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China’s New Hand-Held Laser Rifle: Less Lethal or Less Believable? [More]

So this was "fake news"?

Some day.

In a time not that long ago, it would have required a room's worth of equipment to be capable of a fraction of the computing power contained in those phones we casually slip in our pockets. Yeah, I know, that's an apples-and-oranges analogy, but it's less flawed than some blowhard posing like he knows what the limits are on future possibilities.

The real concern is if such a development will warn:

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[Via Florida Guy]