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        <title><![CDATA[Just  a matter of time before the first human is killed....]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-5221-94872]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[It's just a matter of time before the first killing of a human being is done by a directed-energy weapon....  They've probably already done high-intensity laser burn tests on live animals - not the kind of videos the DoD would want circulating on the Internet though.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[anthonymaw]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:32:30 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Foster Grants]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[5 bucks if you pirate them. Poof no eye issue.Just shoot to kill, They've earned it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Justducky-5]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:56:22 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[pi]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-5221-86647]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[This is a toy, waste money.I like pie, though.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[opcom]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:56:39 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[regan and (was it peace or war?)]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-5221-65796]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[i'm tired of hearing how regan brought down the soviet empire.  (and for a time he had to share that distinction with the pope but that seems to have gone out of style).communism (as  practiced behind the iron curtain) was corrupt from the inside out so, in time, crumbled and fell.  sure it took decades but the obverse of this is, &quot;rome wasn't built in a day&quot;.the next time you see a video piece on the destruction of the berlin wall notice the east german guards looking on.  bored stiff.)]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sunon@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:54:22 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Extreme lasik]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[With law enforcements propensity for overdoing the less than lethal weapons at their disposal i can say this probably will end up causing more harm than good in police hands . As far as military applications go I'm pretty sure this might work as long as we don't end up blinding people permanently .]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[cptfreakout]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:49:53 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[lase and eyes]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[hi, I have been target by the Metropolitan police uk for year with non-lethal weapons I have video and pictures with projectile coming out of the tv and throught the windows, I am looking for any one who can help me match the projectile to the weapons hear is my link http://adayinthelifeofmmh189.blogspot.com]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mmh189]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:46:18 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[permanent blindness?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The article doesn't say if this only causes temporary blindness or if it causes permanent blindness? If it is temporary, I wonder how long it lasts? And if it is temporary, it might have some other applications as well, such as for riot control in big cities. Hard to loot stories when you can't see what you're doing.In any event, I would mind attending the next SHOT trade show to see cool stuff like this. What fun!Scott Trade Show Display Booths]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ScottIs]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:17:09 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Speak softly and carry a big stick]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There is no sense in treating uncivilized people in a civilized manner. Because they don't respect our values.Pirates and terrorists must be treated with their values and a bigger stick. They do not deserve the benefits we have earned with our suffering and blood.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[TonyTrenton]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:58:51 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hi Jimbo]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Currently, the US kills people for &quot;threats&quot; that include traffic jams.  If your car stops running at the wrong intersection in Bagdad, your family can be machine gunned for &quot;threatening&quot; US military personnel, since they could be ambushed if they slowed their vehicles, thus the policy.  This is similar to Saddam's Iraq, which Reagan took off the list of countries supporting terrorism so that we could spend taxpayer funds to provide military aid including chemical weapons and helicopters outfitted to use them, while here in the US we were busy cutting socialist programs like education, slashing taxes for the rich, and eliminating oversight of Wall Street.  In Saddam's Iraq, threats were treated similarly.Saddam liked to use &quot;big sticks&quot; to scare potential threats as well: like boiling people who were hostile to his rule, and like you: he had no problems blinding people.  Perhaps you would have been happier living under Saddam, where &quot;socialists&quot; and other &quot;threats&quot; were treated more in ways you prefer?Now, things have really changed in Iraq though.  Instead of being boiled killed for opposing Saddam's violent tyranny, one's entire family can often be killed for defending one's homeland as a &quot;terrorist insurgent&quot; by foreign occupiers.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BurntSynapse]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:51:27 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oooh, I'm so worried about fried pirate retinas.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's so cool that socialists are always ready to denigrate and emasculate the United States.  If you're really ashamed of America, why don't you go back to LatAm?  By the way, was it coincidence that Libya and other Arab nations renounced weapons of mass destruction when we invaded Iraq and overthrew, ,um, I forget his name?  Was it coincidence that the USSR disintegrated after Reagan promoted the &quot;Peacemaker&quot; and &quot;Star Wars&quot;?    I could care less about pirates' retinas or anyone who threatens my country or my family.  