Top 5 Aerial Weapons That Could Change the Future of Warfare
- Posted on December 1, 2011 at 1:59pm by
Buck Sexton
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Here are the top five aerial weapons that one day could change the face of modern warfare. Relying on the most advanced technology in the world, these hyper-advanced projectiles may outmaneuver, outrun, and outmatch America’s foes around the globe, whenever the need arises.
1) The Mach-5 Cruise Missile
If a cruise-missile at supersonic speed is a full-throttle Ford Mustang, then a missile that hits Mach 5 is a Formula 1 racer going all out.
The problem is, that hypersonic Mach 5 pace — clocking in at five times the speed of sound– has yet to be reached by munitions. Until now.
The X-51 missile can hit hypersonic speed, and moves so fast that it doesn’t even need an explosive warhead. It’s kinetic energy will shred through targets.
Boeing has already tested the X-51, which last year flew at hypersonic speed for a few minutes after launching from a B-52 bomber. Though it fizzled early in the last test in June, there will be another trial in the months ahead.
2) “Super Decoy Drone”
The only defensive weapon that makes the list, this super decoy drone, called the Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD), is a distracting, annoying, weapons-jamming dynamo.
It‘s sort of like a flying JarJar Binks that soaks up all the enemies’ attention and firepower.
David Axe of Wired gives the specs and mission of the MALD as a:
“300-pound, jet-powered ‘bots cruise for up to 500 miles, more or less inviting enemy defenders to unload their guns and missiles at them. Meanwhile, Air Force and Navy planes carrying anti-radiation missiles sneak around to destroy the enemy air defenses as they’re busily killing the MALDs.”
The MALD’s mission is a space-a version of the adage “take one for the team.”
3) “Hyper Speed Bunker Buster”
Bad guys in Iran and North Korea are digging bunkers to hide their sensitive military sites like a horde of evil gophers. This rocket-fueled bunker buster punches through the earth to obliterate anything underneath it.
The main draw here is the trade-off of size for speed. Instead of using huge, 2,000 lbs bombs that rely on weight and ordnance for the job, the hyper speed bunker busters use kinetic velocity. It’s all about sheer speed.
As Bill Murray says in Caddyshack, “Au revoir, gopher.”
4) “Triple-Target Terminator Missile”
It cannot be stopped. It does not feel pity. And it will chase down anything.
That pretty much describes the Triple-Target Terminator, in development by Darpa and missile-maker Raytheon. Meant as a “high-speed, long-range missile that can engage air, cruise-missile, and air-defense targets,” this projectile is the like the all-purpose utility player on a baseball team.
This one is a little far off from seeing action. It’s not easy to make a one size fits all ground, sea, air missile, but it would be cost effective, and already has a scary name.
5) “Pocket-Sized” Precision Nukes
The JDAM– or Joint Direct Attack Munition– has been roaring down from the sky to obliterate America’s enemies for years with symphony-like precision.
Now, defense scientists are looking to make the nuclear bombs as close to JDAM accurate as they can.
The B61, which has been America’s main nuclear gravity bomb for decades, is getting a GPS upgrade. A more accurate nuke means explosive power can be scaled back for the same effect.
Just the thought of getting a mini-nuke through a window might make the axis of evil countries play a little nicer with the world community.
For a full list with more game-changing aerial weapons of the future, check out this list compiled by the team over at Wired.
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Comments (223)
wbalzley
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:39pmThe future of warfare is “directed energy” weapons. Free-Electron Lasers (FEL), Mass Drivers (Rail Guns), and Ion Cannons already exist and are being perfected. Imagine targeting and eliminating an enemy target at the speed of LIGHT.
No what makes these current weapons so scary is that they can be automated and MASS PRODUCED. And, with new manufacturing techniques (3D printing), we could build enough of them to BURY our enemies in bombs.
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:48pmOh good you were joking.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:52pmWhat we really need is a Turban Seeking Missel. Oh, about the size of a 22. It enters the skull and just bounces around.
