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The Army Is Testing Handheld Ray Guns
http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/04/army-testing-handheld-ray-guns/110815/?oref=d-dontmiss ^ | April 22, 2015 By Patrick Tucker | April 22, 2015 By Patrick Tucker

Posted on 04/29/2015 7:14:00 PM PDT by markomalley

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1 posted on 04/29/2015 7:14:00 PM PDT by markomalley
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2 posted on 04/29/2015 7:17:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: markomalley
"Phased Plasma Rifle in the 40 watt range?"


3 posted on 04/29/2015 7:17:49 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: markomalley

We keep getting more and more amazing weapons but how will they fight the burning of our cities, the soon to be 20 trillion dollar debt, the hatred of Christians...I don’t know.


4 posted on 04/29/2015 7:20:22 PM PDT by dp0622 (Franky Five Angels: "Look, let's get 'em all -- let's get 'em all now, while we got the muscle.")
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To: markomalley

I hope they are better than those issued to Imperial Storm Troopers. They can’t hit anything. Also their armor must have been lowest bidder as it doesn’t stop anything.


5 posted on 04/29/2015 7:20:50 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: markomalley; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...

Active Duty ping.


6 posted on 04/29/2015 7:22:50 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: markomalley

Can they be put on Stune?


7 posted on 04/29/2015 7:30:25 PM PDT by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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If I Were An Evil Overlord

56. My Legions of Terror will be trained in basic marksmanship. Any who cannot learn to hit a man-sized target at 10 meters will be used for target practice.


8 posted on 04/29/2015 7:32:07 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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We are rapidly bankrupting our very own nation.

America needs to rebuild our own country. We need to bring back all the industry we’ve been sending everywhere else.

Bring it back to America.


9 posted on 04/29/2015 7:36:14 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-tradebalance/c5700.html)
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To: Hugin
You're gonna have a lot of targets to practice on.


10 posted on 04/29/2015 7:38:27 PM PDT by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: markomalley

Just a general observation, but these kinds of weapons require a lot of energy. It seems like good old projectile weapons still pack the biggest bang for the buck.


11 posted on 04/29/2015 7:40:32 PM PDT by dhs12345
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http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r212/KryptonianWarrior/tealc009.jpg

Not quite there yet ....

12 posted on 04/29/2015 7:40:39 PM PDT by mikrofon (Zat Gun)
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Bluetooth-enabled improvised explosive devices

Blasting a circuit designed to trigger an explosion with a bunch of energy seems pretty risky to me. Particularly if the IED is large enough to be dangerous at the range of the weapon. Its kind of like throwing rocks at unexploded ordnance or a land mine you see in the road.

A carefully controlled version, perhaps mounted on a robot might be more useful.

13 posted on 04/29/2015 7:46:49 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: dhs12345

This device actually uses the energy from a blank cartridge to power something like an EMP generator. I saw an article.about explosive EMP generators in popular mechanics or popular mechanics years back. Don’t understand the physics, and I’m not sure if this thing uses the same principle, but chemical explosive to electricity has been an idea for a while.


14 posted on 04/29/2015 7:50:30 PM PDT by NYFriend
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I wont torture myself about wars that should or should not have been fought and trade agreements that should or should not have been signed, I’ve done enough of that.
The key is to do the right thing going forward. There is no room for error and twenty months to CRUZ Control. That is a painfully long time as things stand now.


15 posted on 04/29/2015 7:50:56 PM PDT by dp0622 (Franky Five Angels: "Look, let's get 'em all -- let's get 'em all now, while we got the muscle.")
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To: Hugin

I have seen those Evil Overlord/Legion of Terror lists before. they are one of the funnier things I have seen on the internet.


16 posted on 04/29/2015 8:00:44 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Jet Jaguar; markomalley; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy

Howzabout equipping the Maryland National Guard with this gizmo? Maybe it could take out the rioters’ Obamaphones and they wouldn’t be able to receive their marching orders.


17 posted on 04/29/2015 8:52:33 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Hi! We're having a constitutional crisis. Come on over!)
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To: BenLurkin
Bluetooth-enabled improvised explosive devices

Considering the range of Bluetooth is about 30 feet, I think the bad guys will inadvertently become suicide bombers. Don't remotely controlled bombs use cell phones, not Bluetooth?

18 posted on 04/29/2015 9:30:04 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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Are you SURE it wasn’t in popular mechanics?


19 posted on 04/29/2015 9:32:03 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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"Wait a minute... This is the future..."

20 posted on 04/29/2015 9:38:49 PM PDT by RandallFlagg ("When you have to shoot, SHOOT! Don't talk." --Tuco)
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