From: "Jim Franklin", [EMAIL PROTECTED] [.....] However the Arwen is big! Its relatively unknown and unsexy so most police forces won't consider it. [.....] The Home Office were offered ARWEN in 1986(ish). "Too black and military looking", "Press won't like it", etc. BTW the people looking at it were non-tech. They wanted cast iron guarantees that nobody would get hurt using it, which, of course, is impossible. The whole thing was driven by politics and the fear of a bad press, just for deploying it. ARWEN is good. It was the first in its class and consequently had all the teething problems which its successors ironed out. There is a single shot version that is "visually friendly". Its the ammo that does the business as we all know. There was a veritable cocktail of options. The ammo was very cheap to develop. Jim Franklin Orpington KENT. UK PGP key on request Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
