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U.S. MICROWAVE WEAPON GOING TO IRAQ, EXPERT SAYS
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| Joe Shea
Posted on 04/04/2004 8:22:55 AM PDT by teldon30
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To: solitas
93 Ghz has about a 3.2mm wavelength - foil or even copper windowscreen I wonder if a bunch of people with metallic-foil shields would reflect a significant amount of radiation right back at the operators (which is another reason why I suggested using a Bradley instead of a Hummer mounting
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posted on
04/04/2004 12:47:50 PM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast.)
To: teldon30
I was wondering when we were going to deploy it.
Thank God.
I feel for the first nitwit Iraqi that gets warmed up.
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posted on
04/04/2004 1:12:28 PM PDT
by
VaBthang4
(-He who watches over Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps-)
To: SauronOfMordor
I wonder if a bunch of people with metallic-foil shields would reflect a significant amount of radiation right back at the operators (which is another reason why I suggested using a Bradley instead of a Hummer mounting. Well, a focused reflection requires a reflector with a figure better than 1/4 wave and you'd need to optimize for a fixed distance...
My 'countermeasure of choice' would be more like a transmitter up in the 28Thz (10.6µm) region. :)
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posted on
04/04/2004 7:50:23 PM PDT
by
solitas
(sometimes I lay awake at night looking up at the stars wondering where the heck did the ceiling go?)
To: teldon30
i read last year somewhere that we also have a
weapon that shoots a vibritory wave at mobs and actually
causes total loss of control of the bowels.
now does that conjure up an interesting
picture or what, thus giving new meaning to
shhhhi'iiiite
To: solitas
Well, a focused reflection requires a reflector with a figure better than 1/4 wave and you'd need to optimize for a fixed distance... The shields could be plain, straight cardboard rectangles covered in foil -- but if a whole BUNCH of them (like a mob's worth) were at 90 degree angles to beam incidence, then you would have a significant amount of radiation being reflected back, IMHO
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:42:32 AM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast.)
To: cripplecreek
"Do Fallujahns plump when you cook em?"
roflmao..........thanks you have made my day.
To: Pukin Dog
Gee, I would hate to be wearing high-explosives and a detonator when a high-powered microwave beam hit me. That might ruin my whole day.
Have you read Target Lock by James Cobb?
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:46:44 AM PDT
by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Maj. Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: 537cant be wrong
i read last year somewhere that we also have a
weapon that shoots a vibritory wave at mobs and actually
causes total loss of control of the bowels.
now does that conjure up an interesting
picture or what, thus giving new meaning to
shhhhi'iiiite
=====
Rotflmao..........proof that Freepers have more fun,
thank you all!!!!!!
To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
This is my idea of extra-crispy. Call me old-fashioned. :)
To: InterceptPoint
I'm sure they won't have the knob turned up all the way to "Pot Roast". Shouldn't we test it first, like on the IRS (to save embarrassment). Since we're talking appliances, a really big potato masher might be an effective deterrent too.
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posted on
04/05/2004 7:52:33 AM PDT
by
freepy smurf
(Brought to you by The Frog Council. 'Frog: the other green meat.')
To: xzins
one of the nation's most secret and mysterious weapons system and said a decision has been reached to deploy it to IraqFall - u - ja
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posted on
04/05/2004 7:57:30 AM PDT
by
TrueBeliever9
(The Kingdom of Heaven is taken by force - prayer)
To: Pukin Dog
Gee, I would hate to be wearing high-explosives and a detonator when a high-powered microwave beam hit me.At last I can use the phrase "beneficial side effect"!
OTOH, you just know the US will be blamed for any civilian deaths resulting from just such a detonation.
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posted on
04/05/2004 8:02:49 AM PDT
by
AngryJawa
(Thank You Troops!)
To: Poohbah
Have you read Target Lock by James Cobb? No, never heard of it. Is there a correlation in that book with what I suggested? If its good, I'll buy it.
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posted on
04/05/2004 8:07:05 AM PDT
by
Pukin Dog
(Sans Reproache)
To: Pukin Dog
No, never heard of it. Is there a correlation in that book with what I suggested? If its good, I'll buy it.Yup. Pretty good story--if you suspend your disbelief a few notches.
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posted on
04/05/2004 8:58:55 AM PDT
by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Maj. Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: SauronOfMordor
Ah, yes, BUT: remember the inverse-square law. :)
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posted on
04/05/2004 3:40:06 PM PDT
by
solitas
(sometimes I lay awake at night looking up at the stars wondering where the heck did the ceiling go?)
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