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US military sets laser PHASRs to stun
New Scientist ^
| November 7,
| Will Knight
Posted on 02/03/2006 10:23:07 AM PST by jmcenanly
The US government has unveiled a "non-lethal" laser rifle designed to dazzle enemy personnel without causing them permanent harm. But the device will require close scrutiny to ensure compliance with a United Nations protocol on blinding laser weapons.
The Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response (PHASR) rifle was developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory in New Mexico, US, and two prototypes have been delivered to military bases in Texas and Virginia for further testing.
The US Department of Defense (DoD) believes the weapon could be used, for example, to temporarily blind suspects who drive through a roadblock. However, the DoD has yet to reveal details of how the laser works and has yet to respond to New Scientists requests for further information.
Laser weapons capable of blinding enemies have been developed in the past but were banned under a 1995 UN convention called the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons. The wording of this protocol, however, does not prohibit lasers that temporarily dazzle a foe.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; laserrifle; military; nonlethal; phaser; phasr; startrek; stungun; taser; tasers; weaponry
I couldn't get an official photo, but this is quite close
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:23:08 AM PST
by
jmcenanly
To: jmcenanly
they stunned my beeber. :)
To: jmcenanly
ALL WRONG ALL WRONG !!!
You want a phaser that dissolves the enemy completely
To: al baby; martin_fierro
To: jmcenanly
Laser weapons capable of blinding enemies have been developed in the past but were banned under a 1995 UN convention called the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons.But it's OK to blow their head off instead.
To: jmcenanly
So what's the logic behind this PC weapon?
BTW, with the money we spent on this thing, could we have better spent it on trying to find better technology to find IED's?
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:27:12 AM PST
by
zarf
(It's time for a college football playoff system.)
To: jmcenanly
I don't want friendlier weapons, I want deadlier weapons.
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:28:22 AM PST
by
mosquewatch.com
("The enemy is anyone who will get you killed, no matter what side they are on.")
To: jmcenanly
I'll keep my personal phaser set on kill...
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:30:55 AM PST
by
Bender2
(Stop doodling around... Read the first three chapters of my Science Fiction novel.)
To: jmcenanly
Here ya go:
To: jmcenanly
So after the war is over, and we are helping them recover, who foots the bill for an army of blind people?
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:36:35 AM PST
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: jmcenanly
The UN wants the USA and western (Christian) nations to use 'friendly' non lethal weapons while it ignores and encourages the commies, muzzie, narco terrorists (their brown shirts) use any and every WMD and terror they can come up with...against the western (Christian) nations and Israel.
imo
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:36:37 AM PST
by
joesnuffy
(A camel once bit our sister..but we knew just what to do...we gathered rocks and squashed her!)
To: jmcenanly
1995 UN convention called the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons I'd like to see a 2006 UN Convention called the Protocol on Human Head Separation Via Dull Knife Blade.
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posted on
02/03/2006 10:42:13 AM PST
by
C210N
(Bush SPYED, Terrorists DIED!)
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