Another $12 Billion Lack of Threat to Incoming Missiles

Picking up on an earlier thread, the new gazillion dollar 747 with a huge chemical oxygen laser has made some recent strides toward not being a complete waste of time and money.

The idea is: put a giagantic laser on a 747, fly it around North Korea until they launch a missile, and then shoot it down with the giant laser beam. You can almost hear the engineers going: VRROOOMM - zeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEP - KABOOOOOOOM!!! in the early stages of development. The idea began most likely with a pale, shy boy in a sandlot in suburban Michigan in 1967.

Next up: kimchee-seeking sharks with fricking lasers on their heads.