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schimmy:
No, the only reason MAD 'worked' is that people like this man weren't stupid enough to follow through.

bbqrocks:
I heard the americans were developing some kinda non-lethal 'deathray' type thing, which doesn't injure you at all, just covers your body with excruciating, blinding, paralysing pain.

Any of you guys know anything about that?

Alex C:
Yeah, I'm familiar with Petrov, but couldn't one still say that it was the severity of the consequences that made him think twice about following through with things even under orders? I still think the dumbest thing about the Cold War is that we were willing to kill each other over this shit in the first place at all.


As far as deathrays go, not that I'm aware of, unless you count LRAD, which is capable of firing a "beam" of deafening sound that's being put on Navy ships to be used on small unidentified vessels who are getting too close to ships and don't return hailing. Basically, they just center it on the ship in question and start off projecting moderately loud warnings in a variety of languages and then start turning up the volume as the ship continues to approach the ship. Since the suicide bombing of the USS Cole the military's been interested in ways of convincing ships to back off that doesn't involve firing naval weapons at tiny fishing boats which simply  may not have the equipment or experienced crewmen to realize they need to give a warship some space.

Dissy:

--- Quote from: bbqrocks on 14 Feb 2008, 10:50 ---I heard the americans were developing some kinda non-lethal 'deathray' type thing, which doesn't injure you at all, just covers your body with excruciating, blinding, paralysing pain.

Any of you guys know anything about that?

--- End quote ---

I've seen it and stood in it.  I lasted all of a second.  My buddy holds the record at five seconds.

Johnny C:
Here is an AP reporter being exposed to it.

It's for "crowd dispersion."

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