Jonathan wrote:

"William Black" wrote in message
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Jonathan wrote:

It's looking to me like the war on terror is creating that ability.
We seem to make some bad guy explode on a pretty regular
basis these days, going on ten years really.

It makes wedding parties explode as well.


You mean those weddiing parties that just happen to have
anti-aircraft guns as part of the ceremony?

Your joviality at the slaughter of innocents is misplaced.


It isn't the weapons that need improvement, it's the targeting...


But with lasers, the two systems can become one in the same.
And with civilians becoming the defensive weapon of choice
for so many of our adversaries, lasers can do things nothing else
can. For instance an armored column surrounded by hundreds of
human shields. A laser can be scaled to stop every vehicle without
killing everyone. Not to mention someday providing a bottomless
magazine.

Does it work?

--
William Black

"Any number under six"

The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of
Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat
single handed with a quarterstaff.