http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/nov02/army.html http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=569&ncid=738&e=2&u=/nm/2002 1105/tc_nm/arms_usa_laser_dc
> i will have to dig up this news article i saw unless someone else has it. > > The article where the US used a LASER to blow up an artillery shell in mid > flight. > > YES Artillery NOT a missile thats just got so much potential its not even > funnny. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cantrell, Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:46 AM > Subject: RE: Robotic assassinations. > > > > The reason I ask is because the conspiracist in me is wondering how long > > before we start using these things on our own people as a secretive form > of > > law enforcement? Wellstone anyone? He was against the 'war'. I could see a > > hard core war-monger interpreting this as a criminal act of treason. And > if > > it's as easy as moving a joystick around in order to make that criminal > just > > go away, then heck - why not? (don't call me on Wellstone - just speaking > > figuratively and where the trend is going - I'm not going there to say > > Wellstone was killed.) > > > > Today it's the 'terrorists' we're targeting, and using as an excuse to > keep > > our defense industry nice and bloated. But what happens when the > terrorists > > are defeated? Do we just fire the defense contractors and say "well, it > was > > nice building these little unmanned aircraft that are capable of shooting > a > > flaming laser down somebody's spinal column, but we don't really see a > need > > for that anymore". I doubt that happening. > > > > And Mike, to bring up Israel, and then use this as justification for what > > they do is wrong. Your words were something along the lines of "All > right - > > Israel has been doing this all along. Now don't you see we are right?" > > > > This bears repeating since you keep bringing up Israel: > > There is no difference between Israelis and Palestinians other than their > > religion - this is why the world doesn't really do anything about it, and > > just sits back in disgust. The fact that they're still at war over > something > > that most people stopped fighting for hundreds of years ago is in fact > > disgusting. To continue on and try to make up other reasons is silly and > > ignorant. If nobody was blatantly religious, nobody would know who to > kill. > > The hardline religion stops, the violence stops. The fact that you're > > willing to die just because you're so attached to your religious beliefs > is > > your choice, and somewhat respectable, but don't expect the rest of the > > world to support that. Shooting people with rockets is TEMPORARY; in the > > long term it's just more fuel to the fire. Lightening up your religious > > beliefs, and not discriminating against the people who have conflicting > > religious beliefs will fix it. Since that won't happen with either the > Jew's > > or the Muslim's, then you'll just have to keep killing each other. Just > > because one side uses sophisticated technology doesn't make it right. I > know > > you'll say it's the Arabs who are instigating and that you're just trying > to > > live in peace, but they're saying the same thing about you. > > > > You should also know that the US is taking advantage of the situation over > > there - how you still don't see this is beyond me. Confilct in that region > > is what keeps the US in control of the precious oil. Without conflict, > that > > region might *gasp* prosper, and actually establish itself. > > > > Adam. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:Acantrell@;kentlaw.edu] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:11 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Robotic assassinations. > > > > > > > > > Surprised nobody has brought up the robotic assassination the > > > CIA conducted > > > on Sunday in Yemen. > > > > > > http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20021104/ciadrone.html > > > > > > Basically they used an unmanned Predator aircraft to fire a > > > Hellfire missile > > > at some terrorists driving in a car. > > > > > > What do you think - cowardly or patriotic? > > > > > > Adam. > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
