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		mindseye2 on Nov 14, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. Navy Deploys First Laser Weapon in Persian Gu... Can you say Tesla Death Ray technology? Too bad he wasn't given the credit he deserved.

spiritplumber on Nov 15, 2014 [–]

Tesla's "teleforce beam" was intended to be a particle accelerator, not something that shoots out photons!

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