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 4:14pmErm… Current arms manufacturing techniques are vastly more efficient than 3D printing. 3D printing is great for models and prototypes but cannot compete with the sheer volume of output any purpose-tooled mass production facility is capable.
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 5:20pm@WeekendAtBernankys: 3D Printing is RAPIDLY advancing, and is currently being integrated into the aerospace industry. Boeing, GE, and others plan to start building FINISHED products (not prototypes) using the technology.
Boeing: http://blog.netfabb.com/?bid=38
GE: http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/05/ge-and-eads-to-3d-print-lighter-and.html
Also, the University of South Hampton recently demonstrated that a complete UAV can be constructed using 3D printing: http://technabob.com/blog/2011/08/03/first-3d-printed-plane/
Once 3D printing becomes widespread and economies of scale kick in, we can make weapons lighter, stronger, and cheaper than ever before…
Report Post »rs9
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 5:40pmScrew that crap we need to go back to wiping out entire cities like we did in WW11(the last war that we won) Hamburg, Nagasaki. if war is so sanitized that no gets hurt then there is no reason to not attack. The population must suffer for the stupidity of their leaders or they will never turn on them.
Report Post »Sgt_Rock
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 5:58pmAll I care about is the loyalties of the engineers working on these systems and their countries of origin…all you need to do is look at who is graduating from our engineering schools and ask yourself, who is hiring these guys. All of our major defense contractors have ex-pat Pakistani, Indian, and Chinese engineers, as well as other “questionable” nationals. We have been burned by foreign born scientists and engineers before. Not to mention former presidents giving missile technology to our good friends the Chinese. It’s bad enough that the Chinese got a sniff of the helo that went down during the OBL raid, I would hate for them to get tech on some this really cool stuff. You have the Indians and Russians collaborating on a F-22 style stealth fighter two countries we obviously can’t trust, yet we have engineers from both countries working in our defense industry. You can’t help but worry about their loyalties.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:07pmre : No what makes these current weapons so scary is that they can be automated and MASS PRODUCED. And, with new manufacturing techniques (3D printing), we could build enough of them to BURY our enemies in bombs.
Report Post »****
But, with the current administration, “Would they bear,‘MADE IN CHINA’ STAMPS, AND IF SO WOULD THEY BE SABOTAGED? We really need to get it right soon!
wbalzley
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:09pm@RS9 In my opinion, wiping out civilian cities only works in a few cases:
1.) The leaders are concerned about the welfare of its people (USA?).
2.) The leaders are concerned about the future of their economy and believe we have the power and willingness to destroy mass portions of their infrastructure (Japan ww2).
3.) The leaders believe they cannot win, but can hold on to power if they surrender (France ww2).
It does not work in the following situations:
Report Post »1.) The leaders are driven by an extremist genocidal ideology that encourages them to fight their enemies to the death (Iran).
2.) The leaders have enough firepower to retaliate (Russia).
3.) The leaders think they can harm their opponent enough that even if they lose, they can recover and take them down at a later time (China).
4.) The leaders believe that they will lose power even if they surrender.(Germany ww2)
wbalzley
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:21pm@SgtRock: Sadly I agree. Some ex-pats, like the Germans who came here during WW2 and helped develop the atomic bomb, love America and really want to help, but others are spies. We want to think the best of people, but we must remember that we have enemies who want to DESTROY us. It may not be a good idea to give our potential enemies access to top secret technology..
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:33pm@MilMom: OPINION: No, these will not be “Made in China” because they will be used AGAINST China in the upcoming war…China, Russia, and Iran are in bed together to weaken the United States so that they can take control over Asia, Europe, and the Middle East respectively. Their plan is threefold:
1.) Destroy confidence in the US Economy and displace the dollar as the World Reserve Currency
2.) “Re-align” our trading partners in the middle-east to cut off our oil supply
3) Spread our military thin to open us up for attack along the southern border.
