Behold the Awesome Force of China’s Jet-Powered Water Cannon [Fire]

Jan 28th 2011
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If we’re not participating in a jet-powered water cannon arms race yet, we’d like to get going. Because whenever you watch China’s $456,000 monster shoots four lots of water per minute, you’re going to need one of our own.

That contraption-meant to suppress office fires-has various nearly 400 feet, and expels water fast enough to not just douse flames but choke the oxygen out of them. Come on, scientists of America. Surely we will strap a jet onto something even cooler than this. Right? [ Phoenix News Media via Engadget ]

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