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Originally Posted by frogger
What's the good of it if it doesn't vaporize anyone?
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That would be useful as a weapon of terror, but we already have nukes. There is someting very attactive to governments about "controlling" their citizens.
What good is the "right to bear arms" if the gun gets too hot to hold OR the ammo goes off in your face as you raise it to take aim?
I still don't have the wacko's name, but here is that article I referred to.
US to Use Microwave Weapons On America Citizens
By Lolita C. Baldor
The Associated Press
Tuesday 12 September 2006
http://www.mondovista.com/microwave.html
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Washington - Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before they are used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday....................... The contract is expected to be worth at least $20 billion.
Chicago-based Boeing lost the tanker deal in 2004 amid revelations that it had hired a top Air Force acquisitions official who had given the company preferential treatment.
Wynne also said the Air Force, which is already chopping 40,000 active duty, civilian and reserves jobs, is now struggling to find new ways to slash about $1.8 billion from its budget to cover costs from the latest round of base closings.
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