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The World's Spookiest Weapons

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the criminally-insane-working-for-the-government dept.

DesScorp writes "Popular Science has a piece on some outrageous ideas for weapons; some came to fruition, and others didn't. And while some of the weapons (atom bombs, chemical weapons, bats with bombs strapped to them that seek out homes and buildings at night) are truly frightening, some of them are also kind of silly, such as the Gay Bomb, and the Frisbee bomb that was labeled the 'Modular Disc-Wing Urban Cruise Munition.'"

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  1. The best and the worst... by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Best bomb to drop on California: The Nude Bomb
    Worst bomb to drop on DC: The Nude Bomb

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    1. Re:The best and the worst... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Yeah man, I agree. The world needs to see more of my wang. =) Thanks, it really means a lot to me. It's not every day that someone encourages me to lose my pants.

    2. Re:The best and the worst... by LaskoVortex · · Score: 2, Funny

      Best place to drop the nude bomb: Boulder Colorado.

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    3. Re:The best and the worst... by ACDChook · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm afraid that bomb got dropped 28 years ago. And it was a stinker. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081249/

  2. Not mentioned in this by Konster · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Bombarang was developed in the 1970's, and while technically a success, development on the project was canceled due to unforeseen consequences.

  3. You mean Cruise munition isnt the Gay Bomb? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    C'mon, you werent expecting one Tom Cruise/gay/phallic symbol joke?

  4. They Missed Some by joelleo · · Score: 5, Funny

    21. The Slashdot - Unleashing hordes of un-/poorly-informed armchair scientists|lawyers|doctors|engineers|*, causing chaos and confusion with their variety of often conflicting and/or innacurate information, recipes, opinion, straw-men, and/or social advice.

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  5. Re:Pigeon Guided Bombs in World War II by fodi · · Score: 2, Funny

    My grandfather, who served in the Navy during WWII, told me that pigeons were trained to peck at images of ships on a screen... ...now, pull my finger. Hahaha!
  6. Hey by kitsunewarlock · · Score: 5, Funny

    The gay bomb was fabulous!

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  7. Re:They missed the worst weapon of all. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're natural rather than artificial tools, but they're tools nonetheless. You are also a tool.

  8. When... by Sobieski · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...are we gonna get a newspost about weapons on slashdot that DOESN'T mention "the gay bomb"?

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  9. They forgot "The Funniest Joke in the World" by BuGless · · Score: 5, Funny

    By Monty Python: The Funniest Joke in the World

  10. Re:Heinlein quote... by 4D6963 · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are no dangerous weapons, only dangerous video games.

    There, fixed it for you.

    Sincerely,

    Jack Thompson

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  11. Re:They missed the worst weapon of all. by apt-get+moo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you suggesting that the lion, bear and scorpion were designed? They taught that in school, so it must be true!
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  12. Those WMD in Iraq by Koohoolinn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those WMDs that Iraq had were spooky, you couldn't even see them!

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  13. The Spam Bomb by hyperz69 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Drop countless leaflets for Home Re-fi, Viagra, Penis Enlargement, Earn 1000$ a DAY AT HOME, You won a Free Gift Certificate, and help me get my Millions out of Nigeria. Then while all the soldiers are busy trying to sort thru real communications and your leaflets... attack amid the confusion. Even if it didn't work, at least the military would be better funded thru it's enemies ;)

  14. Re:Heinlein quote... by maxume · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not sure he ever had a good look at a chainsaw.

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  15. Re:The truth is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just about everyone not part of the west wants to take it down. Yes, people don't like bullies, go figure.

    Wait until we send some big shit down the pipe and the world will sing a different tune, either "OH PLEASE SPARE US!" or "OMG WTF OUR CITIES ARE GONE!" depending on where you happen to be living. There, fixed that for you.
  16. Only on slashdot by turing_m · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli and Musashi got it all wrong then.

    Pesky Turks preventing your Dardanelles invasion? Needs more gay sex.
    Can't fight both the Russians and their winters? You guessed right: Not enough gay sex involved.
    Roadside bombs in Iraq continually blowing up your troops? Guess what? I've got a fever! And the only prescription...

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  17. No. 19 by Freeside1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    while scary, the airborne laser has only been used to fill a house with popcorn.

  18. F-Bombs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hate those fucking things.

  19. Re:The truth is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    That explains why some plumbers go crazy and start jumping on turtles and mushrooms while trying to smash bricks with their heads.

  20. Re:Not very complete by wallywam1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm so sick of people saying crap like this. So what if we diverted those resources to other things? I mean, how much food, medicine, etc. could $800 billion really buy anyway?