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were_gopher ([personal profile] were_gopher) wrote2007-01-25 10:00 am
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UUUUUUUULLLLAAAAHHHH

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...
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[identity profile] antonia-tiger.livejournal.com 2007-01-25 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
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?
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[personal profile] occams_pyramid 2007-01-25 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"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?
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[personal profile] wolfette 2007-01-25 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
first time they use it at a demonstration, the crowd should all pull out marshmallows on sticks ;-)

[identity profile] valydiarosada.livejournal.com 2007-01-25 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"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...

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