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2007-08-19 India-Pakistan

Indian Army to induct laser dazzlers against jihadis

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Posted by john frum 2007-08-19 12:47|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Interesting--

I wonder why we havent heard the usual deafining whine from the usual suspects?

Or has it been lost in the background noise?

or is it not very effective, and therefore of no interest to the moonbats?

Posted by N Guard 2007-08-19 13:58|| 2007-08-19 13:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Dazzle them, then plug them, sounds fair to me.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-08-19 13:59|| 2007-08-19 13:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Glad you noticed, N Guard. If the innovation is from the United States, then the NGOs are loud in their opposition to it, but there is not a peep when China or India implements it. It's not about What is done, but who is doing it. Supposedly, "monitoring" style NGOs bill themselves as opposed to "illegal" behavior, but THEIR demonstrated behavior is that they are opposed to the Uniteds States or Israel, and actually feel that such a stance is inherently fair and right. IMHO, after informing them, and the attending reporters, of such blatant bias at their NEXT dog-and-pony news conference, the NGO bastards should be shoved against a wall, the double barrels of a shotgun loaded with blanks shoved into their mouths all the way to the back their throat, and the trigger pulled. Messy, so hazmat suits are required, but no ricochet.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2007-08-19 14:12|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2007-08-19 14:12|| Front Page Top

#4 "The goggles, they do nothing!"

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-08-19 15:03|| 2007-08-19 15:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Chinese and North Koreans are especially bad about aiming blinding lasers at our pilots and satellites. BTW, highly illegal by international treaty, not that pieces of paper have ever deterred our enemies. Several have received permanent eye damage. So now visors have filters for the most likely laser wavelengths.

If we ever go to war with China or their proxies, I expect massive use of blinding lasers and a lot of blinded infantrymen (e.g. Iran-Iraq war), less for the protected vehicle operators.

Posted by ed 2007-08-19 15:45|| 2007-08-19 15:45|| Front Page Top

#6 The standard US military goggle set includes laser filter lens. While the media and NGOs are not paying attention to the ChiComs' use of blinding lasers, the US military has been.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-08-19 16:30|| 2007-08-19 16:30|| Front Page Top

#7 The Pak army will equip the jihadis with googles for sure. They already provide frequency hopping radios and insulating gloves and tools for dealing with the electrified LOC fence.

Posted by john frum 2007-08-19 17:04|| 2007-08-19 17:04|| Front Page Top

#8 The dazzlers also have an in-built safety interlock to prevent misuse and the weapons do not cause permanent blindness, the sources said.

Personally, I was hoping for a few more megawatts of beamline strength.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-19 19:29|| 2007-08-19 19:29|| Front Page Top

#9 Zenster,

A line of Masers would be handy.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2007-08-19 20:14|| 2007-08-19 20:14|| Front Page Top

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