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SecularMotion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:14 PM Original message |
US withdraws 'heat ray' gun from Afghanistan |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Right. |
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dencol (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. They need 'em back home. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Sad, that was my first thought as well. nt |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. They were worried that the Resistance would do this to our POWs |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. As long as the company got paid to make it, mission accomplished |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Whattsa matta... Boehner wants his improvised tanning device |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. that's DUZY worthy |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. I guess calling it an oversize microwave isn't as scary sounding. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Actually, thats way more scary. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Ever hooked up a bare magnatron to a variac transformer? |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. Honestly, I'd like to see more weapons like this, not less |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The easier it gets to "police" foreign countries |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes, I'd rather they leave entirely. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. It's a difficult dilemma. |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I agree -- better than bombs. Poster above has a point too about potential overutilization. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Stability in Afghanistan? |
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Riverman (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. No More Policing Countries by any means! WTF! Idiotic |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. By "if we must" |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Please tell me you are being sarcastic |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. If Tasers were used right, they'd be a good thing |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. The problem is, that's not how it plays out |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. If this weapon heats up skin, what does it do to eyes? |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Blinding everyone would be bad too. |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. The fact is that most "non-lethal" weapons have side affects that would be devastating... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. So a regular amount of clothes probably blocks the effect |
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Lightning Count (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. So more lethal weapons and less non-lethal ones? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Wait until "the Other side" |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. Because bullets are more humane? I don't get it. nt |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. How well does thing stand up to RPGs and IEDs? Is it easy to move around? |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. The sharks with frickin lasers on their forehads must be ready for field tests |
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