Russia new wonder weapon?

[Puke]

Hafnium and elements with similar properties are really very cool. the ability to charge up an element with energy and then set it off is pretty slick. sub nuclear, but much better than conventional explosives.

maybe this will revive the davy crocket project in another form. unfortuneatly, it still leaves small traces of radioactive fallout.

The potential for polonium powered nuclear batteries is pretty cool, too. everyone remember that theoretical man-portable chemical laser? THAT was cool. polonium power sources could also solve some of the battery life and generator weight problems they are having with the battlefield armored suits that DARPA is developing.

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by Puke:
Hafnium and elements with similar properties are really very cool. the ability to charge up an element with energy and then set it off is pretty slick. sub nuclear, but much better than conventional explosives.

maybe this will revive the davy crocket project in another form. unfortuneatly, it still leaves small traces of radioactive fallout.

The potential for polonium powered nuclear batteries is pretty cool, too. everyone remember that theoretical man-portable chemical laser? THAT was cool. polonium power sources could also solve some of the battery life and generator weight problems they are having with the battlefield armored suits that DARPA is developing.

How about a star drive? Or perhaps a high output ion engine?

[Raging Deadstar]

Thought i'd drop my thoughts here

Considering we're on a public forum, dfiscussing this i imagine it means not only The US but other countries will be developing counters for this torpedo, In reality this weapon may never become used if it's rendered obsolete before the need to use it.

That and Imagine what else the military's of the world are building! If it's going to give the country a huge advantage the information is very rarely released to the public, in truth, we can speculate and listen to rumours but we have no idea what other "war changing" weapons are being developed all over the globe!

For all we know my countries, The UK, top brass arn't sitting around with tea and crumpets and are funding the creation of Anti Proton Beams

EDIT: Actually thinking about it, it could all be speculation, it was in the media I remember stories about how everyone was terrfied that nations were developing Laser armed satelites that could track people by Mobile Phones and kill them within a rather accurate range. Did this ever happen? Not to my memory. Either way we'll develop something really nasty and we're all going to wipe ourselves out with it, something that makes a nuclear bomb useless. Hopefully we won't, but looking around today i have little hope left for this race...

[ April 11, 2004, 13:13: Message edited by: Raging Deadstar ]

[Alpha Kodiak]

Originally posted by Raging Deadstar:
Actually thinking about it, it could all be speculation, it was in the media I remember stories about how everyone was terrfied that nations were developing Laser armed satelites that could track people by Mobile Phones and kill them within a rather accurate range. Did this ever happen? Not to my memory.

Maybe that explains some of the mysterious disappearances that happen. You never know when a laser might str... -Aaarrrrgggghhhhhhh-

[Raging Deadstar]

Lol *looks at mobile phone...*

*promptly runs outside, calls someone and starts wavings his hands about to see if it is true!*

I'll update you on my progress once i'm extra crispy!!!

[Puke]

Hmm. I think that orbital anti-personnel laser was from the movie Real Genius, which I did rather enjoy. While something like that might be possible, lasers lose focus over range and dissipate GREATLY in atmosphere, it just would not be practical.

We do have air-to-air and air-to-ground and ground-to-air lasers, I would expect to see them get more powerfull and more wide-spread once the politics arround them die down. ground-to-ground lasers dont seem to be practical yet, but maybe in 20 years we will start to prototype them.

[Timstone]

Originally posted by Raging Deadstar:
Lol *looks at mobile phone...*

*promptly runs outside, calls someone and starts wavings his hands about to see if it is true!*

I'll update you on my progress once i'm extra crispy!!!

"Look who's been left in the oven too long." (The Violator talking to Spawn)