Comments on: Boeing missile zaps electronic devices in first test flight

By: Dave in Calif.

Dave in Calif. — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:19:59 +0000

And I bet they will be used here first, to knock out those pesky second amendmentors.

By: JC

JC — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:57:07 +0000

Sounds like a not-actual star wars type program whose actual purpose is to get the ‘enemy’ to harden their facilities, which is easy to then detect via geo magnetic scan. Opps I guess I won’t be flying anymore!

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:57:24 +0000

it can certainly get medieval…

By: Justin Reed

Justin Reed — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:40:06 +0000

YAY weapons of war!
Hurray for “progress” – what could possibly go wrong?
Who cares, billions more for the profiteers!!!

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:11:31 +0000

semiconductors aren’t as robust as a well myelinated brain, right Bri? ;)

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:09:49 +0000

Try placing the egg (or the poor chicken) in the microwave… oh, deja vu…

By: Leo de Brito

Leo de Brito — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:08:52 +0000

war, an archaic concept!!

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:08:09 +0000

Like the chicken and the egg problem! Sir, you are a philosopher!
Try placing the egg (or the poor chicken) in the microwave… if they STOP WORKING then you don’t need the other one to check it.

By: Max Lent

Max Lent — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:00:53 +0000

So, how did they video record electronic devices being disabled without having the video destroyed. If the video camera can be hardened so can all of the computers and servers.

By: Bri

Bri — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:10:53 +0000

Just wait till we have chips in our heads. We will all be wearing Magneto’s funky helmut!

By: deadalus

deadalus — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:05:04 +0000

that’s it, I’m turning my room into a Faraday cage (possibly a wall of defunct micro-wave doors xD) >.> just in case they decide its okay to start zapping suspected terrorists in the burbs… wait wait I watch too much sci-fi this would never be used on civilians psh! all fun aside I’d love to know just how focused the beam is, also you dont need to blow things up to get collateral damage, might this be bad for ..biology?

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:53:54 +0000

Microwave oven’s doors supposedly block those, right CHAMP? there are millions thrown away every year…

By: deadalus

deadalus — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:49:08 +0000

so those tinfoil hats will come in handy afterall!