@andy, FOI is totally the wrong way to go about this, IF the tech exists they should purchase a licence/product/reproduction rights from the creator/patent owner. the UK could just as easily claim it was "national security" to keep the tech secret.
@sammy, who said squat about IED's, it could work off the same (though refined) tech as a tresure hunter (metal detector). but i do agree i think it unlikely that if it existed it would have been shared.
@G5 sorry man i think you've been hoodwined. cool story though, wouldn't suprise me at all if the brits had done it and didn't share it. right up their humour alley!
Agree with you on developers, but they seem to have taken to the steering wheel, laser gun and wiimote pretty redily... however short of swapping kinetic sesation for electric, this wont work in a tshirt...
dude, effectivenes isnt all about payload, its delivery, cost, number of payloads, weight as well, and a lazer comes up trumps on all of them.
delivery especially, how much easier is it to aim a true line of sight weapon?? plus the weight factor is huge, 20 AIM's vs a lazer gun, i know which I'd prefer to have on my fighter jet... the list of benefits is only limited by the power source.
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i would have welcomed dick swinging overlords a little quicker......