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DARPA Developing Defensive Plasma Shield
galactic_grub writes "According to an article at New Scientist, DARPA is developing a plasma shield that would allow troops to stun and disorientate enemies. The system will use a technology known as dynamic pulse detonation (DPD), which involves producing a ball of plasma with an intense laser pulse, and then a supersonic shockwave within the plasma using another pulse. The result is a gigantic flash and a loud bang in a the air. 'The company has also pitched a portable laser rifle, which would be lethal, to the US Army. It would weigh about fifteen kilograms, would have a range of more than a mile, and could have numerous advantages over existing rifles - better accuracy and the ability to hit a moving target at the speed of light.'"
The question is; can the engines take the strain, I'm giving it all they got....
I am the unwilling control for my Origin.
If we spent even one tenth of what we spend on building new weapons, instead on diplomacy and peace initiatives, and curing world diseases and poverty, maybe so many people wouldn't want to attack and kill us in the first place.
No...the rest of the world would look at us and say "What? You could only give a tenth? We want more!" The U.N. would pass a resolution mandating we give 50% of our GNP to help the "poor and underdeveloped" nations of the world that have been busily squandering the billions in aid we already pipe overseas.
Face it, bub. The rest of the world hates us because we have more of everything they want. More money, more guns, more liberties, more land, more resources...
We are hated because of envy, pure and simple. All this other crap about us "not playing well with others" is just a BS smokescreen for envy.
In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Do you really believe this crap? Envy?
America is viewed as a demon because it consistently invades, pillages and seeks to economically control much of the planet. Just as imperial powers have done before - Britain and the europeans were just as hated previously. Stay the fuck out of other countries (militarily and with economic aid), stop being so hypocritical and talking about 'bringing freedom' to vassal states and you wouldn't be hated. Quite simple really.
Who do you think built up Saddam? It was the west, including the US.