US Air Force unveils hand-held laser gun

Janes ^ | 11/25/05 | Michael Sirak

[Phsstpok]

Niven's Law #2

Never fire a laser at a mirror

Of course,  they're not directly relevant, but I prefer 1a and 1b

1a) Never throw s*** at an armed man

1b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing s*** at an armed man

and his comment in the updated version, linked above "You wouldn't think anyone would need to be told this. It dates from the Democratic National Convention of 1968."

[Guns are GOOD]

What is the picture with the plane?

[Mr. Brightside]

I have my own "Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response System."

[1rudeboy]

ABL YAL-1A

[Guns are GOOD]

Looks good! Thnks

[goldcrest]

no use in iraq or afganistan then !!!!!!!!!

[ARCADIA]

We spend millions developing this, and our enemies simply buy laser safe RayBans LOL! First thing that came to mind was mirrored shades.

Cool looking terrorist?!?!

[Brilliant]

Looks like Bush is nearing D-Day in the "Intergalactic War" he's planning.

[No Longer Free State]

Government contractors will stoop to any twist of taxonomic pefidy to make a new weapon's acronym sound 'cool'.

[Sam Cree]

"What's a "STUNE?"

It's what you do to a beeber.

[No Longer Free State]

Already used by police. Not sure if its in military inventory.

Doesn't work too well against those in proper protective gear.

[No Longer Free State]

But wouldn't that be "stimulation suppression system?

[Tree of Liberty]

A better non-lethal weapon would be a full-auto paintball gun -- firing pepper-spray pellets

Such an item is in wide use among police departments, usually employed for crowd control. I noticed them, especially, during the various anti-WTO riots.

[VOA]

This is my laser-rifle
This is my gun
The latter is for fun
The former is set to stun!

[Eagles Talon IV]

"It's what you do to a beeber."

Oh, ok. Tanks.

[martin_fierro]

What's a "STUNE"?

You must be new around here.

[edwin hubble]

"We spend millions developing this, and our enemies simply buy laser safe RayBans."

But you can't really see to move around well with a welder's helmet on in ordinary light.

Welder's glass is used to view solar eclipses, but you will only see the sun through it. Everything else is jet back.

[manwiththehands]

I don't know about that. Most of the laser safe eyewear I've used at work are fairly clear. We can even use the same pair for different wavelenght lasers. What I'm saying is that it probably wouldn't take much to develop eyewear to counteract the effects of this weapon.

(sarc on) But I'm SURE they thought of that already. (sarc off)

[knews_hound]

Blog fodder bump.

Cheers,

knews hound

http://knewshound.blogspot.com/

[edwin hubble]

"Most of the laser safe eyewear I've used at work are fairly clear. We can even use the same pair for different wavelenght lasers."

I agree, if you are trying to protect from a specific wavelengths.