I'm getting out the biggest stick I can find to convince them they should think twice about it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JimboNobody]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 18:16:45 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sunglasses and a pocket mirror...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[LOL!1. Obtain a laser and a friend with a pocket mirror, have them stand 200 yards down the road and try hit you in the face with the reflected beam while avoiding being hit themselves.2. While wearing a pair of sunglasses, aim said domestic laser at your own face and try to avoid eye damage.Sound stupid? Yes it does. Green domestic lasers should only be viewed with diffusers or a hundred bucks plus of safety glasses because they will damage your retina at power levels of 100mW or less, making the Gallium-Yttrium 300 times more powerful at least.Its not just the light from a laser you have to worry about, its hot too. Legal lasers sold on the internet can be coaxed into popping balloons and lighting matches when focused down to 1/8 inch beams - a 2 inch beam 300 times stronger would fry more than a retina.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[SiO2]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:30:47 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: 'Laser rifle' is latest weapon against enemies]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[@PassingWind&quot;Has anybody thought this through?&quot;  Not likely.&quot;I hope my taxes aren't funding it.&quot;  Undoubtedly they were.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bb_apptix]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:03:13 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: 'Laser rifle' is latest weapon against enemies]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-5221-35009]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I would rather have an MP5 or AK any day. This might make a great site addition...green means go.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jambur]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:04:22 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: 'Laser rifle' is latest weapon against enemies]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[First off, most shipping ports in the world will *NOT* allow ships to dock if they are carrying arms...even if those arms are used to protect the ship's crew and cargo.Second, I don't see how affective a defensive weapon is when it can be thwarted by sunglasses and a pocket mirror...So far, it seems, all of our attempts to protect ships using non-lethal methods can be circumvented by readilly attained countermeasures. The sonic cannon...earplugs...This laser gun? or any other intense light pulse gun? mirrors and sunglasses. What we need it some kind of microwave transmitter that will roast the target...in a non-lethal way...for as long as they remain a target!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[tech_ed@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:21:26 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: 'Laser rifle' is latest weapon against enemies]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-5221-34993]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Hmm  ....   It takes a lot more than a mirror to stop an anti-tank rocket, or even a small calibre rifle bullet.And it only takes three carefully positioned mirrors to turn a laser weapon back on the person using it.Has anybody thought this through?I hope my taxes aren't funding it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[PassingWind]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:14:55 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lasers]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[While the crystalline Neodymium Yttrium Aluminium Garnet laser can produce a very powerful puls of energy, it is not in the visible spectrum. Although it can penetrate the eye and burn the retna the damage is perminant (blind spots and an eye full of blood).The green light is blinding and if the power density is kept low enough it is temporary. A few milliwats can also burn the retina.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[lasater9@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:11:01 -0800</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[This certainly sounds like great silly fun. As a fan of SciFi, I can really appreciate such a weapon. However, what's the real point here? Is there some misdirectted sense of politically correct behaviour by the authorities detering these criminals? Piracy on the high seas is a very serious crime committed by very dangerous people. I suggest a few short bursts of a 50 caliber machine gun will let the pirates know someone means business here. Save the SciFi stuff for some other venue.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CrunchyDoodle]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:11:38 -0800</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[it's so cool that our weapons are always defensive. like for when we invaded iraq to defend ourselves from, um, i forget now. this one is a &quot;threat deterrent.&quot; reminds me of the big missile reagan called &quot;peacemaker&quot;. anyway: finally, we can fry pirates' retinas defensively. or anybody's. way to go, extreme alternative: talk about &quot;find a niche and fill it.&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[LatAm]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:08:13 -0800</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[No surprise that relatively small firms like Xtreme Alternative &amp; SPA are behind this TR3 rather than a big corp like BAE because use of the focused beam is a war crime accusation waiting to happen.  It or something like it will still be deployed for use against optical systems rather than against people (directly).Modern piracy is street gangs on water.  The rifle of choice is the AK, which require much less attention than Armalites.  Like more conventional criminals, they prefer soft targets over ones that have some ability to protect themselves, even with non-lethal weapons.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[hoodedswan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:48:14 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nice Laser Rifle.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Does it make a cool &quot;bloo-bloo-bloo&quot; noise like the ones in Star Wars?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[steve_jonesuk@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:54:46 -0800</pubDate>
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