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| U.S. to Deploy Secret Pain Ray |
| 2004-10-05 |
| Bwaaahahahahaha! The Air Force expects planes will be able to fire non-lethal microwave rays at enemy ground troops with the help of a new superconducting generator system developed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base after about 25 years of research. Heavy, inefficient generators have been a hurdle to the development of airborne microwave weapons, which create a disabling burning sensation. Microwaves could be used to control large groups of enemy fighters without killing them or disable electronics-dependent enemy weapons, said Philip Coyle, senior adviser for the Center for Defense Information. The Air Force is preparing to award a $22 million contract to a private contractor to construct and demonstrate the new electrical generating system by 2009. . . . Aside from paralyzing potential attackers or noncombatants like a long-range stun gun, the weapons could disable the electronics of missiles and roadside bombs or even disable a vehicle in a high-speed chase, developers say. The weapons emit a pulse of energy and can destroy semiconductors with a surge of volts. . . . Erno said the system would probably be used on cargo planes such as C-130s. |
| Posted by:sludj |
| #14 Again, the bureaucratic government and big business just take too long. 2009! Damn. How about next year? Copy the X-Prize and have an airborne generator prize. No money up front. Winner takes all. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2004-10-05 10:06:39 PM |
| #13 Then it's already been widely tested! :) |
| Posted by: jules 2 2004-10-05 7:37:28 PM |
| #12 how about suBservient? PIMF if I look at it better dammit! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-05 7:33:26 PM |
| #11 they put on a burqa and become a sunservient muslim wife....no matter what sex they are |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-05 7:32:40 PM |
| #10 What would actually happen to a person with a non-lethal dose? |
| Posted by: jules 2 2004-10-05 7:28:46 PM |
| #9 a week? Something that marinates an armadillo... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-05 7:26:23 PM |
| #8 point them at the ME, turn them on and check back in a week. LotR - If you have a BBQ, then what is the sauce you would recommend. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-10-05 7:25:07 PM |
| #7 I'm with BH. Why should we have to feed and house these wankers? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-10-05 7:11:33 PM |
| #6 "Your agonizer, please..." |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-10-05 4:33:56 PM |
| #5 Put a bunch of them on satellites, point them at the ME, turn them on and check back in a week. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-10-05 3:56:19 PM |
| #4 Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer my pain-delivery system to have the added benefit of actually killing people. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-10-05 2:58:24 PM |
| #3 If you kick the power high enough, you can turn their brains into cottage cheese... Oh, wait.... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-10-05 2:45:20 PM |
| #2 That would seriously inhibit a major fire-fight, assuming it would be used for CAS, and not just as some anti-SAM toy. But given how much the AF hates to do CAS... |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-10-05 2:23:12 PM |
| #1 Microwave-a-Mullah? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-10-05 2:20:48 PM |