DailyDirt: Alternatives To Projectile Weapons
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
Ray guns have been exclusive to science fiction for quite some time now. So far, hurling bits of metal is pretty effective, but it seems so barbaric. Even Tasers aren't wireless. Here are just a few examples of some impressive directed energy weapons that are getting close to becoming actual tools of war.- The Russians are working on electromagnetic radiation guns that can attack a target's organs or central nervous system. Such electromagnetic weapons could burn people's skin from a distance or lobotomize crowds of people with a sweeping zap. [url]
- Boeing and the US Air Force have tested a high power microwave weapon that can fry electronics and disable the electrical systems of an entire building. This weapon wouldn't kill anyone directly, but it could be useful for knocking out infrastructure in a prelude to a conventional military attack. [url]
- A Laser-Induced Plasma Channel (LIPC) can direct an artificial bolt of lightning at a conductive target. A laser pulse shot directed at a bad guy can zap him by creating plasma from the air that is synchronized with extremely high voltage. But what if the enemy has a lightning rod? [url]
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Filed Under: emp, lightning, lipc, microwave, plasma, weapons
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Those are cool, but not yet practical
Colonel O'Neill
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UN conventions...
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I'm guessing that it has been used at a number of international conventions - principally those attended by members of the RIAA, MPAA, bob, ootb etc etc...
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hmmmm.. Now I understand why the US congress is like it is.
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Boeing and the US Air Force have tested a high power microwave weapon...
And when terrorists eventually get their hands on the design specs and start building them, who will the US government blame?
I don't remember where I heard it, but I once heard a quote that nobody should ever build a weapon that they wouldn't want to have used on themselves.
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LRAD
They just love to use their war toys back here any chance they get.
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LIPC Thought
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non-lethal worse than lethal?
We need a Geneva convention on use of weapons on civilians!
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Weapons that burn skin and lombotomize crowds with a sweeping zap.
(Because pepper spray is so 2011).
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