US Army using Force Lightning

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-12-09 05:18pm

http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?art ... up=webcast

*snickers*

Axis Kast · Post by **Axis Kast** » 2003-12-09 05:19pm

Who the fuck are these guys?

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-12-09 05:33pm

I remember hearing about tesla weapons mounted on American tanks in the Gulf War

Reeks of cock, though.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-12-09 05:57pm

Eh? What possible principle could something like this employ? I thought tesla coils required a string negative charge on something to direct a bolt onto it, right? So there would have to be something which "Projected" that negative charge...how would something like that be accomplished?

I'm not too awful familiar with the principles of Tesla coils, but, IIRC, that IS how lightning works, and TC aren't much different. But, the applications of such a weapon would be limited in the extreme...the range would be short enough to render it impractical or useless, right?

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-12-09 06:00pm

Chardok wrote:Eh? What possible principle could something like this employ? I thought tesla coils required a string negative charge on something to direct a bolt onto it, right? So there would have to be something which "Projected" that negative charge...how would something like that be accomplished?

I'm not too awful familiar with the principles of Tesla coils, but, IIRC, that IS how lightning works, and TC aren't much different. But, the applications of such a weapon would be limited in the extreme...the range would be short enough to render it impractical or useless, right?

The Tesla Coils I've seen tend to radiate everywhere so I don't see how they could be made into a safe manned weapon.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-12-09 06:03pm

that is either absolute bullshit, or someone stole those E-Web's from Shep's basement.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-12-09 06:05pm

I'll believe it when I see one of those burn down a bunch of hippie protestors...

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-12-09 06:28pm

"Let's get them, guys! Turn the Tesla coil on!"

*Tesla tank vapes everyone around it*

I think a Tesla coil weapon would be an area denial thing, like a truck bomb but reusable. You most definitely do not want to be around it when it starts up unless you're inside the thing or wearing chainmail.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-12-09 06:44pm

Chardok wrote:Eh? What possible principle could something like this employ? I thought tesla coils required a string negative charge on something to direct a bolt onto it, right? So there would have to be something which "Projected" that negative charge...how would something like that be accomplished?

Do it like a tazer gun, something fires a little wire nail that digs into the
target, closing the circuit, and BZZZAD

Cosmic Average · Post by **Cosmic Average** » 2003-12-09 06:53pm

Wouldn't it be better to shoot bullets instead of electrodes?

Anyway, this article sounds oddly reminiscent of the DU vacuum weapon..

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-12-09 07:34pm

That's not nearly as bad as those secret new tanks that fire angry house cats at people.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-12-09 07:36pm

That site's run by a bunch of bleeding-heart wackos. This story's BS for sure.

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-12-09 07:50pm

"And now, suspected terrorist, YOU WILL DIE!!"
"Now you shall pay the price for your lack of vision!"
"If you will not turn, YOU WILL BE DESTROYED!!"

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2003-12-09 08:08pm

Wicked Pilot wrote:That's not nearly as bad as those secret new tanks that fire angry house cats at people.

Don't forget the more lethal version- the one that fires wet angry house cats.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-12-09 08:26pm

Of course it's BS, I just love this IndyMedia horeshit.

Post by **AdmiralKanos** » 2003-12-09 08:29pm

Who is IndyMedia? Is it a news organization started by Indiana Jones?

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-12-09 08:29pm

Considering it says:

See also associated article by Bill Dash...

Iraqi Commander Swears He Saw US Evacuate Saddam

It's pretty safe to say that the website is full of BS.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-12-09 08:31pm

What? No reports yet of our Top-secret Mammoth Tanks?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-12-09 08:37pm

AdmiralKanos wrote:Who is IndyMedia? Is it a news organization started by Indiana Jones?

A pretty far-left news organization, run by anti-WTO types. Think West Coast college radicals.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-12-09 08:55pm

Durran Korr wrote:
AdmiralKanos wrote:Who is IndyMedia? Is it a news organization started by Indiana Jones?
A pretty far-left news organization, run by anti-WTO types. Think West Coast college radicals.

In other words, strung-out, stupid, paranoid hippies. Probably communists, too.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-12-09 09:16pm

Jesus, I hate it when people label others being communist.

When the label doesn't fit, that is.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-12-09 10:29pm

Durran Korr wrote:
AdmiralKanos wrote:Who is IndyMedia? Is it a news organization started by Indiana Jones?
A pretty far-left news organization, run by anti-WTO types. Think West Coast college radicals.

Didn't they say "Support your troops, but only if they frag their commanders!" at the beginning of the war?

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-12-09 10:31pm

So THAT's what happened to my plasma cannon...

Oi, the morons in this world...

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-12-09 10:35pm

News just in: Saddam Hussain revealed to be Elvis in disguise waging a new campaign of hatred against popular music.

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2003-12-10 12:32am

Lonestar wrote:What? No reports yet of our Top-secret Mammoth Tanks?

shhhhh.... careful what you say, Yuri and his Initiates may be listening....