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Report: Raytheon 'heat beam' weapon ready for Iraq
Boston Business Journal ^
| 12/01/04
Posted on 12/05/2004 1:23:24 PM PST by blink182prj
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To: blink182prj
If you're a Democrat, this is your require response:
THIS MUST BE STOPPED!!! NOW!!! WE CANNOT ALLOW OUR MILITARY TO DEVELOP WEAPONS THAT ACTUALLY LET THEM WIN BATTLES!!!
Pretty sick ideology, if you ask me.
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:31:46 PM PST
by
BobL
To: blink182prj
It will likely be in Iraq in the next 12 months. A crowd control weapon? Are we going to be controlling crowds in Iraq? Or using non lethal weapons against terrorist?
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:32:38 PM PST
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Are we going to be controlling crowds in Iraq? Or using non lethal weapons against terrorist? Well, I suppose a weapon like this will keep an angry mob from turning into an angry mob of terrorists.
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:36:35 PM PST
by
Mudcat
To: blink182prj
'Turbaned Tater Tots!
hehehe Yeah, I know I'm a sick puppy!
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:39:01 PM PST
by
45semi
(Man has only those rights he can defend...)
To: blink182prj
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:41:22 PM PST
by
toddlintown
(Pull another beer.)
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To: blink182prj
They should develop something like this to aim at the ground in front of their Humvee to detonate these damned roadside bombs before they get there.
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:48:00 PM PST
by
ThirstyMan
(Why is it, All the dead seem to vote for Democrats?)
To: Mudcat
Well, I suppose a weapon like this will keep an angry mob from turning into an angry mob of terrorists.So you are implying this will be used in Iraq against Iraqi citiens in an effort to keep them from becoming terrorist?
OOOK.
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:48:12 PM PST
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: dcuddeback
I know that I am jumping ahead of this weapon's intentions and possible spin-offs, all miraculous I'm sure, but I'm left with the question: when did it become unthinkable to kill our enemies? This is probably the surest route to victory. We've gotten to the point that we are sacrificing our soldiers in an effort to save enemy combatants. That our young men would fight under these conditions is indicative of, well, good soldering, I suppose....
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:48:53 PM PST
by
ashtanga
To: Joe Hadenuf
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:48:57 PM PST
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: blink182prj
I can't help thinking that a .50 cal M2HB would be a more effective source of "heat".
To: blink182prj
They should develop something like this to aim at the ground in front of their Humvees to detonate these damned roadside bombs before they get there.
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:50:29 PM PST
by
ThirstyMan
(Why is it, All the dead seem to vote for Democrats?)
To: dcuddeback
I wonder if such weapons could be configured to sweep ahead of convoys and cook-off IEDs. Hey! (see my post 15) you thought of it first! But it is a great idea.
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:54:33 PM PST
by
ThirstyMan
(Why is it, All the dead seem to vote for Democrats?)
To: blink182prj
Maybe if you tape bags of popcorn on your chest, it'll be like reactive armor.
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:54:51 PM PST
by
Sender
(Team Infidel USA)
To: blink182prj
The product is expected to be evaluated from February through June to determine whether to equip U.S. forces with it, Colonel David Karcher, director of the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, told Bloomberg Business News. Can they evaluate it by using it on the left side of Congress, or would that be inappropriate?
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:55:12 PM PST
by
EGPWS
To: Joe Hadenuf
Mylar space blanket? A use for tinfoil underware? Anything that would reflect or deflect a significant portion of the radiant energy oughta do it. Been wondering about using a "space blanket" to sheild from being seen on thermal imagers.
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:57:13 PM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
To: blink182prj
who has felt the weapon's beam and compares it to having a hot iron placed on the skinSure this is non-lethal, but what are you going to do with this kind of heat on you? I think this is pretty cool.
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posted on
12/05/2004 1:59:06 PM PST
by
kizzdogg
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