Capable of “disabling” ground targets, no less.
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Air Force on Aug. 30 defeated a ground target from the air with the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft, demonstrating ATL’s first air-to-ground, high-power laser engagement of a tactically representative target.
Over at The Weekly Standard, Michael Goldfarb imagines the future implications:
As this test proves, the Laser has huge potential as a tool for assassination. Lasers have the potential to zap individual bad guys without causing the same kind of collateral damage as a Hellfire missile or small-diameter bomb.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
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Balls to that.
Val Kilmer did it first.
Yeah yeah. But this is REAL.
Also, Val Kilmer was the 2nd worst Batman ever.
Clooney, Kilmer, Bale, West, Keaton, in reverse order of awesomeness.
You're order is way out of order bro!
Bale ftw, second place Keaton, no other rank necessary.
I mean Keaton was good, but he also starred as Mr. Mom and had like 3 muscles.
Srsly.
I think Jeff is close, but I'd flipflop West and Bale.
"You wanna get nuts? Come on! Let's get nuts!!!"