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ECH1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:37 PM Original message |
New weapon could mean the end of collateral damage |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. As a famous ace from an anime once said... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, urban populations will shower it with flowers |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. I thought "smart" cruise missiles would abolish collateral damage? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. And the tommy gun |
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Bob3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. except when you hit the wrong house like in Pakistan |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. "Our mighty death ray will disintegrate you! ... |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. is that picking up, then? |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I rather like it. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I wonder if the pilot is around somewhere, Mitchell & Webb play aliens |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I find it amazing that Peep Show is only now getting the attention |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. at the very least, its great seeing Chris Morris make with the funny again |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yes, from megadeath supercannons to "Adam & Joe" - classic. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
48. "What does a giant laser death ray run under?" said Van. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Oh great. All insurgents would have to do is scatter chaff. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. uh, hmm.. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. Lasers don't deliver much in the way of kinetic energy. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. I don't think kinetic energy is what they are after... |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I've seen what a Megawatt height-finding radar will do |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Ever read "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"? |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Bad luck to kill an Albatross |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ummm... Except we keep sending "smart" weapons to the wrong targets. |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Excellent point. Collateral damage is built into the mission |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. If I'm shielded by a mirror, and my tin foil hat, am I protected? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. so they won't miss when they aim at al Jazeera? often the 'collateral |
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GregW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. Somebody set us up the bomb |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
49. What! Main screen turn on. nt |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. Quick... Everyone fill your attic windows with popcorn and put some foil |
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Mithras61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. We can get... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I'd go with Lazlo |
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Mithras61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yeah, he'd probably be MUCH more accurate... |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. anyone believe that BushCo actually wants to eliminate . . . |
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NIGHT TRIPPER (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. you see ! War IS like a video game! and I LOVE games!! let's INVADE-YEEHAW |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. We need to spend trillions more dollars on pursuing sci-fi weapons! |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
50. Better this than throwing more HE and DU around. *shrug* |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. Any weapon developed for war on our enemies can be turned upon |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. What happens if the enemy get a hold of a mirror? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. so then that will make the illegal invasion |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. We can probably use it on all the terrorists disguised as children |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. And the world rush is on. |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. Roger Ramjet sending out more BS n/t |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. Always with the death rays and secret weapons |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. "victory within minutes" |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
28. So even though they destroy the weapon, that same weapon has... |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. how very "Left Behind"; maybe President Satan can use them on Arab |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
33. Wow, Now we can conquer the the whole Middle- East and the |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. That's funny, every laser lab I've ever seen has warning signs all over |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
36. Just as nature abhors a vaccuum |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
37. As the XB-70 was to the A-12 (SR-71) |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
38. this is a bad idea |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. We have already greatly reduced collateral damage by simply |
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