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The Air Force is looking to hire a gardener — preferably one with ray guns. You see, just like the rest of us, the military is embarrassed by their unkempt, weed-filled backyards. They’ve tried spraying those pesky weeds with toxic herbicides, but chemicals are expensive and — this was news to me — apparently, when you spray Round-Up on a dandelion, it doesn’t instantly turn black and swoon and shrivel up, like it does in the commercials. Manual weeding takes forever — and besides, fighter jocks aren’t paid to mow the lawn.
So when hand-to-hand combat and chemical warfare fail, what’s left to do? Zap the bastards.
Full story:
Air Force Wants Ray Guns for ‘Weed Prevention’ | Danger Room | Wired.com
I find this weed terminating gun to be suspiciously very similar to this "dazzling" ray gun:
Air Force develops