Speaking of crazy Dutch bastards

I'd seen this video before, but then it didn't say where it was filmed or who was driving the plane.

 

Apparently it was Afghanistan and it is a crazy Dutchman flying the F-16. Though he was possibly committing a court martial offence given the the fact that at times the aircraft was just barely off the ground.

 

Fantastic stuff. Chubbies all round as he flies so low and so fast that he raises dust off of the ground.

 

 

Via http://rwdb.blogspot.com/

 

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The US Navy's New 100 KiloWatt Laser Weapons

The Office of Naval Research has awarded Raytheon a year-long contract to develop the preliminary design of a 100 kilowatt experimental Free Electron Laser (FEL) for naval warships. A FEL uses superconducting electron accelerators to produce high-power laser beams that could target cruise missiles, airplanes or boats. FEL operators can adjust the laser's wavelength by adjusting the energy of the electrons in the accelerator, something conventional laser's can't do. This allows them to be used on ships without suffering disturbances from the water vapor-rich environment. Raytheon has 12 months to create a preliminary design, the first step in the $150 million, three-phase ONR program. —Joe Pappalardo

 

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Sweet! Tumescence all round.

 

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