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spookymulder said:
Energy weapons: Zap, crackle and pop | The Economist

Interesting story in this weeks the economist about the current limitations on energy weapons in the military....at least with the ones the military is willing to show us

:rolleyes:
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They aren't telling us the half of it. I remember back when Regan was promoting Star Wars, one promotional clip showed a video of an ICBM missile casing being disintegrated by a DEW from something like 50 miles away, and back in the 1970s popular science had a writeup about lasers and how at that time the US military had laser rifles with backpack power supplies ( about as bulky as flame throwers ) that could light a guy on fire over a mile away. Also that story on the 747 laser has been surfacing once in while for at least 20 years. Also, DEW weaponry is really hush hush. I remember a few years ago when I did a search for info, a really high proportion of pages came up as no longer available. And then there is the famous ( or infamous ) list of Star Wars scientists that have met untimely ends. Anyway, by now I suspect that if they really wanted to, they could zap any satellite in orbit pretty much any time they wanted to.


1. 1982. Professor Keith Bowden: killed in auto crash
2. July 1982. Jack Wolfenden: died in glider accident
3. November 1982. Ernest Brockway: suicide
4. 1983. Stephen Drinkwater: suicide by strangulation
5. April 1983. Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Godley: missing, declared dead
6. April 1984. George Franks: suicide by hanging
7. 1985. Stephen Oke: suicide by hanging
8. November 1985. Jonathan Wash: suicide by jumping from a building
9. 1986. Dr. John Brittan: suicide by carbon-monoxide poisoning
10. October 1986. Arshad Sharif: suicide by placing a rope around his neck, tying it to a tree and then driving away at high speed. Took place in Bristol 100 miles from his home in London
11. October 1986. Vimal Dajibhai: suicide by jumping from a bridge in Bristol, 100 miles from his home in London
12. January 1987. Avatar Singh-Gida: missing, declared dead
13. February 1987. Peter Peapell: suicide by crawling under car in garage
14. March 1987. David Sands: suicide by driving car into cafe at high speed
15. April 1987. Mark Wisner: death by self-strangulation
16. April 10, 1987. Stuart Gooding: killed in Cyprus
17. April 1987. Shani Warren: suicide by drowning
18. May 1987. Michael Baker: killer in auto crash
19. May 1988. Trevor Knight: suicide
20. August 1988. Alistair Beckham: suicide by self-electrocution
21. August 1988. Brigadier Peter Ferry: suicide by self-electrocution
22. Date Unknown. Victor Moore: suicide
 
ufology said:
They aren't telling us the half of it. I remember back when Regan was promoting Star Wars, one promotional clip showed a video of an ICBM missile casing being disintegrated by a DEW from something like 50 miles away, and back in the 1970s popular science had a writeup about lasers and how at that time the US military had laser rifles with backpack power supplies ( about as bulky as flame throwers ) that could light a guy on fire over a mile away. Also that story on the 747 laser has been surfacing once in while for at least 20 years. Also, DEW weaponry is really hush hush. I remember a few years ago when I did a search for info, a really high proportion of pages came up as no longer available. And then there is the famous ( or infamous ) list of Star Wars scientists that have met untimely ends. Anyway, by now I suspect that if they really wanted to, they could zap any satellite in orbit pretty much any time they wanted to.


1. 1982. Professor Keith Bowden: killed in auto crash
2. July 1982. Jack Wolfenden: died in glider accident
3. November 1982. Ernest Brockway: suicide
4. 1983. Stephen Drinkwater: suicide by strangulation
5. April 1983. Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Godley: missing, declared dead
6. April 1984. George Franks: suicide by hanging
7. 1985. Stephen Oke: suicide by hanging
8. November 1985. Jonathan Wash: suicide by jumping from a building
9. 1986. Dr. John Brittan: suicide by carbon-monoxide poisoning
10. October 1986. Arshad Sharif: suicide by placing a rope around his neck, tying it to a tree and then driving away at high speed. Took place in Bristol 100 miles from his home in London
11. October 1986. Vimal Dajibhai: suicide by jumping from a bridge in Bristol, 100 miles from his home in London
12. January 1987. Avatar Singh-Gida: missing, declared dead
13. February 1987. Peter Peapell: suicide by crawling under car in garage
14. March 1987. David Sands: suicide by driving car into cafe at high speed
15. April 1987. Mark Wisner: death by self-strangulation
16. April 10, 1987. Stuart Gooding: killed in Cyprus
17. April 1987. Shani Warren: suicide by drowning
18. May 1987. Michael Baker: killer in auto crash
19. May 1988. Trevor Knight: suicide
20. August 1988. Alistair Beckham: suicide by self-electrocution
21. August 1988. Brigadier Peter Ferry: suicide by self-electrocution
22. Date Unknown. Victor Moore: suicide
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That list is very compelling and more than a little frightening.
 
And how does Buck Rogers have anything to do with it?<br /> <br />Buck Rogers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br /> <br />In short, Buck Rogers lies in suspended animation for hundreds of years, before being resurrected in the future. That concept has fed some sci-fi movies, as some of you might remember. But what does it have to do with this thread?
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Well I suppose the thread title is a little strained but when I hear the name buck rogers I think of futuristic ray guns and the point I wanted to make was that energy weapons are not (according to the article) ready for general use in a military sense at least that is what we are being told but I think these same weapons will probably find their way into the hands of law enforcement for crowd control not far down the road.
 
Well, Buck Rogers is far more than ray guns. That's not even the main focus of the original short novel that fueled the comic books, the movie serial, and the TV show.
 
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