[ekim68]

Well, here's to the next generation of weapons. Good grief, as I said before, the Star
Trek world is here.
http://news.com.com/Are+laser+weapon...tag=nl.e433%3E

I know it's the testing time, but, almost all of us have been through the testing time.

[bassetman]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Well, here's to the next generation of weapons. Good grief, as I said before, the Star
Trek world is here.
http://news.com.com/Are+laser+weapon...tag=nl.e433%3E

I know it's the testing time, but, almost all of us have been through the testing time.

[TooBad]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Well, here's to the next generation of weapons. Good grief, as I said before, the Star
Trek world is here.
http://news.com.com/Are+laser+weapon...tag=nl.e433%3E

I know it's the testing time, but, almost all of us have been through the testing time.

Must stay prepared for war if you want peace!

[izme]

Ever since childhood....we all knew that ray guns were going to be a reality...it was foretold

[compushlep]

Originally Posted by izme

Ever since childhood....we all knew that ray guns were going to be a reality...it was foretold

This is true ... but don't let Elmer Cheney get a hold of a ray gun!! Can you imagine the damage Fuddy Dick could inflict on lawyers everywhere??!!

On second thought ... nevermind

[izme]

Originally Posted by compushlep

This is true ... but don't let Elmer Cheney get a hold of a ray gun!! Can you imagine the damage Fuddy Dick could inflict on lawyers everywhere??!!

On second thought ... nevermind

I get what your saying

[BanditFlyer]

Originally Posted by TooBad

Must stay prepared for war if you want peace!

That comment sounds an awfull lot like a comment about only having silverware around so that you don't need to use it.

[ChrisJones]

Wow those are some strange weapons. The one that makes you feel like you're burning is pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable I think. However I guess all weapons have their uses. There are some really neat non lethal weapons coming into use now such as the LRAD sound cannon used on ships to deter pirates.LINK

[MNG0304]

The future of war technology has been shaped both by and has shaped science fiction writers for quite a long time.

Take Dean Ing's "Firefight 2000" (c. 1987) collection for example. When I read this I didn't care much for the stories, but there were a few essays that intrigued me, the one on small arms especially.

From my recollection Ing described such things as ring shaped bullets with the insides coated with jet fuel and an igniter to make "jet propelled" rifle ammunition, or the intense light strobe that induced siezures, even down to genetically engineered insects that stung troops that didn't have a chemical odor from eating the right rations or having the right scent on their uniforms. Very heady stuff, at the time, for a twenty-something in the Army.

Also found an interesting article about SF and war technology by Chris Gray here

Originally Posted by Chris Gray

Dean Ing also used to be an engineer, for Aerojet General for five years and Lockheed for six. In his book Firefight 2000, there's an account of the US Army's 1986 Joint Services Small Arms Program conference on hand-held weapons of the future, and several nonfiction articles about space flight, the L-5 society ("The Future of Flight: Comes the Revolution" with Dr. Leik Myrabo), and the possibilities of autonomous land vehicles ("Vehicles for Future Wars").

[BanditFlyer]

Originally Posted by MNG0304

The future of war technology has been shaped both by and has shaped science fiction writers for quite a long time.

Quite a long time indeed. If I remember right, Leonardo Da Vinci came up with the conmcept of the tank, the helicopter, a shotgun-like-howitzer, and quite a few more.

[ekim68]

Originally Posted by MNG0304

The future of war technology has been shaped both by and has shaped science fiction writers for quite a long time.

Take Dean Ing's "Firefight 2000" (c. 1987) collection for example. When I read this I didn't care much for the stories, but there were a few essays that intrigued me, the one on small arms especially.

From my recollection Ing described such things as ring shaped bullets with the insides coated with jet fuel and an igniter to make "jet propelled" rifle ammunition, or the intense light strobe that induced siezures, even down to genetically engineered insects that stung troops that didn't have a chemical odor from eating the right rations or having the right scent on their uniforms. Very heady stuff, at the time, for a twenty-something in the Army.

Also found an interesting article about SF and war technology by Chris Gray here

It's just so tragic to inflict that kind of carnage on another human being. What will they
think of next.

[MNG0304]

Originally Posted by ekim68

It's just so tragic to inflict that kind of carnage on another human being. What will they
think of next.

And the reply...

Gloria: Do you know that sixty percent of all deaths in America are caused by guns?
Archie Bunker: Would it make you feel any better, little girl, if they was pushed out of windows?

Courtesy of "All in the Family"

[ekim68]

Yep, I know. We do it to ourselves...

[Knotbored]

I kinda liked the guided torpedo tested during WW2
guidance was a hen pecking at a screen over a front window to get grains of grain.
The screen pecks were converted to missle guidance.
Point the missle nearly at a ship and the hen would adjust for any manouvering done after shooting it off.

[ekim68]

Originally Posted by TooBad

Must stay prepared for war if you want peace!

Albert Einstein said: You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war..
http://alberteinsteinquotes.com/

Sorry, got off topic..