Pentagon developing "ray guns and plastic ice"

[Bluebear]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Fleeing Iraqi insurgents downed by artificial ice sprayed on the road; an angry mob in Afghanistan dispersed by non-lethal ray gun blasts. This is the future of US weaponry, at least for the Pentagon's high-tech arms research division.

...the polymer ice could be used against enemies in any climate, including hot, arid ones like
Iraq and Afghanistan where US troops are currently fighting.

The idea is to lay down the ice to cause adversaries to slip, while US troops would make use of a to-be-developed "reversal agent" -- something to be incorporated into their boots and tires -- that would allow them to gain traction on the "ice."..

Closer to development is a ray gun that DARPA unveiled last week, its so-called active denial system (ADS): a weapon that emits a beam of energy that will make the target feel a strong burning sensation on their skin, repelling them without causing genuine injury.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070130/pl_afp/usmilitaryweapons_070130150451

thanks to C_U_L8R

[C_U_L8R]

1. I think i saw that ice machine

on Roadrunner.... made by Acme.
Wow it's kewl.

[walldude]

3. LOL... yeah wouldn't it be cheaper just to arm each soldier

with a big bag of marbles? Excuse me, Can I have 10,000 marbles please?

[C_U_L8R]

5. Wile E Coyote - SUPER Genius !

Hey they could save a lot of money with those marbles...

maybe they could arm em with Diet Coke and Mentos too !!!!!!!


(edit.. forgot "SUPER" thx walldude... and awesome pix Bluebear)

[walldude]

9. How about Diet Coke and Pop Rocks!

If they can get the enemy to eat the candy and drink the soda at the same time they will all just explode!


It's kind of nice to joke about this shit because if I think too much about it I'll go completely insane.. Thanks :toast:

On edit: Oh and thats Wile E. Coyte.. SUPER Genius.

[C_U_L8R]

15. And then there's always the funniest joke in the world

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjbYNgIi5ss

[CrazyOrangeCat]

6. The Pentagon . . .

. . . has been watching Three Stooges episodes again. On MK-Ultra acid.

jebus, how surreal.

[Bluebear]

10. I had to update the OP

Having said that, I wish I could be assured that all this crap is being developed "for insurgents" only!

[paparush]

2. No..that's a giant popcorn popper and ice for the sodas...

ITs all just a movie...a very...bad...movie.

[TomInTib]

4. What a bunch of crap

"The artificial black ice is one of its newest projects. DARPA recently called for proposals from scientists to develop a polymer-based material that acts like the sheer ice that forms on roads in cold temperatures, sending unwitting drivers spinning out of control.

But the polymer ice could be used against enemies in any climate, including hot, arid ones like Iraq and Afghanistan where US troops are currently fighting.

The idea is to lay down the ice to cause adversaries to slip, while US troops would make use of a to-be-developed "reversal agent" -- something to be incorporated into their boots and tires -- that would allow them to gain traction on the "ice." "

And I have seen that heat-beam thing on teevee.

It has to be one of the clumsiest vehicles around. No way that anyone could chase a bunch of people through the streets.

"OK, listen up! Stand right where you are!"

[Bluebear]

7. 'US troops would make use of a to-be-developed "reversal agent"'

"to be developed"...

It's like moving into one of those cheap Florida mobile home parks promising "Site of FUTURE pool"..."FUTURE recreational center here"

[Edweird]

8. Yeah it's huge and clumsy today....

give them just a little time. It will be smaller and lighter in no time. And ready for distribution to a militarized police force near you.

[Bluebear]

11. That's what worried me.

Being developed "for insurgents". Mmhmm.

[Edweird]

12. Dontcha know

that's code for YOU.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

13. Wow, Bluebear...your post reminds me of this article....

Nonlethal weapons touted for use on citizens
Air Force secretary says they should be used for domestic crowd control
AP Sept. 12, 2006

snip>>>

WASHINGTON - Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before they are used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday.Domestic use would make it easier to avoid questions in the international community over any possible safety concerns, said Secretary Michael Wynne.

“If we’re not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation,” said Wynne.

<<< end


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14806772/

[Bluebear]

14. It reminded me of the very same, Kathy

No more of those "pesky" war protests, to begin with.