All together now :
"What could possibly go wrong ?"
A Chinese firm has developed a laser gun designed for police use that can set fire to protesters' hair or banners from a range of almost one kilometre. The general manager of the ZKZM fiber laser company, who asked to remain anonymous, said the weapon would "immediately" produce a "strong pain response" in the target but stressed it was designed to be "non-lethal".
"The weapon is designed to do things such as setting fire to illegal banners at a protest or setting fire to the hair or clothing of a protester," he told AFP. "It is not designed explicitly for killing like a gun that uses bullets and cannot cause the 'instant carbonisation' of human skin and tissues," he added.
Oh, yay.
The 15-mm calibre weapon weighs three kilogrammes (6.6 pounds), has a range of 800 metres (2,600 feet) and can pass through glass and other transparent obstacles. It can be mounted on cars, boats and planes, the firm said, adding that it was "seeking a partner that has a weapons production licence or a partner in the security or defence industry to start large-scale production". It is "mainly expected to be for Chinese police use", the manager told AFP.
On the other hand this might all be nonsense :
Some experts were sceptical of the unveiling, saying laser weaponry was still a matter of science fiction. Specialist website Techcrunch noted that "laser weaponry capable of real harm has eluded the eager boffins of the world's militaries for several reasons". "The power required to set a person aflame instantly from half a mile away is truly huge," the website stressed. "The idea of one that weighs a handful of pounds and fires hundreds of instantly skin-searing shots is just infeasible today."
https://phys.org/news/2018-07-china-firm-laser-gun.html
Ian Rawlings Must be, 'unintended consequences' and all that. Sometimes fig-leaves are so thin they are transparent/non-existent ;-)
ReplyDeleteHeh. An electro-porkie. The capacitor on that thing would have to be more than 3kg , not to mention the battery. It doesn't exist.
ReplyDeleteDan Weese I agree, sounds like a smoke and mirrors product searching for gullible investors with deep pockets ;-)
ReplyDeleteWilco Roos ... very good, "gullible inverters"
ReplyDeleteDan Weese ;-P Yeah corrected..
ReplyDeleteLooks to me to be a laser-blinding weapon (forbidden by the Geneva Conventions) with a transparent fig-leaf.
ReplyDeleteWilco Roos Ah, ye silly, ye should have left as it was, for it was a fine electrical joke.
ReplyDeleteFinally, tinfoil hats have a practical use.
ReplyDeleteAndres Soolo lol
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