A weapon that can turn a Human being into a bomb. One that can collapse all wave functions into one, one that leads a person into to taking in, so much energy, into the mind, that there consciousness meets it’s anti-matter version, of it’s self. The explosion, I believe could have an unlimited energy release. Current knowledge of the universe could probably produce, an explosion about the size of an atomic bomb, although you would need a Quantum mask (and only chance could make such a thing) to hide your mind from the universe.

Imagine that, a man walking in a city with no weapon or bomb, then levels it with just his mind. You can destroy your self’s completely, if you wish and no one or no thing will stop you.

We all have minds that can, not only create a story that can start world war 3, but destroy the universe, the multi-verse, everything and who is going to stop us… No one! No one at all, so go ahead go blow your self’s up!

I don’t find it a comforting thought that the real breakthroughs in weaponry are kept secret. Who knows what terrifying toys are under wraps?

PS – Not being funny but even fighter pilots must be close to redundant now, if they aren’t already. So faster ballistics (for defence) what’s the top speed now? Faster missiles on faster planes with stealth technology beyond the reach of Iraqi radar. Unless you are thinking of attacking someone who can shoot down your planes, then use faster unmanned craft with the ability to fire faster missiles. Hopefully you are not thinking of anywhere in Europe.

PPS – Another good reason why Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, et al should be allowed to develop nuclear power plants: they are impossible to defend from a ‘real’ air (USAF) threat. Laters … Q

The same gullible govt officials who approve these wild, far out ideas with flawed scientific basis are often the same ones willing to fund wild, far out ideas like string theory.

If our global intelligence apparatus can’t inform us of a fairly imminent nuclear attack so we can take preemptive countermeasures, we are in deeper trouble.

The fact is that SDI will simply not work if the enemy uses decoys as the infrared signiture of the decoys is indistinguisable from the real target.

Pragmatically, we’d be better off taking the billions of dollars we are throwing away, and “buying off” the leadership of these countries.

One of the underlying premises of this system is that the command and control software system needs to work absolutely flawlessly the FIRST TIME it is used in production. Anybody EVER seen that happen?

Anyway who exactly are we worried about, is one of Saddams scuds gonna reach the East Coast US mainland?

Anything fired from Iran can be shot down over Iran. The same goes for N Korea. So come on guys, in this wonderful real or non-video game world, which bit of land are you defending, and who is the enemy.

PS – Russia might have had 3-1 tanks and might or might not have been able to walk all over Europe, but how exactly were they gonna invade US mainland. And let us not forget walking all over Europe or Iraq, is the easy part, suppressing any resistance is always the tenuous + tedious downside.

PPS – I have to agree with Science, the how of killing and dying, is superfluous. Imagine next time you go out for a heavy session (boozing) ‘waking-up’ with your throat cut. It will make any previous day thoughts or talk of superweapons slightly irrelevant. So enjoy your night out & Sweet dreams every one.

In the fifties, US scientists fooled with making a nuclear jet engine. The thinking was, we could stay aloft for arbitrarily long periods of times—no refueling—these would have been made obsolete by nuclear attack submarines. The engineering part was simple—the engine has no moving parts. But the US eventually decided that it wouldn’t work—aside from spewing a trail of radioactive exaust, the pilots would receive unhealthy amounts of radiation. An issue of Popular Science revealed that the Soviets had already constructed a nuclear powered bomber, and the US program was revived with much more funding.

Second, Regan’s SDI initiative, unviable though it may be, did scare the Soviets. They perceived this as a very real program, and were genuinely worried that the US could shoot their missles out of the sky with satellites in space.

The point is, just having the psychological edge may be worth funding far out projects that may or may not ever be intended to be used.

I would also point out, that in hindsight, things like SDI are easy to attack. Early on, Hans Bethe was convinced of its fesability.

If we thought N. Korea, Iran or any other “rogue regime” was about to have nuclear missle capability, our best and most effective option would be to destroy it before launch with a cruise missle.

This would work quite well provided that they notify you in advance of the locations of their mobile launchers and as a further courtesy loiter a couple of hours so that your cruise missles have time to reach them.

Actually, the rogue state scenario (where the enemy can only launch a few missles) is the case in which missle defense make the most sense.

http://www.estarwars.net/tedpostal.htm

Nuclear Missle defense has been a complete waste of money. If the “fiscal conservatives” want a program to cut to reduce expenditures, this is the one.

If we thought N. Korea, Iran or any other “rogue regime” was about to have nuclear missle capability, our best and most effective option would be to destroy it before launch with a cruise missle.

This is money down the drain.

Elliot

The Sonic Weapon of Vladimir Gavreau,

Yes of course very speculative, until one wondered about the physiological effects.

Low frequency electromagnetic waves, also known as acoustic waves, have been commonly used for decades in functions such as ultrasound machines. However, acoustic waves can also cause internal organs of humans to vibrate. The result can be nausea, diarrhea, earache, and mental confusion. The discomfort increases as one gets closer to the source

Maybe one has felt such a sickness upon them?