Posted on 10/22/2015 12:05:20 PM PDT by Trumpinator
The weapon could be used in Putin's brutal onslaught against ISIS which was stepped up yesterday as Russian jets smashed 27 jihadi hotspots.
Moscow has launched a ruthless campaign on the terror group in a bid to wipe them out forever.
Russian airstrikes were said to have hit 71 armoured vehicles, 30 other vehicles, 19 command facilities, 2 communication centres, 23 depots with fuel and ammunition, 6 plants used to make car bombs, several artillery pieces and training camps.
Russia's bombings have weakened the morale of militants and have sent thousands on the run, according to the country's defence ministry.
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
Using lasers that BLIND enemy troops VIOLATES international law. Period.
Go tell them how you really feel.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/three-syrian-hospitals-bombed-since-russian-airstrikes-began-doctors-say
Four Syrian hospitals bombed since Russian airstrikes began, doctors say
Latest attack on Idlib hospital left at least 12 people dead and comes less than two weeks after a US attack on Kunduz hospital, Afghanistan
The Koran. Braille edition.
“Inhumane” to the inhuman monsters of ISIS? Let them take it up with allah.
And killing or maiming them does not?
Well blimey. Not sure why they’d want to do such things rather than use the old fashioned shoot them dead method.
Why not blind and dead? Actually, since they believe the moon god will give them 72 virgins if they die while killing for him, blinding them might be a worse punishment, though perhaps castration should be added.
“And killing or maiming them does not?”
Nope. That is what war is all about!
But, in the case of these murderous Islamist who teach their children to hate and fight, having hundreds of these guys bumping into walls might be a vital lesson to the youth mot to go do what these guys did.
Thank you for the explanatory comments. That was an interesting read.
What it does say, is that Russia didn’t come into this conflict to play games. It came to kick ass.
The message will spread like wildfire.
Blindness, and I get no Virgins?
There is a sniper rifle sticking out of every rat hole in Syria.
But, using a ray gun to suppress them is just not sporting. /sarc
“Gee, this doesn’t sound at all like Obummer’s feeble one-bomber attacks on ISIS. They say they want to die for Allah, and Putin is happy to oblige. More power to him.”
More hero worship.... /s
the geneva conventions do not apply to terrorists...
There are some people here who just like those people there, and that is all there is to it. Maybe it is the androgynous thrill of all that black and those masks? Lindsey Graham fantasies of being captured, ‘handled roughly’, and finally rescued by his dashing mentor, in a Batman and Robin, neocon redux?
You wouldn't believe the grief I got for suggesting we have our snipers aim for the small head, not the big one.
“Using lasers that BLIND enemy troops VIOLATES international law. Period”
And lopping people’s heads off doesn’t???
“the geneva conventions do not apply to terrorists...”
True. But this is not part of the Geneva Conventions, but rather a 1980 UN agreement on use of blinding laser weapons. I am not aware that there are ANY exceptions, such as for use against non-signing parties, savages, or terrorists.
This is from October 9th, old outdated BS....
Apparently the weapon only temporarily blinds, not permanently.
However the effect of troops being permanently blinded (rather than killed), as inhumane as it may be, will have a heck of a demoralizing impact on those troops who aren’t blinded, and those who may be thinking of signing up.
Dying makes one a martyr. Blinding robs one of an incredibly valuable human function, and can have the impact of reducing one from a fearsome warrior to an object of pity and a burden on others.
Anyone else remember Wesley’s “To the pain!” threat from Princess Bride?
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