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RAYTHEON DEVELOPS NON-LETHAL DIRECTED ENERGY GUN
Tucson Citizen ^
| Apr 08.04
| Romano Cedillos
Posted on 04/11/2004 7:29:42 PM PDT by vannrox
Edited on 05/07/2004 5:38:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Stopping an adversary in his boots with a nonlethal ray gun is no longer just a sci-fi pipe dream, according to a local defense contract official.
Nonlethal directed-energy scientists have tested a weapon that does just that, only on a slightly larger scale than a handgun, said Wade W. Smith, deputy of Raytheon Missile Systems' Directed Energy Weapons division.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bang; crowd; death; destroy; directed; energy; gun; laser; lethal; military; miltech; mob; nonleathalweapons; not; population; prevent; raytheon
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I'll bet you that the anti-gun crowd doesn't want citizens to own these non-lethal devices.
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posted on
04/11/2004 7:29:43 PM PDT
by
vannrox
To: vannrox
Cool. I wonder who we can test them on.
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posted on
04/11/2004 7:32:12 PM PDT
by
Jorge
To: vannrox
"The weapon is in response to the needs of U.S. field commanders who wanted options short of deadly force. "I bet. I can just see our Marine officers begging the Pentagon for a weapon that doesn't offend the scumbags killing their men.
But what I really hate is the tin foil crowd getting the last laugh.
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posted on
04/11/2004 7:37:04 PM PDT
by
bayourod
(To 9/11 Commission: Unless you know where those WMDs are, don't bet my life that they don't exist.)
To: vannrox
Yeah. That'll be an interesting one. If it's safe, why not let the serfs own one? And if someone develops a protective shield (tin foil suit?!) any bets that will become illegal, too?
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posted on
04/11/2004 7:38:25 PM PDT
by
eno_
(Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending)
To: vannrox
I don't want one red cent of my tax dollars spent on anything that doesn't kill or blow something up. How about a bomb that not only kills the enemy but most of his family tree? Now that would be progress.
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posted on
04/11/2004 7:38:53 PM PDT
by
Feckless
To: vannrox
Buncha' commies. Oh the fun we could have with an energy directed non-lethal ray gun. It's practically our God-given right to own one. Who's taxpayer money funded it? That's right. Sigh.
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posted on
04/11/2004 7:39:12 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Before entering the Witness Protection Program, I was John Galt. Anyone asking about me?)
To: vannrox
your absolutely right
I was waiting for this... once the powder guns become obsolete...
the 2nd amendmend says arms not guns or semi automatic weapons... it sayss ARMS.. Jefferson knew and the rest of the guys, that science will change the mode of defense...
wierd times we live in
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posted on
04/11/2004 7:44:10 PM PDT
by
Flavius
("... we should reconnoitre assiduosly... " Vegetius)
To: vannrox
So in other words, it's "shoots" a beam of microwaves? Big deal there have been plans for years for such things, the only "new" thing is the accuracy.
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posted on
04/11/2004 7:46:13 PM PDT
by
armyboy
(Posting from Sustainer Army Airfield Balad, Iraq. All Gave Some...Some Gave All.)
To: Jorge
sounds like a deal
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posted on
04/11/2004 7:47:38 PM PDT
by
pointsal
To: Flavius
It say's it only just barely penetrates the skin. What happens to eyeballs?
Anyone taking bets on how long it takes before we find out this causes skin cancer?
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posted on
04/11/2004 7:48:53 PM PDT
by
sociotard
(I am the one true Sociotard)
To: vannrox
the energy penetrates less than 1/64 of an inch into the skinI hope it penetrates more that 1/64 of an inch worth of clothing, because I see a lot of radicals in Iraq running around covered from head to foot.
Wouldn't it be ridiculous if you could defeat this just by wearing leather? Or maybe even a tinfoil hat? Heh.
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posted on
04/11/2004 7:53:53 PM PDT
by
bolobaby
To: Travis McGee; Jeff Head
Hey guys, interesting thing to add to a story? How much more advanced do you think it could be in a decade?
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posted on
04/11/2004 8:06:28 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(National 'Whip the Bunny' Holiday!!!)
To: bayourod
I can just see our Marine officers begging the Pentagon for a weapon that doesn't offend the scumbags killing their menGive it to the cops for use against left-wing protesters.
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posted on
04/11/2004 8:07:29 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(National 'Whip the Bunny' Holiday!!!)
To: vannrox
This sounds like millimeter wave technology.
If it can make your skin uncomfortably hot at 700 meters, imagine what being 50 meters in front of the horn would be like! And having it manned by a less-than-well-trained operator.
Imagine being used for crowd control in our steel-and-metallized glass cities- the beam will bounce.
Nope, this will not be for civvies, it is too dangerous and full of unintended consequences.
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posted on
04/11/2004 8:17:40 PM PDT
by
DBrow
To: vannrox
I'd imagine infrasound would be a better non-lethal armament, capable of quelling whole riots. I suppose the potential boiling of random organs amongst the targeted crowd would throw a wet blanket on the whole "non-lethal" requirement, though.
To: vannrox
Wonder what it's lethal qualities are when it is not in a non-lethal mode?
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posted on
04/11/2004 8:32:07 PM PDT
by
TheLion
To: vannrox
What happened to the sound gun that gives crowds spontaneous loss of bowel control? The Army tested that one years ago; that would be much more humiliating to those terrorist mutts than being beaten with a shoe!
To: vannrox
What's the point? Bush won't use it against our enemies.
We need to be "fair" with our enemies,instead of annihilating them. -George W. Carter
I'm disgusted by our restraint.
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posted on
04/11/2004 8:53:56 PM PDT
by
Finalapproach29er
(" Permitting homosexuality didn't work out very well for the Roman Empire")
To: vannrox
My GF's nephew can build a ray gun in 15 minutes. He's now taking bids.
To: armyboy
"So in other words, it's "shoots" a beam of microwaves? Big deal there have been plans for years for such things, the only "new" thing is the accuracy."
Sounds to me like a great way to cook 7/11 burritos.
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