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US military unveils heat-ray gun
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| Thursday, January 25, 2007
| James Westhead
Posted on 01/25/2007 12:43:49 AM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu
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To: GeorgefromGeorgia
>>>It appears to me that it makes an easy target for a terrorist with a rocket propelled grenade.
That's not the point. You expect a first generation prototype to be large. Later models will be reduced in size and increased in power assuming the M 1 meets expectations.
Note, what can hurt on a low setting will kill at a high enough setting.
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posted on
01/25/2007 3:52:28 AM PST
by
tlb
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Heat-ray? This is a microwave spallation weapon, surely?
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
They did try it out on journalists..... I can hardly wait for them to start the human trials!
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posted on
01/25/2007 4:11:35 AM PST
by
Gorzaloon
(Global Warming: A New Kind Of Scientology for the Rest Of Us.)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
I heard this on the radio this morning here. They had audio clips from the miltitary volunteers being "shot." Absolutely hilarious.
Gezz #&*$%^ that hurt!! Son of ^&*(%&^%**(. It was great.
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posted on
01/25/2007 4:48:11 AM PST
by
doodad
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
re: much further than existing non-lethal weapons like rubber bullets
I guess some of the personnel cuts this news organization made to stay viable included the position of copy editor.
The correct word in this sentence is "farther", not "further."
To: jwparkerjr
Not going to critcize Jame Westhead too much. What separates the two?
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01/25/2007 5:07:26 AM PST
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Jedi Master Pikachu
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
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posted on
01/25/2007 5:07:41 AM PST
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Jedi Master Pikachu
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Should have called it the Ronald Ray Gun. :)
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01/25/2007 5:19:22 AM PST
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posted on
01/25/2007 7:50:54 AM PST
by
AntiGuv
("..I do things for political expediency.." - Sen. John McCain on FOX News)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Let's see...50 C...50 x 9 = 450...450 / 5 = 90...90 + 32 = 122.
So, used to control anyone south of the Mason Dixon line will be as much control as a heat wave.
And, it won't work in Iraq, where it may work as an airconditioner, bringing the temp down a few degrees.
Any possibility this was designed to control Ted Nugent when he goes wango tango after finding out Hitlery Clinton is president?
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posted on
01/25/2007 7:56:54 AM PST
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Sensei Ern
(http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy - Time's 2006 Person of the Year)
To: Grig
The semideaf hippies were all for it because they thought it was the, "Hate Reagan".
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01/25/2007 8:02:27 AM PST
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Sensei Ern
(http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy - Time's 2006 Person of the Year)
To: tlb
Exactly. It's definitely gotta be a microwave based weapon. So, hook it up to a large enough energy source, and you have insta-boiled 'insurgents'...erm... 'terrorists'. Can you imagine a focused microwave beam strong enough to boil any water/liquid it hits ? That'd make for a fantastic anti-personell weapon. No ballistics (can't miss, really), direct fire, zero travel time.
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posted on
01/25/2007 8:47:47 AM PST
by
farlander
(Strategery - sure beats liberalism!)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
it was down here at Moody, outside of Valdosta.
we cycle a LOT of folks out to the front, which might be why it was unveiled here.
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posted on
01/27/2007 11:06:36 AM PST
by
King Prout
(many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
To: GeorgefromGeorgia
If they got RPGs you don't need non-leathal weapons. It's gonna be killin' time.
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posted on
01/28/2007 1:13:07 PM PST
by
truemiester
(If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years)
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