Run away the ray-gun is coming : We test US army's new secret weapon

Daily Mail ^ | 9/18/07 | Michael Hanlon, wimp

[AnotherUnixGeek]

This machine has the ability to inflict limitless, unbearable pain.

Devices such as this will become the preferred instruments of torture in countries like China and Iran. Monumental pain without physical damage. I do not want to see this thing ever put into use in the US.

[FlashBack]

but there is no heat, only the sensation of heat 'Said Bill of Hillary.'

[BOBTHENAILER]

This machine has the ability to inflict limitless, unbearable pain.

Hello Achmed, say hello to my lil friend.

[Kozak]

As a Raytheon employee, I gotta say KEWL!!!!

As a stock holder I also say KEWL!!!

[NoBullZone]

“Hello, Raytheon. This is general Smith at Gitmo. We need to cancel the women’s panties orders and get a couple of those new plaasma things you got? OK?”

“Hey, Abdul, come watch this great new TV. Yeah - sit in that chair with the straps. You’ll wanna strap yourself in - the special effects on this one may just blow you away! We can talk aboout bin-Laden a little later ...”

I like it!

[Prophet in the wilderness]

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A video of this can be seen on " FUTURE WEAPON " at this web sight under videos, season 2

[Ancient Drive]

‘As a Raytheon employee, I gotta say KEWL!!!!’

as a geek I gotta say wtf? omfg that is kewl too

[LibWhacker]

Hanlon says, in essence, they are simple machines. Probably won’t be much longer until we see plans for building them on the internet.

[cyclotic]

Ping

[Bon mots]

...has the ability to inflict limitless, unbearable pain.

[ASOC]

Aaarrrr

Set ‘er to fry, me hearties, and full speed ahead.

DOes this have a range of power settings? You know - pain, rare, well done, smoke ‘em?

[353FMG]

I want one that I can carry concealed instead of an ugly noisy gun.

[Regulator]

Raytheon's Mac Jeffery says it is being looked at only by the "North American military and its allies"

Gee, that's funny. I haven't heard of the North American military.

I've heard of the American military, commonly known as the military of the United States...

I've heard of the Canadian military....

And I've heard of the Mexican "military", which is world in-famous for being nothing more than a gang of thugs and criminals who are notable only for the number of their own people that they have killed over the last 5 centuries.

Would that be the military that "doesn't have a human rights abuse record" that Mr. Corp-Droid Jeffreys is referring to?

Guess Mac's happy now that the "North American Military" has a lovely little weapon to use on those pesky Americans who might be interested in stopping the invasion from the South by the Mexican component of his polyglot military.

Appears he kinda let the cat outta the bag with his slip of the tongue...

[353FMG]

“I do not want to see this thing ever put into use in the US.”

Would you rather have Al-Qaeda posess it?

[Miztiki]

Thanks for the laugh!

[theBuckwheat]

this has got to be the most humane weapon ever!

Humane, that is until the “other side” gets a hold of the technology and finds that higher power levels serves their purposes far better than the power levels we decide are “humane”.

[driftdiver]

““I do not want to see this thing ever put into use in the US.”

Would you rather have Al-Qaeda posess it?”

Are those the only options? Did Al Qaeda build this thing? Is Raytheon going to sell it to Iran if the US doesnt buy it?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Would you rather have Al-Qaeda posess it?

To clarify, I don't want such technology to be used by law enforcement agencies in the US - the potential for abuse is huge. There's obviously no way to contain a technology forever, and it's to be expected that terrorists and criminals will get their hands on one sooner or later.

[LibWhacker]

I don't know... I checked out Raytheon's website and couldn't find anything about that, so I'm guessing that, right now at least, the answer to your question is no; it's a compliance weapon: you want people to cease doing what they're doing pronto, no questions asked. So you give them the maximum dose of pain that won't do any permanent damage to them. I'm sure 'rats will want to change that, however.

[DancesWithBolsheviks]

Silent Guardian’s don’t cause pain, people do.