03-09-2008, 05:44 AM
Quote:I realize I may be coming to the knowledge of this thing existing slowly, but... we got a ray gun?! :w00t:
I can't believe we have a ray gun!
Isn't this kind of "old news?" Back when I was <15 watching television with my father, an episode of 20/20 came on and this man who was x-military made a EMP (electro-magnetic-pulse) weapon using junkyard parts made mostly out of microwave parts. He was under the impression that a strong enough beam could take down jets since microwaves travel in a relatively straight path so not as much power loss vs. distance. He demonstrated his weapon on 20/20 with numerous electronic objects and fried them all. 20/20 tried to get a statement from the U.S. military to which the reply was, "There is no such devise in existence." Anyways, I always wanted to know what would happen if you used this weapon on people, but now I know; I had always assumed it could interfere with their own magnetic energy and perhaps make them fall unconscious, but looks like I was wrong. Interesting stuff to be sure.
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