UUUUUUUULLLLAAAAHHHH

[were_gopher]

US Army develops heat ray.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6297149.stm

Just so long as they don't stick it on a tripod...

Comments

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

Not likely to be in service before 2010, and they're talking about using it in Iraq and Afghanistan...

Oh dear!

If they were serious about fighting a war it would be ready a lot sooner.

And what might it do to a suicide bomber in the crowd?

[were-gopher.livejournal.com]

I said when they went in this is going to be our generations Korea or Nam. This is why I never believe anything shrub says about space exploration.

As to bombers, heat sensitive triggers are a doddle to build.

[occams_pyramid]

"It's completely harmless" = the harmful effects will develop some time later so you can't prove it was due to the beam? Cataracts anyone?

[wolfette]

first time they use it at a demonstration, the crowd should all pull out marshmallows on sticks ;-)

[valydiarosada.livejournal.com]

"Military officials, who say the gun is harmless, believe it could be used as a non-lethal way of making enemies surrender their weapons"

And if you believe that...