US military sets laser PHASRs to stun

NewScientist.com news service ^ | 16:05 07 November 2005 | Will Knight

[JustAnotherOkie]

What a collosal waste of resources.

[andyandval]

compliance with a United Nations protocol

WTF! Who cares?

[CondorFlight]

What a collosal folly to let the UN decide whether we can use less lethal weapons or not. (Perhaps we shall even be called upon to turn over to the UN details of how these weapons are made.)
Why let the UN have any voice in what we find necessary to defend ourselves?
(The UN never protested or intervened when poison gas was used by Iraq, or when genocide was carried out in Rwanda;
it's doing a lousy job in the Sudan--but when it comes to attacking the USA, anything goes.)

[BulletBobCo]

Don't they know about our Beebers?

[elkfersupper]

US military sets laser PHASRs beebers to stun stune

Better.

[infidel29]

Dead ones can't get an ACLU lawyer and file charges against us or demand constitutional rights.

[elkfersupper]

Bump for the Beeber archive.

[DBrow]

American amateur astronomers have been dazzling commercial airline pilots for several years now.

With a track record like that, why not officially use the DPSSFD lasers in tactical situations?

[Paul_Denton]

But the device will require close scrutiny to ensure compliance with a United Nations protocol on blinding laser weapons.

F**K The UN! Any laser weapons should KILL. Not just blind or stun but it needs to burn nice holes through the enemy.

[BulletBobCo]

All the enemy needs is a couple of these.

[operation clinton cleanup]

The Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response (PHASR) rifle was developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory in New Mexico

This was an improvement over the (CRASR) Crowd Repent And Stop Rioting gun.

[redhead]

"The US government has unveiled a "non-lethal" laser rifle designed to dazzle enemy personnel without causing them permanent harm."

Ah. The bedazzler...

[M203M4]

I hope it has many settings. Like, a range from 'flashlight', to 'blind', to 'tear a bunch of new a**holes'.

[stm]

This is beyond stuck on stupid. Kill the enemy before they kill you. That is rule #1 of warfare.

"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country, he won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country!"

Gen. George S. Patton

[JustAnotherOkie]

New Terrorist Body Armor

[Flavius]

so we daze them then we shoot them...

alright....

[manwiththehands]

Great. All our enemies need now are a good pair of RayBans.

[Fledermaus]

You know what happens when you get hit with a PHASR?

He's Dead Jim!

[WorkingClassFilth]

Agreed. They ought to field a laser that would cook the target's head in a nanosecond - no need to worry about blinding the target then.