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posted by martyb on Tuesday January 18 2022, @11:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the Pew!-Pew!-Pew! dept.

FedEx Asks Permission to Install Anti-Missile Lasers on Its Cargo Jet:

FedEx has asked the US Federal Aviation Administration if it could install anti-missile lasers on cargo jets, according to a request filed earlier this month. The FAA request is set to be published on the public register next week.

Heat-seeking missiles detect and target heat from cargo jet engines, and because these planes are less maneuverable that a fighter jet, they're hard to shake off. Gizmodo reports that anti-missile lasers act like a distraction, shining an infrared laser directly at the missile to disrupt its ability to track a heat signature.

Although it may seem out of left field, supply chain issues have been causing food and product shortages since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Last year, hackers even deployed ransomware attacks on a major agricultural services provider. With those cyberpunk logistics challenges in mind, FedEx's application makes a little more sense.

"In recent years, in several incidents abroad, civilian aircraft were fired upon by man-portable air defense systems," the application letter reads.

[...] When FedEx first tested similar equipment back in 2008, CBS reported the lasers were eye-safe. In addition, Gizmodo reports that the current application includes new features, reporting and important safety information for airline crew. The lasers really shouldn't pose a problem to civilians on the ground, then, and it makes us wonder — should all passenger planes have this tech?


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday January 19 2022, @10:24PM (14 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 19 2022, @10:24PM (#1213967) Journal

    OK, so you're just going back to your earlier post, where you display your ignorance by repeating a tired old retarded stereotype. Got it. It's your choice to remain ignorant, of course, but that ain't how real life is.

    If you weren't so afraid of life, maybe you would come to the south, tour it, and find out what it is really like. It's not so different from western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinoi. Or, for that matter, upstate New York - just with less liberal nonsense. For evidence, I'll offer the fact that Arkansas and New York are both guilty of sending worthless SOBs to the state capitols, as well as to Washington, D.C. You just send more worthless SOBs because you have so many more than Arkansas has.

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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday January 21 2022, @05:02PM (13 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday January 21 2022, @05:02PM (#1214534) Journal

    Real life speaks for itself. The South is a collection of traitorous seditious shitholes and has been since before the Civil War. There is going to be a housing crisis in Hell when nature does to you what Lincoln should have all those decades ago.

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    • (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Friday January 21 2022, @05:33PM (12 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday January 21 2022, @05:33PM (#1214543) Journal

      Keep talking out your ass, while you continue to make excuses for the real racists in this country - the DNC.

      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday January 23 2022, @06:24AM (11 children)

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Sunday January 23 2022, @06:24AM (#1214925) Journal

        Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, but you're drowning in it just the same. Don't say I didn't warn you...!

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        I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
        • (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 23 2022, @02:07PM (10 children)

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday January 23 2022, @02:07PM (#1214990) Journal

          Oh, you just can't let this one go, can you? ROFLMAO

          • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 24 2022, @05:57AM (9 children)

            by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday January 24 2022, @05:57AM (#1215208) Journal

            Why should I? :) You never seem to goddamn learn: engaging with me, taking my bait, is like stepping into a tar pit. You keep flailing and struggling, and just get yourself deeper into the muck.

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            • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 24 2022, @07:54AM

              by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 24 2022, @07:54AM (#1215222)

              You were born in the muck, molded by it.

            • (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 24 2022, @01:14PM (7 children)

              by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 24 2022, @01:14PM (#1215243) Journal

              I thought the tar baby story was racisssss? Whatever, Auntie Remus!

              • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 24 2022, @05:29PM (6 children)

                by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday January 24 2022, @05:29PM (#1215294) Journal

                You'd need to ask a sabertoothed cat about that one, you whiny little pissbaby :) And you...keep...doing it! When you die, I bet I could turn you into a zombie by taking my laptop to your grave site and replying to one of your old comments!

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                • (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 24 2022, @06:00PM (5 children)

                  by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 24 2022, @06:00PM (#1215310) Journal

                  Tarbaby!! ROFLMAO

                  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:57AM (4 children)

                    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:57AM (#1215459) Journal

                    Tar *pit,* Runaway. I know you don't read so good, but *do* try not to make a complete moron out of yourself in publ--oh. Guess that horse bolted a while ago, huh? :/

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                    • (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:11AM (3 children)

                      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:11AM (#1215493) Journal
                      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:39PM (2 children)

                        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:39PM (#1215645) Journal

                        You're the gift that keeps on giving :) You would claw your way back out of the grave just to have the last word.

                        I am going to test that. I will find where they bury your corona-ridden corpse in 2025, bring my laptop, login to SN, and reply to one of your last posts. I fully expect you to shamble out of the grave, still smoking with hellfire, and post a reply!

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                        • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:43PM (1 child)

                          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:43PM (#1215648) Journal

                          No hellfire, unless my fleet of drones remains intact, in which case I'll fire a hellfire missile up your arse. You are well and truly fixated on the hellfire and damnation schtick.

                          • (Score: 1, Troll) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 25 2022, @09:02PM

                            by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 25 2022, @09:02PM (#1215674) Journal

                            LOL, like I said, you are never, ever, ever going to get your hands on any rooty tooty point'n'shooties outside your own collection, and never in any context more purposeful than hunting, if you're even capable of that any longer.

                            What's the matter, Runaway, getting mad? You're making threats now :) And remember, Hell is within you. You have made Hell, and you will find yourself in it for however long you need to be until you unmake it. Don't blame me for your own lack of understanding, or humanity.

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