First shot fired in war of robots vs humans with lasers, we're winning so far

Boeing just announced a (public) first: they shot a UAV out of the sky using the Laser Avenger (an aptly-titled Humvee-mounted laser), the first time a combat vehicle has used such a weapon to knock a flying robot out of the sky. Naturally, the report is short on details, but they did say that they managed to burn a hole in the enemy, quite the feat for a moving target. Of course, once the robots get lasers, we're all done for.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:35PM]

I'm more excited about the return of dinosaurs!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:50PM]

Dinosaurs...pfft! What we should be really scared of are SHARKS with frickin' lasers.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:24PM]

Ill-tempered mutated sea bass > Sharks with frekin lazor beams

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:47PM]

Velociraptors with Frickin Laser Beams attached to their heads

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 8:49PM]

Velociraptors on hover boards with frickin laser beams attached to the sea bass permanently grafted onto their heads.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:36PM]

PEW PEW ?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:37PM]

My immediate thought as well, haha... beat me to it.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:58PM]

lol +1

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:30PM]

At the risk of losing most or all of my geek cred, where is this reference from? I thought it was south park, but I'm not sure.

Muchos gracias in advance...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:48PM]

@ CraigJ
Ask that cool little guy in your avatar. I bet he knows.

[poached Posted Jan 26th 2009 7:06PM]

I thought it was Tiny Fey as Sarah Palin in SNL?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 8:16PM]

pew pew highly ranked? ehh, lots of new people on here since ces

[Zaraki Kenpachi Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:37PM]

Any chance you get to use the above photo is a good one!

[Sam of the Sun Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:45PM]

I saw the DVD on offer for £2.99 in Somerfield yesterday and didn't purchase. My days are filled with regret.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:07PM]

What the heck is it from? I'm sure I remember that picture from when I was a kid...

[James Posted Jan 26th 2009 7:31PM]

I remember they used it when they threatened to take comments away a few months ago.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 27th 2009 11:01AM]

Dino Riders FTW!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:37PM]

I want video, dammit!!!!

Humvee mounted, auto-aiming/motion-tracking laser weapon. Seriously awesome.

[Giantenemycrab Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:38PM]

What happens when they can just regenerate their wounds, like the terminator? THEN we're screwed.

[Brent2475 Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:38PM]

these things could revolutionize drive-by shootings

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:43PM]

dude,
Whats up with that avatar, its seriously disturbing.

[Brent2475 Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:52PM]

haha Ive been trying to change it for a while, for some reason i cant get rid of "it"

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:18PM]

wow, dont change it! I want to see that every morning!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:41PM]

that's very disturbing in a somewhat compelling way.

[monkeyontherun4 Posted Jan 27th 2009 12:19AM]

you and me both, i cant change mine either.. what gives engadget!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 27th 2009 2:23AM]

@Brent Summers

Cool..... You've managed to replace your avatar with a still hairy, but not disturbing at all picture of our beloved mayor.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 17th 2009 2:22PM]

Magnificent, yet repulsive.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 27th 2009 8:30AM]

Dino Riders trump sharks with pew pew power!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:41PM]

This picture is so missing a delorean

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:19PM]

I totally agree.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:44PM]

Dino Riders were my favorite as a kid!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:47PM]

thank you for bringing it up! ah, we just dated ourselves! LOL those were the best toys!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:53PM]

Oh man, I had totally forgotten about these things until this picture was posted! They WERE the best toys ever! I can't even begin to count how many times I watched that movie . . .

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:19PM]

Thank You
I knew those pics looked familiar

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:21PM]

Haha, I watched that movie like a million times to when I first got it. I think they had only one VHS tape.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:25PM]

Lets see here, I had the pterodactyl, triceratops, stegosaurus, and the one with the dome head (forgot the name). Sheesh. They are still in a box some where in my old room back home.

[Andr Posted Jan 26th 2009 7:50PM]

I also vivdly remember playing with Dino Riders a a kid. Great toys!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 8:55PM]

Instant childhood memories when I saw that image. Good times..

[khanselman Posted Jan 26th 2009 10:22PM]

Oh man! Amazing flashback as soon as I saw that photo. I definitely had one of the action figures when I was a kid!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 27th 2009 10:20AM]

Wow, I had that pteradactyl and TRex! There were a buttons on the back of them that would make their wings flap. Man, I wish i knew where they were!

[MemphisNET Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:48PM]

We are so boned....

PEW PEW :D

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:58PM]

THE END IS HERE!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 5:59PM]

IMA Chargin my Layzer!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 8:32PM]

it's-

"I'MMA CHARGIN' MAH LAZER!"

Sheesh, if your going to misspell something on engadget do it right....

[NinjaMonkey Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:43PM]

... i don't know what's worse. USA that can "Fire the Laser" or iraq having imaginary WMD's...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:19PM]

Couldn't we just use mirrors to combat laser-wielding robots?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 27th 2009 12:47AM]

Only until the next point release gives them mirrored skin or worse, skin like solar panels but can also absorb laser radiation turning it into power for their masers which go straight through mirrors and cook us like a microwave dinner

[roger27 Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:24PM]

I remember I had the VHS tape, and I watched it over and over and over!!!

I loved Dino Riders!

I thought the bad guys had cooler dinos for sure!

[badweasel Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:26PM]

Isn't the thing that shot the "robot" out of the sky also a robot? Isn't it still humans using robots to shoot robots out of the sky? I'm just saying... depends on your definition of a robot.

[Dallasm Posted Jan 26th 2009 6:43PM]

I totally had 5 of those dinosaur toys when I was a kid. I only still have 3 of them, the T-rex, the triceratops and the raptor. My wife wants to get rid of them, but I keep telling her that since I don't have all five, it's only 3/5's as dorky. (and no I'm actually not joking. Well I was about the 3/5th part, but really, I'm kinda a pack rat and still have a bucket full of old toys.)

DINO-RIDERS ROCKED!