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NATO Developing Environment Friendly Weapons

Posted by Hemos on from the love-the-earth-kill-the-people dept.

EGSonikku writes: "Although it may seem a bit odd, according to this msnbc.com story NATO and its member countries are developing so called 'green weapons' that produce similar effects to standard weaponry, without using chemicals that could be hazardous to the environment and the soldiers using them. Good to know that we can bomb each other without hurting the butterflies now, eh?" Heh -- it's the environmental bit shift of the neutron bomb -- "Kill the people, preserve the industry" becomes "Kill the people, preserve the land."

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  1. Friendly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I always liked the idea of the neutron bomb. But nobody went for this environment friendly stuff then (the 70's). Nobody's gonna go for it now.

  2. Re:When Greens control the defense department by pallex · · Score: 2, Funny

    UK police have apparantly been using lead-free petrol bombs in training for a while now.

  3. idea stolen from "civilization call to power" by circletimessquare · · Score: 3, Funny

    we need to develop a bomb with nanotech that will reduce a city to pristine arboreal forest land in a matter of hours or days and spray paint the acronym "ELF" on one randomly selected tree ;-P

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    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  4. Environmentally Friendly War by CFBMoo1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Um... this sounds crazy. I have a better idea then spending billions on weapons that kill people and save the environment. I have a better idea.

    How about thousands on terminals and network cables so there can be one big LAN fest for the war? Imagine the US vs. China in an all out death match in Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, or Counter Strike? Thats environmentally friendly, saves millions and billions of dollars, and anyone can be a soldier of tomorrow! Hell I'd sign up if wars were fought that way, then I'd buy a beer for the guys I was frag'n for my country! :)

    Oh well, I'll have to settle for reality, which in my view is more stupid then what I mentioned above.

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  5. Re:Environment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Actually, we Canadians would simply put "Plan B" into action and re-make the USA into the "United Provinces of Canada".


    FYI: William Shatner and Alannis Morissete are spies!

  6. green bomb by the_other_one · · Score: 5, Funny

    A leaflet flutters to the ground.


    You read the leaflet.


    You have been blown up by an environmentally friendly weapon

    Under International law you have 1 hour to kill yourself.

    Please have your body disposed of in a tidy manner.

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    134340: I am not a number. I am a free planet!
  7. interesting reasoning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    There have been concerns for many years that
    lead particles contained in gun smoke might affect soldiers' health.

    Lead particles have an even more profound affect on the health of the people they are aimed towards.

  8. What a great idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A mortar round that, after it shreds a few trees and splatters some endangered species, biodegrades naturally!

  9. weapons that don't hurt the environment? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    why can't we build weapons that don't hurt the soldier either?