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US Marines reveal plans for plasma crowd control weapon ...to temporarily blind and even burn them
Daily Mail UK ^
| Mark Prigg
Posted on 10/13/2018 7:34:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:34:12 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Nah, the Marines will only get this once the Army has
declared it obsolete.
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:36:57 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: BenLurkin
The Constitution guarantees the right of peaceable assemble.
It does not guarantee any right to mob rule, to lynching, or to riot, wantonly destroy, and threaten or harm other people.
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:37:06 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(A fool is more dangerous than a scoundrel. Fools are the tools of the scoundrels.)
To: BenLurkin
There are other methods that are far more effective. The directed energy weapons are not really the best type of non-lethal weapon because they have a greater probability of causing irreversible damage. The liability issues are going to be prohibitive.
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:40:04 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: BenLurkin
Whatever happened to the `crap cannon’ that rendered rioters incontinent using ELF waves?
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:40:05 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: BenLurkin
We are heading down a disturbing path. I understand the usefulness of a device such as this to deal with violent rioters etc., but the types of weapons that are being created (not just by us, obviously) are diminishing our ability to protect ourselves from aggressors, and to preserve our liberty against would-be oppressors.
To: BenLurkin
Coming soon to your local police department...for control of “right-wing mobs.”
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:41:29 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
To: BenLurkin
So, why aren’t the LE community using stuff like this to disperse leftist anti-American crowds who carry swords, batons and expedient weapons to their social justice attacks?
I saw a guy unsheathe a katana and raise it is challenge/proclamation while NYC cops walked by, eventually one told him to put it away. I would think that if some dude yelling slurs raised a short sword near me- I would react a bit differently, cop or citizen....
I suppose there are two sets of rule of engagement-none for socialists bent on mayhem and violence, another for the rest of us citizens.
If the USMC and Army has these, then maybe we need to rethink the 2A application- crew served too?
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:41:37 AM PDT
by
Manly Warrior
(US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
To: BenLurkin
To the naysayers on this thread: stop bitching about us mowing down third-worlders when they start rioting and destroying, then we’ll talk about holding back on effective non-lethal weapons development.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:45:14 AM PDT
by
CtBigPat
(Qanon - Please be real...)
To: neverevergiveup
Liquid manure cannons. Used on dairy farms.
On the shelf technology, biodegradable, natural, endless supply.
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:45:24 AM PDT
by
Mogger
To: BenLurkin
Somehow, I doubt this report. Such a weapon system would be highly secret to begin with, not revealed to or through a foreign news media. Second, this kind of low-lethality weapon does not sound like one the USMC would be working on; the Corps is not a crowd-control, constabulary mission type of unit, although the description indicates a possible support use in a defensive position.
But what do I know?
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:45:55 AM PDT
by
VietVet
To: BenLurkin
Sounds like what the Cubans were doing to US embassy employees.
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:46:25 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
To: BenLurkin
A gunshot produces a 165dB sound impulse. So, the crowd can wear earplugs or shooters electronic muffs or in-ear devices, if they think ahead.
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:46:41 AM PDT
by
nonsporting
(Investigate Ford and her legal team)
To: BenLurkin
Flash blind effects (6-8 million candela)' momentarily blinding people
What if they have their eyes closed?
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:47:12 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(The art of lock picking began during the era of chastity belts.......)
To: Mr. Jeeves
Coming soon to your local police department...for control of right-wing mobs.
##############
You are exactly correct.
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:47:42 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(The 2016 foreign meddling came from UKistan, and is a weasel borne plague.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:47:47 AM PDT
by
jcon40
(The other post before yours really nails it for me. I have been a DOithS / PC guy forever and alway)
To: Manly Warrior
Because they are not available yet. This is an R&D project that is under consideration.
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:47:57 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: neverevergiveup
We are heading down a disturbing path.
><
Absolutely!
For instance, Hillary Clinton or any Dem would not hesitate to use those weapons on us.
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posted on
10/13/2018 7:48:04 AM PDT
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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