WTF? (**NSFW**)

[BitteEinBit]

How old is that in Australian years?

...I like the way you think!

[StoleIt]

[M2]

A golden eagle tries to grab a small child:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro0nq2IkDHs

Time for a Golden Eagle Ban! Where's Obama to protect us?!?

[Spur38]

Yo, M2, I didn't know that you're a freelance journalist.

The Federal Government should mandate it with a new amendment to the constitution. That way something rational would be accomplished!

[Vno]

Looks like we're getting some snow tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOFHHFe1c7g

[flynhigh]

Frankie's got some good vids. After 10 seconds, go ahead and skip to the 1 minute mark.

God bless Frankie...

[spaceman]

Good tune

[badaducci]

...WIC patch.

...

[Royal]

Just another day in the life of a journalist.

[Prozac]

Yo, M2, I didn't know that you're a freelance journalist.

Why, on earth, is this in the WTF thread? I say this warrants it's very own BOPs.net 'Breast Squeezing' thread!

[Royal]

Why, on earth, is this in the WTF thread? I say this warrants it's very own BOPs.net 'Breast Squeezing' thread!

It's in the "WTF" thread because every reasonable person who reads that article says, "WTF? Why wasn't this information released 50 years ago?"

But you're right; this gem might need to be pinned.

Edited December 23, 2012 by Royal

[SuperWSO]

I love when we get people debating the value of guns who have clearly never fired, used, been trained on or even touched a pistol or rifle. The latest from FoxNews.

To qualify as a semiautomatic assault weapon, a semiautomatic rifle had to have a detachable magazine and two or more of five specific features -- including a grenade launcher and a bayonet mount. Some gun makers simply modified their weapons to avoid qualifying under this definition.

I've checked and I still can't get 40mm HE at my local Wal Mart, and Cheaper than Dirt is always out.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/24/history-gives-mixed-grade-to-impact-assault-weapons-ban/

[Breckey]

I believe that was the ability for rifles to fire a grenade from the barrel a la M1 Garand

[M2]

I believe that was the ability for rifles to fire a grenade from the barrel a la M1 Garand

Some Yugoslav SKS and AK rifles can also fire grenades...

[Vno]

Prince H kills Taliban Commander

It's interesting how the media doesn't think it's important to keeps this guys activities under wraps. Yeah, go ahead and tell the world that Prince Harry just got a Taliban Commander, and where he is operating in Afghanistan. There's definitely no potential consequences for releasing that info.

[sky_king]

If Obama had a kid that was a bad ass like that and everyone knew it, don't you think it would motivate you a little?

[matmacwc]

Nope, still a socialist's kid.

[sky_king]

ok, If "W" had a .......

Edited December 26, 2012 by sky_king

[HU&W]

Fast Forward to 1:30

[Vertigo]

ok, If "W" had a .......

Still a socialist's kid...

[matmacwc]

There's a libertarian!

[Royal]

This would probably come in handy...if it didn't keep blowing out the circuit breaker panel of every home and small business in Germany.

German defense contractor Rheinmetall has shown off a new two-part laser system with a combined output of 50 kW, capable of shooting down drones and intercepting mortar rounds in mid-flight. The high-energy laser (HEL) weapon consists of a 30 kW primary laser mounted on a rotating turret and a 20 kW secondary beam for targeting stationary objects. In tests conducted in late November, the beams combined to slice through a 15mm steel girder at a distance of roughly 1,000 yards, while the 30 kW laser on its own was able to intercept a drone moving at more than 110 mph.

Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the system is its ability to lock on to small moving targets. In order to simulate a mortar round, testers used a steel ball of just over three inches in diameter. The HEL was able to detect the incoming projectile, before using two levels of tracking — a rough positioning provided by the mechanical turret and a more accurate fine-tuning by the laser itself — to intercept the target.

This isn't the first time that the company has demonstrated a turret-mounted laser weapon. Last year, a 10 kW version performed similar feats, and Rheinmetall says that it plans to produce a device capable of 100 kW output in the immediate future. Still, it faces competition from rivals in the space — as far back as 2010, US firm Raytheon demonstrated a 50 kW weapon with comparable capabilities, including the ability to shoot down a drone from a moving warship.

https://www.theverge....kw-laser-weapon

Edited December 29, 2012 by Royal

[ThreeHoler]

I'll be impressed when they synthesize excited bromide in an argon matrix and generate a 5MW beam.

[BitteEinBit]

I'll be impressed when they synthesize excited bromide in an argon matrix and generate a 5MW beam.

I'll be impressed when they can generate 1.21GW of power to send me back to the future....

[billy pilgrim]

I'll be impressed when they can generate 1.21GW of power to send me back to the future....

PM me when you get this worked out - I want to be in the Air Force in the eighties.