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The World's Spookiest Weapons
Popular Science ^ | 5-16-08 | Matt Ransford

Posted on 05/16/2008 6:50:26 PM PDT by DesScorp

Atom bombs are just the beginning. In the last half-century, the greatest military minds on Earth have developed an arsenal of weapons to make mutually assured destruction seem tame.

Whether these masterpieces of destruction come from miles above Earth or millimeters below the skin, they have one thing in common: they're spooky as hell.

Can turning animals into cyborgs ever end well? Should lasers really be strapped to planes? Is dispersing humans with the worst smell ever created a better alternative to doing it by burning their skin? You be the judge. Launch our gallery of the world's spookiest weapons—some decades away and others already implemented—and marvel over what humans can create when they work apart.

(Excerpt) Read more at popsci.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: military; secret; weapons
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To: Frank Sheed

Not to get too far off the subject of this thread, but I’ve heard comments similar to yours and I don’t really understand all of the animosity towards that show. It’s pretty wholesome family entertainment, if you ask me, and some of the dance routines are pretty fun to watch. And yes, I’m a heterosexual guy. I also like to watch ice dancing once in a while, and enjoyed Torville & Dean when they were at their peak, so sue me. :^)


21 posted on 05/16/2008 7:57:02 PM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: DesScorp

Space will be the final weapons frontier. If God allows us to get much further.


22 posted on 05/16/2008 8:05:56 PM PDT by daniel1212
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To: DesScorp

THE TALE OF THE ARAB FLIGHT CREW
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017210/posts

The brand spanking new Airbus 340-600, the largest passenger airplane ever built...


23 posted on 05/16/2008 8:26:52 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: RepublitarianRoger2

Hehe..ALMOST!


24 posted on 05/16/2008 8:28:41 PM PDT by rlmorel (Clinging bitterly to Guns and God in Massachusetts...:)
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To: P.O.E.

The single most destructive and expensive weapon in existence.

A lawyer with a mission...


25 posted on 05/16/2008 9:03:25 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg ("Shut the hell up, New York Times, you sanctimonious whining jerks!" - Craig Ferguson)
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To: Frank Sheed

Have you seen ANYTHING that airs on Cartoon Network or Disney Channel lately? I think their programming started as an experiment to see whether they can induce seizures or suicide first, disguised as harmless (to them) entertainment for small children...


26 posted on 05/16/2008 10:04:45 PM PDT by Hyzenthlay (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: DesScorp
Should lasers really be strapped to planes?

"No, they need to be strapped to frickin' sharks..."

27 posted on 05/16/2008 10:47:18 PM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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To: DesScorp
"When animals go bad, that's bad enough; but when military genetically-engineered mutant animals go bad, that's really special." - Sci-Fi Channel
28 posted on 05/16/2008 11:34:41 PM PDT by snarkpup (We need to replace our politicians before they replace us.)
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To: DesScorp
Should lasers really be strapped to planes?

Absolutely not. You "strap" lasers to sharks, or at the very least, ill-tempered Chilean Sea Bass.

Mark

29 posted on 05/17/2008 4:54:21 AM PDT by MarkL
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To: rlmorel
I think the spookiest ones are those damned robotic bugs.

Gene Simmons agrees with you ...


30 posted on 05/21/2008 7:26:05 AM PDT by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
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