Bill Frantz wrote:
Moreover, a laser shot costs $3,000, compared to several million dollars for a missile. Army officials envision the Nautilus would be beamed from a truck capable of firing 50 shots before requiring more laser material.
Does anyone have any idea what "more laser material" means?
It's this fluorescent goopy stuff, very sticky and tough to handle; I hear it smells *awful* too. They have to use big compressors to pack it into the laser tubes. That's one of the reason lasers require so much power. Curiously, the popular novelty product "Silly String" is in fact a scaled-down "domestic" version of real laser technology. ______c_____________________________________________________________________ Mike M Nally * Tiv^H^H^H IBM * Austin TX * pain is inevitable m5@tivoli.com * m101@io.com * <URL:http://www.io.com/~m101> * suffering is optional