star wars edges closer

jas72 · 9 Jan 2013 at 00:10

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20944726

wow just wow

I haven't been keeping up to date but to cut through a 1.5cm beam 1 KM away is impressive and talk of anti aircraft lasers....

Excited or frightened I don't know which probably both.

Cr0fty · 9 Jan 2013 at 00:12

They should give it a Death Star facade and record a scaled down version of the destruction of Alderaan.

I wonder how much it costs to run...

Smigly · 9 Jan 2013 at 00:14

Imagine getting on the wrong side of one of them.

One · 9 Jan 2013 at 00:15

It's the tracking that is impressive with these, not so much the lasers.

ElliorR · 9 Jan 2013 at 00:16

As long as there's no more Jar Jar ****ing Binks.

panthro · 9 Jan 2013 at 08:18

How can it be edging closer when it happened a long time ago?

Derek W · 9 Jan 2013 at 08:31

panthro said:
How can it be edging closer when it happened a long time ago?

But that was in a galaxy far far away

TheMightyTen · 9 Jan 2013 at 08:33

panthro said:
How can it be edging closer when it happened a long time ago?

Poor understanding of how the universe and time works alert! It happened in a Galaxy far far away it's only just now that the light from those events is reaching us so from our perspective it is about to happen now :rolleyes:

'Wes · 9 Jan 2013 at 08:36

Pretty cool.

West · 9 Jan 2013 at 08:39

PewPew

Conscript · 9 Jan 2013 at 08:45

That is awesome.

I want one, right now. I could spend all day just throwing stuff at it.

IIIBossonsIII · 9 Jan 2013 at 08:54

That's no moon...

StriderX · 9 Jan 2013 at 08:59

Waiting for the Weaponised Positron Laser, anything else is pitiful in comparison. :mad:

HecFam · 9 Jan 2013 at 09:02

Imagine the number of cats chasing after the end of it though.

Cosimo · 9 Jan 2013 at 09:02

Derek W said:
But that was in a galaxy far far away