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punisher440 -> 5 real life sci-fi weapons (4/12/2012 9:35:14 AM)

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/5-real-life-weapons-straight-sci-fi-movie-215550863.html

While a Star Wars light saber isn't one of the 5, a flashlight that causes motion sickness and ...uh,how to say this nicely..loss of stomach control.They also give a link to a site that claims by following their instructions you can build one for $250. The others are equally unusual and would definately cause problems if in the wrong hands.

If the government admits to these things,it makes me wonder what we don't know about.



Moonhead -> RE: 5 real life sci-fi weapons (4/12/2012 9:56:24 AM)

The puke gun may also cause epilepsy, they think.



Muttling -> RE: 5 real life sci-fi weapons (4/12/2012 1:27:14 PM)

The Russians are reported to have developed a thermobaric RPG warhead. Thermobaric weapons are nothing new, but they weigh several thousand pounds instead of being something one man can carry.

For those who don't understand how scary this would be, imagine a small rocket that doesn't explode in the normal way. Instead, it creates a cloud of flammable dust and then ignites the cloud to create a large fireball that envelops everything. This is how the biggest and baddest non-nuclear bombs like the MOAB work. Thermobarrics are to napalm what matches are to a blow torch.



MercTech -> RE: 5 real life sci-fi weapons (4/13/2012 4:08:00 AM)

Thermobaric weapons go back to WWI. They just get a lot of press these days because of the grand visuals on television from the massive ones used in Iraq.

Google "Bremen Firestorm" if you want to read about what a massive thermobaric attack can do to a city. Higher casualty percentage than Hiroshima.

I actually saw a lightsaber used in the late 70s.. worked fine.. but the power supply running on a cable to it required a flatbed trailer loaded with a massive generator.... the "real" lightsaber was actually a monohydrogen plasma torch with adjustable output.. yep, you dialed the length of blade you wanted and it had a laser focusing device so you could actually see the plasma jet... kind of cool but was orange instead of blue or red like the movie.



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