Reminds me of work on EM-pulse weapons. I've read reports and seen military testing video of guys pointing devices at hovering helicopters trying to get them to go into an electrical systems failure. Didn't work. Not enough energy in anything practical apparently.
-Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 12:46 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: This is awesome!!! > > > > Pretty soon we'll have POWER ARMOR!! > > When my Dad was working for the Feds back in the 80s and 90s > (US Armed Forces Modernization) his two favorite projects > were Directed Energy and Individual Powered Armor Suits. > > I never got to see all of the details on the suits as just > about everything was classified but some of the unclassified > stuff was pretty cool. I'd give it another 10-15 years. > mostly there were power source problems. > > The Directed Energy Projects (again, the unclassified stuff) > were pretty cool too, basically using microwave energy to fry > out electronics and other more laser gun type stuff. Problem > with laser "pistols" and "rifles" is apparently that there > isn't (or wasn't) a power source powerful enough to > 1.) be man portable and still be of any use; 2.) be useable > more than once without downtime for recharge/replacement... > > will > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 7:56 AM > Subject: RE: This is awesome!!! > > > > 0_0 > > > > It's a Rail gun. > > Fires projectiles electronically. > > Zweeem Zweeem... > > > > That's the noise it probably makes... > > Zweeeem! > > > > There's probably a little light trail behind the projectile > too... ... > > Pretty soon we'll have POWER ARMOR!! > > > > ^_^ > > > > -Gel > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Actually, I was thinking of a Gibson fletchette gun. > > > > -Kevin > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
