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Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 783 Joined: 27 Aug 2008     | I think it's fascinating just how far technology has come recently, and just how determined we seem to be to turn it into something you can kill people with. Lasers? Seriously? But seriously, very interesting article. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3322 Joined: 23 Oct 2007   | They've been developing anti-missile laser weapons since the 1960s, so that's hardly a new concept. You'd laugh at some of the things that DARPA have developed and are developing, but they're deadly serious about it. Railguns, laser cannons, missile satellites, the ARPANET, along with some rather more mundane things like computer-surveyed battlefields and robotically driven cars. BTW, the BigDog kicks ass, especially its ability to get up from amazingly difficult terrain. I'd be almost inclined to work for DARPA at this stage. |
Beat Writer Posts: 163 Joined: 14 Apr 2008     | I don't see how more powerful REAL guns are a good thing. Dog was pretty cool though. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3664 Joined: 21 Jan 2008    | "You can't say that civilisation don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way" - Will Rogers |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1227 Joined: 29 Aug 2008    | It's remarkable how far we've come from the old days of match locks. NAO WE HAS L4Z3R5!! |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 369 Joined: 1 Nov 2007    | ...what an elaborate game of attack/defend we have going on here. Missiles, anti-missile lasers, laser shielded missiles, next we'll be designing missiles that can deshield shielded missiles...pretty much we're playing rock paper scissors up in the sky. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 354 Joined: 18 May 2008   | Soon we're going to having personal nukes if DARPA keeps their reasearch up. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1566 Joined: 5 Dec 2007   | When DARPA invents zerglings to crush our enemies I will be satisfied. |
Muckraker  Posts: 282 Joined: 13 Feb 2008  | The Power Armour rig looked stunning - finally, new technology that doesn't have to be used to melt someone's face from 5 miles away. The applications of this technology for the emergency services, firefighting and policing in particular, would be incredible. Could you imagine a team of firefighters capable of braving intense heat, moving or destroying debris and carrying unconscious vistims to safety with absolute ease and security? I want to be a cyborg firefighter. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 203 Joined: 10 Dec 2007  |
Greater military strength contributes to greater peace and security. Being able to kill people with greater efficiency is definitely a good thing from a political perspective. |
BANNED Posts: 5 Joined: 20 Sep 2008 | I run a non-profit organization that provides video games and gaming systems to troops deployed in combat zones (for entertainment purposes). Please check us out at www..org User was banned for: 167: To the Front Lines. (Permanent) |
Press Junketeer Posts: 469 Joined: 15 Dec 2007  |
and in that way, USA will become the galactic empire. (bad joke i know) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3639 Joined: 3 Apr 2008    | Want! |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 73 Joined: 25 Sep 2008  | kinda funny, with all the money spend on better weapons, you could just BRIBE all the other countries into peace! and you would probably still have enough left to cure aids enz. but i still have that funny little voice in my head that says: guns are good, explosions are good, big minigun-wielding robots are good! and honestly, how cool would it be to have your very own deathstar! (ok there are no planets with people living on it as far as we know now, but you could at least blow up the sun for the fireworks :D ) |
Copy Clerk Posts: 73 Joined: 25 Sep 2008 | SHOOP DA WHOOP! |
Copy Clerk Posts: 73 Joined: 25 Sep 2008 | shoop da whoop=ment for other topic, sorry |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2650 Joined: 20 Jul 2008     |
The edit button is the height of our society and if you still don't need it, there's no need to mass post. At some point, what if we become the aliens and start dominating the universe with our excessive lust for bigger and better weapons. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1151 Joined: 7 Dec 2008  | Where can I get me one of those suits? |
Paperboy  Posts: 42 Joined: 22 Jul 2009     | Damn skippy! That futuristic. The only problem is: If the suits are made, then people would just use the BigDog or teh lazorz to take them out... |
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Future Battlefields in the Palm of Your Hand
"DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is a research and development organization for the Department of Defense. Created after the Soviets shocked the world with the launching of Sputnik in 1957, it's been changing battlefields ever since. Its primary mission has been to keep U.S. Military technology a step or two ahead of its enemies. By the looks of it, one of its secondary missions is supplying the Army with weaponry that gamers have already mastered."
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