The World's Spookiest Weapons

News Type: Other — Seeded on Sat May 17, 2008 6:41 AM EDT

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technology, military, nuclear, defense, weapons

Cyborg animals, psychotropics and flying lasers are just some of the terrifying weapons government labs have cooked up over the years

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Dennis P. McCann

But the coup de grâce was the bomb now colloquially referred to as the "gay bomb." Using a hypothetical aphrodisiac of remarkable potency, the bomb would spray the enemy with a substance that would quite literally turn them gay, causing the soldiers to become "irresistibly attracted to one another" and, we can only assume, forget that they were in the process of being bombed.

*blink*

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5 votes

#1 - Sat May 17, 2008 6:44 AM EDT

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David Mc Girr

robotic frisbees of death.

I'm sorry but I'm going to have to order a bunch of those right now.

-Dave

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5 votes

#2 - Sat May 17, 2008 9:17 AM EDT

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Dennis P. McCann

We used to play Death Frisbee when I was in school. The dorm had hallways made of cinder block, concrete slab ceilings and tile floors. You could zing a frisbee off anything.. wouldn't slow down, just ricochet down the hallway.

We damn near killed each other on a regular basis.

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5 votes

#2.1 - Sat May 17, 2008 6:02 PM EDT

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Division by Zero

I like the "Rods from God" concept.

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3 votes

#3 - Sat May 17, 2008 9:43 AM EDT

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Forest Browne

How about the gigantic weather microwave they have in Alaska and now in Greenland?

Forest

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3 votes

#4 - Sat May 17, 2008 12:42 PM EDT

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gladbutterfly

Please say more, Forest.

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1 vote

#4.1 - Sat May 17, 2008 3:44 PM EDT

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Forest Browne

Here is some of what I have on HAARP a new system already said to be tested in a variety of ways, all pretty destructive, but also a possible shield, so to speak.....

.. molecular modifications of the atmosphere can take place so that positive environmental effects can be achieved. Besides actually changing the molecular composition of an atmospheric region, a particular molecule or molecules can be chosen for increased presence. For example, ozone, nitrogen, etc., concentrations in the atmosphere could be artificially increased."

Begich found eleven other APTI Patents. They told how to make "Nuclear-sized Explosions without Radiation," Power-beaming systems, over-the-horizon radar, detection systems for missiles carrying nuclear warheads, electromagnetic pulses previously produced by thermonuclear weapons and other Star-Wars tricks. This cluster of patents underlay the HAARP weapon system.

Related research by Begich and Manning uncovered bizarre schemes. For example, Air Force documents revealed that a system had been developed for manipulating and disturbing human mental processes through pulsed radio-frequency radiation (the stuff of HAARP) over large geographical areas. The most telling material about this technology came from writings of Zbigniew Brzezinski (former National Security Advisory to U.S. President Carter) and J.F. MacDonald (science advisor to U.S. President Johnson and a professor of Geophysics at UCLA), as they wrote about use of power-beaming transmitters for geophysical and environmental warfare. The documents showed how these effects might be caused, and the negative effects on human heath and thinking.

You'll have to investigate yourself, but any weapon that brags about it's ability to create atmospheric explosions of nuclear size scares the hell out of me. Apparently first tests worked well so they've expanded the deployment to Greenland.

Forest

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3 votes

#4.2 - Sun May 18, 2008 11:12 AM EDT

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gladbutterfly

As if most people weren't already creeped out enough by insects, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) has been working to develop cyborg spy moths. Darpa, the research arm of the Department of Defense, has already successfully implanted chips in cockroaches and rats, allowing humans to "drive" the animals with joysticks. In the case of the moths, the chip will be implanted at the pupal stage so that the animal grows around it and develops a "reliable tissue-machine interface." The spy moth will then be released at the front lines and remotely piloted into enemy territory, potentially beaming back video and audio feeds along the way.

This one gives me visions of humans (and everything else) chipped like this to serve our psychopathic overlords.

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5 votes

#5 - Sat May 17, 2008 3:45 PM EDT

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Dennis P. McCann

he Department of Defense, has already successfully implanted chips in cockroaches and rats, allowing humans to "drive" the animals with joysticks

Cockroaches and rats. Spy moths, and spy dolphins. Bat bombs.

You tax dollars at work.

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3 votes

#5.1 - Sat May 17, 2008 3:47 PM EDT

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Division by Zero

Somewhere someone is undoubtedly working on doing it with primates. Next, The Manchurian Candidate becomes reality.

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4 votes

#5.2 - Sat May 17, 2008 4:00 PM EDT

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