MetaFilter posts tagged with weapons and technology

Run away the ray-gun is coming

nickyskye — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:53:44 -0800

"It is a horrible device nonetheless, and you are forced to wonder what the world has come to when human ingenuity is pressed into service to make a thing like this." Raytheon says, "The system is available now and ready for action." The Raytheon entry at Wikipedia is worth reading. Source Watch on Raytheon, the fifth largest defence manufacturer in the world. Raytheon Watch site.

Winning—and Losing—the First Wired War

paulsc — Sat, 20 May 2006 03:18:15 -0800

"Every war becomes a proving ground for new tactics and new technologies." ... "...The Pentagon began this war believing its new, networked technologies would help make U.S. ground forces practically unstoppable in Iraq. ... But now, more than three years into sectarian conflict and a violent insurgency that has cost nearly 2,400 American lives, an investigation of the current state of network-centric warfare reveals that frontline troops have a critical need for networked gear—gear that hasn’t come yet. " [more inside]

It sounds a lot like science fiction.

dsquid — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 05:25:25 -0800

It sounds a lot like science fiction. It moves at the speed of light and it can penetrate walls. The U.S. military has firepower that uses electromagnetic energy to blind, stun or kill targets. Defense contractors are eager, but the weapons are not yet being deployed.

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Twang — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 16:02:02 -0800

US-made ultrasonic gun uses baby's scream The gun is capable of causing permanent ear damage, even death.
Makes me want to scream.

kliuless — Sun, 17 Feb 2002 06:33:19 -0800

Laser Weapons like in Real Genius, but for real! Combine them with GPS and you get Death Rays!! The technology is there, but how will it change warfare? (via drudge :)

Spoon — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 01:41:47 -0800

booooooom I'll give them sonic bullets.....

CRS — Fri, 30 Mar 2001 07:18:42 -0800

Critical review of the U.S. military. As someone with an interest in the military (my brother is a fire-controlman on the guided missile cruiser Vella Gulf), I like to see someone taking a serious look at what the future will bring on the warfare front. Maybe it'll help us avoid things like this(1) and this(1).

(1): Mogadishu, Somalia
(2): Sinking of H.M.S. Prince of Wales and Repulse