THIS...

THIS is what I want my tax dollars supporting:

Navy's drone death ray takes out targets

(Wired) -- For years, the U.S. Navy has been pursuing a workable ray gun that could provide a leap ahead in ship self-defenses.

Now, with a series of tests of a system called the Laser Weapon System, or LaWS), it may be one step closer to that goal.

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the service's technology development arm, announced today that LaWS had "successfully tracked, engaged, and destroyed" a drone in flight, during an over-the-water engagement at San Nicholas Island, California.

Yes. Developing lasers capable of destroying enemy aircraft is exactly where I want my tax dollars going. This is the sort of thing that the federal government should be doing - funding the armed forces to find new ways to kill our enemies and keep us safe. Projectile weapons are increasingly on their way out, with directed-energy becoming more and more viable as power sources continue to produce more power in smaller sizes and the computers required to run things get smaller and ever more powerful.

Plus, selling the video footage of some pirate skiff getting vaporized on Pay-Per-View should pare down the National Debt right quick...

That is all.