Anybody here familiar with the PLQ weapons sytems? Rumor has it they come in various sizes all the way up to 50KW Apache/Cobra mounted systems.

Reality has it as follows (cut and paste, rag my @$$):

3. Outrider Combat Protection System.

The Outrider is an outgrowth of the Martin-Marietta/General Electric Stingray laser and is under development for the Marine Corps. Outrider is a multi-faceted reconnaissance and surveillance system which is integrated on a high mobility multi-wheeled vehicle (HMMVW or "humvee") and intended to be used for low intensity conflicts and special operations. Although a prototype of the Outrider was completed in 1995, its specific use in the Army is unknown.

Dazer.

Dazer is a portable rifle-like, shoulder-fired, non-scanning, manually operated tactical laser weapon whose use is reserved for U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) missions. The Dazer uses a short-range, near infrared spectrum alexandrite laser beam, has a battery life of 1000 individual shots, and can make up to 50 shots per minute. The USSOCOM warns in its internal Fact Sheet that the Dazer is hazardous to the eyes and skin and operates at a lethal voltage.

5. Cobra.

Like the Dazer, the Cobra is also a portable, rifle-like, non-scanning anti-sensor laser weapon, but uses instead a diode-pumped neodymium laser in the near infrared spectrum.

The Human Rights Watch Arms Project was told by U.S. military sources that McDonnell-Douglas is still actively seeking sponsorship to continue development and production of the Cobra.

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I guarantee, if you get a snoot full of high intensity laser up your nose or in your mouth, you won't feel much like fightin' anymore that day.

-- Hillbilly (Hillbilly@possum.creek), November 09, 1999

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Sounds like what the ruskies hit two of our boys with when we were tracking one of their "fishing" boats.

-- Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this), November 09, 1999.

Hmmm... Effective weapons that don't spill blood and ruin reuseable clothing. Ecologically friendly biomass blasters...

-- Randolph (dinosaur@williams-net.com), November 09, 1999.

Well, that German soldier that was interviewed at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamagordo, NM might be trained on this stuff... He was answering a reporter's questions until "Are you being trained to occupy America's streets when Martial Law is declared?" Suddenly he threw up his hands, turned and walked away....

Have you seen pix of the trucks in Texas with what looks like masking tape all over the cab and trailer? There is no tape on the doors, which have words in Russian printed on them..... And I won't mention all the white UN military vehicles showing up in Texas. I ain't no conspiracy wierdo!!

-- PillsBury DoughBoy (pbdb98@yahoo.com), November 09, 1999.

Although they could probably blind you, these are anti-sensor weapons, designed to burn out sensitive electronics that sense light pulses. They're not Flash Gordon style ray guns. At least not yet.

-- a (a@a.a), November 09, 1999.

As always was ,as always will be, either a stick or carrot!

-- H.fats Kissinger (draconionsolutions@uselesseaters.com), November 09, 1999.

What I'm going to say may sound strange,but it's true.I watched a man on t.v. a few months ago,he said he had been a remote veiwer for the goverment and the reason for the crash of flight 800(?)it was hit with a laser (beam?).A man called in to the show and criticized him for going public with any information,because of his previous work with the goverment.

-- Maggie (aaa@aaa.com), November 09, 1999.

Yes, the "failed" battlefield laser project.

Black Suit: Build me a laser that'll melt a tank.

White Lab Coat: Can't be done. [shrug] The best you could hope to do is blind someone. Sorry.

Black Suit: Hmmm. Run that by me again...

But I wouldn't worry: even Stalin wouldn't deliberately blind masses of his own people. I'm not talking about the PR effect, it's the disposal problem. It's not lethal, it just produces a massive economic drain.

Now, blinding a lot of someone ELSE's population...

-- Colin MacDonald (roborogerborg@yahoo.com), November 10, 1999.