A FUCKING LASER RIFLE.

[YellerDog]

"The US government has unveiled a "non-lethal" laser rifle designed to dazzle enemy personnel without causing them permanent harm. But the device will require close scrutiny to ensure compliance with a United Nations protocol on blinding laser weapons.

The Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response (PHASR) rifle was developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory in New Mexico, US, and two prototypes have been delivered to military bases in Texas and Virginia for further testing.

The US Department of Defense (DoD) believes the weapon could be used, for example, to temporarily blind suspects who drive through a roadblock. However, the DoD has yet to reveal details of how the laser works and has yet to respond to New Scientist’s requests for further information.

Laser weapons capable of blinding enemies have been developed in the past but were banned under a 1995 UN convention called the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons. The wording of this protocol, however, does not prohibit lasers that temporarily dazzle a foe."

Ok, so not quite as cool as it could be, but !!! Lasers!

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8275

[Mzo]

"The US government has unveiled a "non-lethal" laser rifle designed to dazzle enemy personnel..."

Dazzle is a pretty gay word imo. Is it a projector that plays showtunes for them?

[Klonoa]

does not prohibit lasers that temporarily dazzle a foe."

funny.

[Frogacuda]

They really went out of their way to make it look like something out of a game.

[Chux]

Dazzle is a pretty gay word imo. Is it a projector that plays showtunes for them?

SHOWTIME SYNERGY!

[Mzo]

It's a spirit fingers machine!

[Grey's Anatomy]

I think they tried a little hard to give it that "PHASR" anacronym.

[Chux]

Truely, truely outrageous.

[Jetman]

I feel sorry for the poor soldier who is stuck with the "Dazzle Rifle" during a war.

Why not just make a gun that shoots fireworks? At least those can distract and injure.

[cka]

I feel sorry for the poor soldier who is stuck with the "Dazzle Rifle" during a war.

Can you imagine the hippie flashbacks that soldier is going to experience? Firing the gun at some guerilla fighter only to have that fighter morph into one of the guys from Queer Eye trying to accessorize his platoon...