Military History | How To Make War | Wars Around the World Rules of Use How to Behave on an Internet Forum
United Kingdom Discussion Board
   Return to Topic Page
Subject: More reason to fear the brits? Lol
Claymore    10/22/2006 6:14:49 PM
http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/1265/2006/09/19-154630-1.htm British arms manufacturer BAE Systems is planning to design 'green' munitions, including lead-free bullets and rockets with reduced toxins, Britain's Times reports. Also in the pipeline are jets, fighting vehicles and artillery without dangerous compounds which can "harm the environment and pose a risk to people," the company is quoted as saying. "Weapons are going to be used and when they are, we try to make them as safe for the user as possible," said Dr Debbie Allen, director of the company's corporate social responsibility. BAE Systems has full support from Britain's Ministry of Defence, which wants to see quieter warheads in order to reduce noise pollution and grenades that produce less smoke.
 
Quote    Reply

Show Only Poster Name and Title     Newest to Oldest
neutralizer       10/23/2006 5:12:52 AM
Unfortunately it'll take a century to have an effect but that's not a reason for not doing it.  The reality is that far more munitions (at least of some types) are expended in training than in operations, what's more the training munitions are use is in relatively few areas so the concentrations are higher than those that result in war and a spread out battlespace. 
 
Many nations have experienced the challenges and costs of cleaning up former miltary training areas before releasing them for other uses.  This is a well overdue move.
 
Quote    Reply

jastayme3       10/23/2006 3:21:18 PM

link

British arms manufacturer BAE Systems is planning to design 'green' munitions, including lead-free bullets and rockets with reduced toxins, Britain's Times reports. Also in the pipeline are jets, fighting vehicles and artillery without dangerous compounds which can "harm the environment and pose a risk to people," the company is quoted as saying.

"Weapons are going to be used and when they are, we try to make them as safe for the user as possible," said Dr Debbie Allen, director of the company's corporate social responsibility.

BAE Systems has full support from Britain's Ministry of Defence, which wants to see quieter warheads in order to reduce noise pollution and grenades that produce less smoke.
Isn't that nice, weapons that don't pose a risk to people.
 
Quote    Reply

neutralizer       10/24/2006 5:34:52 AM
Unfortunately not.  The holy grail of weapons that do no 'damage' in training and are lethal only to the enemy in war is still a long way off. 
 
Quote    Reply

jastayme3       10/26/2006 9:39:12 PM

Unfortunately not.  The holy grail of weapons that do no 'damage' in training and are lethal only to the enemy in war is still a long way off. 


Maybe you can have a death ray that has variable power so that you can reduce it in training and increase it in action.
Oh wait death rays havn't been invented yet.
But when they are I bet they will have a big lawsuit.
 
Quote    Reply

lightningtest       10/27/2006 4:49:47 AM
I can hear the lawyers already....
 
Ionatron Background

What is Ionatron?
Ionatron is a publicly traded company that manufactures LIPC laser-guided directed-energy weapons. The companies corporate and R&D facility is based in Tucson, Arizona, production is located at the Stennis Space Facility on Mississippi's Gulf Coast. The company formed in 2002 by technology pioneers who thought there was a need for a new type of defensive weapon. The company’s largest customer is the U.S. government. Approximately 80 people work for Ionatron, and the company is expanding.

What are LIPC laser-guided directed-energy weapons?
Laser-guided directed-energy weapons work like "man-made lightning" to disable people or things. LIPC® technology is Ionatron’s proprietary type of laser-guided directed-energy weapon. LIPC stands for laser-induced plasma channel; the plasma channel is how the energy is directed through the air at the target. Extremely fast femto-second lasers cause light to break into filaments, which form a plasma channel that conducts the energy like a virtual wire. This technology can be adjusted for non-lethal or lethal use.            

Where can these weapons be used?
Ionatron’s LIPC directed-energy weapons technology is potentially useful in both defense and commercial applications. Anywhere people gather - to work, to shop, to travel - is a potential target, and so are our nation’s borders and entry points.

Government anti-terror forces, police departments, and private security teams can install LIPC weapons in facility infrastructures, on vehicles, boats, and aircraft to protect federal and municipal buildings, office towers, shipping containers, energy and chemical plants, and banks from attacks by land, sea, or air. These weapons can also be used to protect airports, embassies, ports, rail facilities, and other high value facilities. Riot control, smuggler apprehension, and border security could all become more effective with LIPC technology.

...

[email protected]>>

 
Quote    Reply

AdamB       11/4/2006 2:50:49 PM
[quote]Isn't that nice, weapons that don't pose a risk to people.[/quote]
 
If you read the link carefully it says that the weapons won't pose a risk to the USER, but obviously they'll still be deadly to the enemy.  They'll also be friendlier on the environment.
 
Just because weapons become "green" and friendly to the environment doesn't mean they aren't dangerous to an enemy soldier.
 
Quote    Reply



 Latest
 News 		  Most
 Read 		  Most
 Commented		  Hot
 Topics