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Re: Army Orders Pain Ray Trucks; New Report Shows 'Potential for Death'
« Reply #50 on: October 13, 2008, 05:14:38 AM »
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Radar is pretty harmless unless it's something mounted on an AEGIS equipped cruiser or whatnot. 

Was there not a Soviet fighter plane that had a RADAR strong enough to kill rabbits on the runway? Or is that just a myth?
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Re: Army Orders Pain Ray Trucks; New Report Shows 'Potential for Death'
« Reply #51 on: October 13, 2008, 01:20:02 PM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on October 13, 2008, 05:14:38 AM
Was there not a Soviet fighter plane that had a RADAR strong enough to kill rabbits on the runway? Or is that just a myth?

Kill and cook them both ???

(now if we could just figure out the skinning and gutting part ...  =| )
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Re: Army Orders Pain Ray Trucks; New Report Shows 'Potential for Death'
« Reply #52 on: October 13, 2008, 04:35:17 PM »
Quote from: RevDisk on October 13, 2008, 01:17:45 AM
Hrm.  Closer to an unshielded microwave oven.   Radar is pretty harmless unless it's something mounted on an AEGIS equipped cruiser or whatnot.  Microwave is not friendly to organic material, even at low strength.  I think bullets would be more humane, but I'm weird like that.

A swift bullet to the head of the operator and his/her CO should be manditory if used domestically,

And lastly, it is possible to block such a weapon cheaply, and also possible to reflect it at a target of your own choosing.  With a parabolic, it could be possible to reflect it back at lethal strength even if the transmitter was set to less lethal.

Radar is not harmless if you're right in front of the dish when it emits.
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Re: Army Orders Pain Ray Trucks; New Report Shows 'Potential for Death'
« Reply #53 on: October 13, 2008, 04:45:21 PM »
Quote from: Manedwolf on October 13, 2008, 04:35:17 PM
Radar is not harmless if you're right in front of the dish when it emits.

...or if a Wild Weasel is orbiting your area...
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Re: Army Orders Pain Ray Trucks; New Report Shows 'Potential for Death'
« Reply #54 on: October 13, 2008, 04:47:40 PM »
Quote from: Manedwolf on October 13, 2008, 04:35:17 PM
Radar is not harmless if you're right in front of the dish when it emits.

I knew that my vanity mirror had a valid TEOTWAWKI use other than vampire-detector. =D
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« Reply #55 on: October 13, 2008, 05:25:40 PM »
Whoa!

That's one big vanity mirror you have there!

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