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USAF to use "ray guns" for..... weed control.

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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.
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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
 





Haloid95 said:
Anyway I wonder what sort of power they would use that wouldn't lead to the suspect being permanently blinded.
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I'm wondering the same thing, especially since Protocol IV of the Convention states
Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons prohibits the use of laser weapons specifically designed to cause permanent blindness. The High Contracting Parties shall not transfer such weapons to any State or non-State entity.
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I think with these dazzling lasers they spread the beam so it's powerful enough by the time it hit's you that your eyes say "hell no" without causing permanent damage. I can only imagine the great close combat advantages of a high powered laser...
 
Woodofcville said:
I think with these dazzling lasers they spread the beam so it's powerful enough by the time it hit's you that your eyes say "hell no" without causing permanent damage. I can only imagine the great close combat advantages of a high powered laser...
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Thats what I was thinking. But it Seems a little to big for police to carry strapped on their back. ;) It said in one of the articles it was going to be issued to police for a new way of non lethal force.
 
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Probably in specialty response squads. I could see it being very effective in riot situations, even moreso when used in conjunction with those new directed sound devices. I fully back the Occupy movement happening here in the US, and like to know what I'm up against. ;)
 
So... it just blinds them? Hell, I can do that with my laser - but permanently. Glad USAF is blowing serious dough on laser powered strobe lights. :rolleyes:
 
my understanding of these devices is that they intend to cause vertigo and other forms of disorientation through variable strobe patterns, probably inspired by those old japanese cartoons that caused seizures. The problem I'm anticipating is

taser ==> pacemaker ==> death
phasr ==> epilepsy ==> death
 
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