Posts Tagged ‘weapon’

Georgia Police Turns Sonic Blaster on Demonstrators | Danger Room from Wired.com

2007/11/26/0922

RTFA: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/11/georgia-poli…

There’s more evidence that the Saakashvili regime in Georgia is using sound weapons against opposition protestors. This English-language footage from Russia Today shows riot police rolling through the streets of Tblisi in pickup trucks, small dishes in hand. A high frequency pulse follows. “Georgian police used an acoustic gun — it’s a non-lethal weapon that disorients people for a period of time,” says one “special weapons expert.”

The best part about non-lethal weapons is that there is no evidence of their illegitimate use.

Report: Russia tests ‘dad of all bombs’ – USATODAY.com

2007/09/17/1122

RTFA: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-09-11-russ…

Channel One television said the new weapon, nicknamed the “dad of all bombs” is four times more powerful than the U.S. “mother of all bombs.”
“The tests have shown that the new air-delivered ordnance is comparable to a nuclear weapon in its efficiency and capability,” said Col.-Gen. Alexander Rukshin, a deputy chief of the Russian military’s General Staff, said in televised remarks.
Unlike a nuclear weapon, the bomb doesn’t hurt the environment, he added.

The statement reflected the Kremlin’s efforts to restore Russia’s global clout and rebuild the nation’s military might while the ties with Washington have been strained over U.S. criticism of Russia’s backsliding on democracy, Moscow’s vociferous protests of U.S. missile defense plans, and rifts over global crises.
The U.S. Massive Ordnance Air Blast, nicknamed the Mother Of All Bombs, is a large-yield satellite-guided, air-delivered bomb described as the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in history.

maintain… must not forget cold war… must maintain supremacy in bomb title over the reds…