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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. They missed the worst weapon of all. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The worst weapon in existence on Earth is not man-made. The worst weapon in existence on Earth is man itself. Man is the source of every weapon ever created. Without man, there would be no weapons. The irony of the situation is that in order to rid the world of dangerous weapons, we would be required to rid the world of... us.

  2. Re:The truth is... by stjobe · · Score: 1, Troll

    A little more torture and murder won't change the way those in power control the planet and its inhabitants. Unless, of course, the "torture and murder" is done to "those in power"...
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    "Total destruction the only solution" - Bob Marley
  3. Re:The truth is... by 4D6963 · · Score: 0, Troll

    A non-naive look at the world shows that human beings really don't care about what happens to the rest of the world, as long as the effects aren't felt at home. We could annihilate 5 billion people on the planet, but the average person (at least in North America) would little more than flinch, so long as their own city or state is not affected. Right, which is why you have all these hippies going around trying to make you care about stuff that happens in countries you couldn't even find on a map.
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    You just got troll'd!
  4. Re:The truth is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    We could annihilate 5 billion people on the planet, but the average person (at least in North America) would little more than flinch, so long as their own city or state is not affected.

    Get lost with your racist/culture propaganda you fucking troll...

    I wouldn't mind if you went up in smoke, but I'd be pissed off as hell and demanding answers if any other five billion died.