrashort Pulsed Laser (USPL) for Army Platforms, will stand apart from current lasers by emitting short pulses that rely on low energy, unlike current lasers which typically produce continuous waves.

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According to the report, the system being developed will reach a terawatt for 200 femtoseconds, or one quadrillionth of a second. The split-second laser would be capable of incinerating a drone. The laser is also being designed to interrupt electronic signals by emitting an electromagnetic pulse.

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Kamala Harris: The Double-Entendre Politician

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This happens all the time.

Because of what we all know, even meticulously sober and straightforward articles about Harris– like the following — suggest all sorts of naughty jokes.

J. Robert Smith wrote a reasoned, analytical article in American Thinker titled “The Unbearable Lightweightness of Kamala Harris.”

Yet either he or I — or both of us — couldn’t avoid language that evokes her well-known means of advancement in politics. Why is that? Sub-lib-men-all suggestion?

My excerpts (well, except for his advocating for “cooler heads”):

No doubt Harris has a prominent seat at the White House table . . .

If Harris is trying to lead from behind the scenes, to date, she’s doing an awful job. 

Politicians . . . keep wet fingers in the wind. 

[Democrats are] itching to set precedent.

[She was] thrust into the limelight . . .

… She sure was …

We need to . . . keep the pressure on . . . If that gap happens, we need to close it fast. . . . We need to work our tushes off to that end.

. . . a short-term Harris bump . . .

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Phrase of the day!

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