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aeroplane
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 Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:09 pm Post subject: Scientists worry about Pentagon’s new ray gun. |
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Scientists worry about Pentagon’s new ray gun
Lenses, pocket change could intensify effect of ‘less lethal’ weapon
Updated: 1:10 p.m. ET July 20, 2005
LONDON - Scientists are questioning the safety of a "Star Wars"-style ray gun due to be deployed in Iraq for riot control next year.
The Active Denial System weapon, classified as “less lethal” by the Pentagon, fires a 95-gigahertz microwave beam at rioters to cause heating and intolerable pain in less than five seconds.
The idea is that people caught in the beam will rapidly try to move out of it and therefore break up the crowd.
But New Scientist magazine reported Wednesday that during tests carried out at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, participants playing the part of rioters were told to remove glasses and contact lenses to protect their eyes.
In another test, they were also told to remove metal objects like coins from their clothing to avoid local hot spots developing on their skin.
“What happens if someone in a crowd is unable for whatever reason to move away from the beam,” asked Neil Davison, coordinator of the non-lethal weapons research project at Britain’s Bradford University. “How do you ensure that the dose doesn’t cross the threshold for permanent damage? Does the weapon cut out to prevent overexposure?”
The magazine said a vehicle-mounted version of the weapon named Sheriff was scheduled for service in Iraq in 2006, and that U.S. Marines and police were both working on portable versions.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8644374/
Oh how nice. I wonder if we will see this as a new reality/cooking show: Crispy Crowd Control, Microwaving the Military Way.
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“How do you ensure that the dose doesn’t cross the threshold for permanent damage? Does the weapon cut out to prevent overexposure?”
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I guess some questions have no answers, either that or they didn't have enough space to post the response in the article. 
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| ...to cause heating and intolerable pain in less than five seconds. |
| ...remembering that Tom DeLay once wrote: |
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"And Jesus spake unto them, saying, 'Go ye, therefore, into all the world and inflict intolerable pain upon every living creature...'"
...or something like that. Maybe I didn't get the biblical reference quite right...
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I'm wondering what more possibilities we can think of in the near future.
if that will make the peace come then maybe it is something which is better
then the  and  after all  doesn't know it all and with a  suprise no one is going to win any war , everything will be reflected 10x back
which will make people what am I doing here  or
do i need to have some  before 
is done with me  
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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| ...to cause heating and intolerable pain in less than five seconds. |
| ...remembering that Tom DeLay once wrote: |
| Thank God! We finally have a CHRISTIAN government! |
"And Jesus spake unto them, saying, 'Go ye, therefore, into all the world and inflict intolerable pain upon every living creature...'"
...or something like that. Maybe I didn't get the biblical reference quite right... |
 Yeah, or something like that followed by something like this.
'Then he stood on a stone to make his point better understood as he said "And as ye go forth, neither backways, nor sideways; always bring with thee these things three, never 4 and certainly not 2: The Word of god according to Man, Democracy (feel free to use it as a cloak for tyranny to inflict the above mentioned intolerable pain), and a very large magnifying glass to treat the people like insects when they express their democratic right to reject the first two. Go ye now. Go."
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Echo
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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Where can I buy one?
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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Harrods. A tad pricey, though.
Give it six weeks and check eBay.
Bliss,
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THANKS!
I'll be able to keep the children under control
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