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10 Sci-Fi Weapons That Exist
« on: January 04, 2010, 10:19:51 pm »
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/01/sci-fi-weapons/all/1


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Even the angriest mobs would probably think twice about trying to pass a Taser Shockwave barrier. It is the less-lethal equivalent of a claymore mine. Push the big red button, and it will fire 24 electrified probes at the same time in a single direction.



Good read.
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Re: 10 Sci-Fi Weapons That Exist
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2010, 10:48:49 pm »

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Re: 10 Sci-Fi Weapons That Exist
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2010, 12:41:48 am »
yeah good read! By following links, I ended up at this really fascinating series about a prisoner of the Taliban.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/world/asia/21hostage.html
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WOW that was the most exciting thing I've read in MONTHS
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Re: 10 Sci-Fi Weapons That Exist
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2010, 11:40:47 am »
i've seen several of these in video games.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE FICTIONAL!

damn.
this is gonna be the weirdest decade.
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Re: 10 Sci-Fi Weapons That Exist
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2010, 09:43:25 am »
Quote from: Cramulus on January 05, 2010, 12:41:48 am
yeah good read! By following links, I ended up at this really fascinating series about a prisoner of the Taliban.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/world/asia/21hostage.html
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WOW that was the most exciting thing I've read in MONTHS

David Rhode's ongoing series is pretty damn good.

Also, the OP's links leads to a site where you can make your own DIY Handheld LED-Incapacitator http://www.ladyada.net/make/bedazzler/index.html
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