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earthside

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16. Making war more antiseptic.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 11:47 AM

Nov 2012

Silent bullets, drones, smart bombs ... for a technologically advanced nation (like the U.S.), we are certainly making war easier and easier on the ethics, morals and consciences of the people and the 'warriors'.

Is this a good thing?
Never seeing the enemy ... never humanly being in the enemy's territory ... not letting the enemy know they are in peril?

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US military seeks to develop 'silent bullets' [View all] Judi Lynn Nov 2012 OP

Easier to dodge. truthisfreedom Nov 2012 #1

Not necessarily. It's only at certain distances which you can sakabatou Nov 2012 #5

Dodge this jberryhill Nov 2012 #13

You aren't dodging a bullet moving fast enough to wound, full stop. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #23

Less effective against body armor. tclambert Nov 2012 #2

most of our enemies don't wear body armor anyway WooWooWoo Nov 2012 #8

They would mostly make head shots. oldbanjo Nov 2012 #10

5.56mm, 7.62mm and.338 caliber are all smaller than 9mm - diameter wise anyway. geckosfeet Nov 2012 #3

556,762 and 338 are assault rifle rounds. 9mm sub machine gun and pistol rounds pasto76 Nov 2012 #9

These calibers have a velocity oldbanjo Nov 2012 #11

It"s too bad we couldn't spend this money on another silent killer Earth_First Nov 2012 #4

+1 Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #22

.300 Whisper and .300 AAC Blackout krispos42 Nov 2012 #6

It would seem simpler to just re-issue the old .45ACP 1911s JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2012 #7

Something like a wadcutter with a depleted uranium spike in the center should work FarCenter Nov 2012 #14

Not sure I'd want to carry seven pieces of uranium JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2012 #15

Uranium is an alpha particle emitter, so inside a lead jacket it would be safe. FarCenter Nov 2012 #17

Subsonic ammo has been readily available for many years for these calibers NickB79 Nov 2012 #12

That was my thought, as well DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #26

Making war more antiseptic. earthside Nov 2012 #16

Feel free to get up-close and personal. PavePusher Nov 2012 #28

Wrong. The people making complaints like that are people who despise war, and the misery apocalypsehow Nov 2012 #30

Im confused Liberaltalker Nov 2012 #18

Silencers only work on the sound of the POWDER that propels the bullet, not the bullet happyslug Nov 2012 #20

Awesome post! sofa king Nov 2012 #21

Silencers break down quickly too, don't they? (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #24

Depends on the type. Xithras Nov 2012 #25

The problem is range and penetration happyslug Nov 2012 #19

"for...police forces and the Department of Homeland Security." woo me with science Nov 2012 #27

I'm not an apologist and hate Third Way authoritarians, but I'll try to answer that question. ieoeja Nov 2012 #29

Locking, sorry, this is a feature story about something that might happen in the future. Rhiannon12866 Nov 2012 #31