Continuing in my series of posts about weapons technology that’s been used over the years, the US Navy is evidently producing a beam that can cause people to vomit. Well, not always vomit, but often; the ray–which works through walls–simply causes the targets to get ridiculously dizzy. I suppose it beats getting [...]
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Vomit Beam a Reality
March 13th, 2007 · No Comments · Science, War
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Insects of War
January 27th, 2007 · No Comments · War
I’ve posted a couple times before about crazy weapons the military has used or is developing (remember the World War 2 bats?).
If you feel something crawling on your neck, it might be a wasp or a bee. Or it might be something much more dangerous.
Israel is developing a robot the size of a hornet to [...]
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World War II Defense Funding
November 14th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Humorous, War
Though not frickin’ sharks with frickin’ lazer beams, Project Orcon, for “organic control,” was funded by the US military in World War II.
The control system involved a lens at the front of the missile projecting an image of the target to a screen inside, while a pigeon trained (by operant conditioning) to recognize the target [...]
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The “War on Terror” that Ruined Rome
October 1st, 2006 · No Comments · America, History, Politics, War
An article in the International Herald Tribune. An exerpt:
KINTBURY, England In the autumn of 68 B.C. the world’s only military superpower was dealt a profound psychological blow by a daring terrorist attack on its very heart. Rome’s port at Ostia was set on fire, the consular war fleet destroyed, and two prominent senators, together [...]
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Habeas Corpus, R.I.P. (1215 – 2006)
September 29th, 2006 · No Comments · Politics, War
A valid opinion about a very disturbing trend in the US legal system. Didn’t we learn anything from our whole Japanese American Internment camp experience? It is extremely important that we stick to our moral high ground, regardless of whatever perceived threat there may be to the citizens of this country–which is probably [...]
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Christian Terrorism
September 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment · America, War
Far from being a specifically Muslim problem, religious extremism is found in both Judaism, which had the violent Zionist movement pre-World War II, and Christianity, which had the German Nazis, among many other hate groups. The latest act by a Christian terrorist, as reported here, was a failed car bombing (yes, they’re not just [...]
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