These countries believe that by doing this, they can weaken the US enough to force us to withdraw, leaving Asia, Europe, and the Middle-East for the taking. This, I believe is their plan…
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:37pm@MilMom: oh, and btw I have no love for Bill Clinton either…the man sold us out ten ways to sunday; I was really hoping he would be impeached, tried for SEDITION and spend the rest of his miserable life rotting in federal prison…
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:42pmI like CHIPS1 weopen idea.
Report Post »colonial10
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:30pmAll this is great unless China is making our parts.
Report Post »JustinHale
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 6:12amI don’t think there is a Ion Cannon, more like a Partical Excelerator.
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 7:46am@wbalzley
Report Post »So why did that strategy work against Nazi Germany? Hitler fit into all the the latter categories and none of the former. I would argue that it destroyed not merely his will to make war, but his ABILITY to.
With no factories or skilled labor to produce war materiel and no populace willing to fight for him, he was forced into submission.
SamIamTwo
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:03amAs long as liberal workers aren’t throwing metal shavings into the works…or the redundancy propagated boards don’t fall apart…the things some people know but typically not reported in the news.
You’d not believe who works on the production line, but now the news has reported some of them…some programs were so bad that they had a redundancy factor of THREE (3)…you could pull the boards and parts would fall off of them but put the same boards after the shake test and the bloody thing would do what it was designed to do…and the cost of which increased over the base price of the contract during the per-production qual testing…FICA/PICA.
Is it worth it, yes…should primes and subcontractors be more active in policing their work force, hell yeah. Will the Unions let them NO!
Report Post »edcoil
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 9:45amThe sad part is that we allow our enemies to construct them so all will be equal.
Report Post »LookTowardsTheLight
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:24am“It cannot be stopped. It does not feel pity. And it will chase down anything.”
The new American motto :-)
Go ahead Iran. Make our day!
God bless us all and our new toys
Report Post »Mustangrider
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 11:23amGood idea chips, we’ll call it the turbanator
Report Post »Harry Assenback
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 2:36pm5 Great reasons why I love my Country!!!
LOL Chips!
Report Post »RejectFalseIcons
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 2:44pm“History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.” – Ronald Reagan
Report Post »Southernsoul
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 2:53pmYou mean until a leader like Clinton trades away our secrets to help fund his re-election campaign, or someone like Obama just gives it away because its unfair for us to have such an advantage.
Report Post »AlNewman
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 3:33pmTheI think these weapons are cool as heck, until they start using them on us.
Report Post »Courtjester19500
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 2:48pm@BSDetector -
One thing you missed – Hitler never submitted. In his insanity, he fully believed in the middle of April 1945 that he could still win the war. In 1943, Rommel begged Hitler to sue for peace at that time, and demand that to stop aggressions, Germany could keep what they had taken. If Hitler had done that, our world map would have looked a lot different.
I’m one of those nut jobs that studies the past (and WWII has always interested me) in the hopes of learning from our past mistakes – and have studied Hitler and Hirohito as much as I have been able to..
Report Post »Richiemond
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:39pmLet us not forget that the military budget just got cut by 500B with the help of BO. I hope there will be enough left over for tools like this. We really need them.
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:42pmHey, whoa there partner…in the business world, when your department gets cut you tighten your belt and learn to use what you have more efficiently. Why should it be any different in the military?
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:46pmI hope your joking Wallyballzy.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:52pmThis isn’t the business world, 450 billion of that 500 billion had to be kicked back to minorities, so they could kick back 400 billion of it to members of congress’s election campaigns. So this will end up being like several trillion in cuts, since you know congress has to get back their 400 million, and you can never cut minority funding.
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 5:33pm@LastFrontier: No friend, I am NOT joking. The cuts are spread over a period of ten years, making that about $50 billion in cuts a year. The US Military budget runs somewhere between $693 billion and $1.3 trillion dollars (depending on what you count as military spending). Going with the lower of the two, that gives us 7.2% in military cuts.
SUCK IT UP…trim the fat, streamline, and become more efficient. I know that we can cut 7.2% if we really dig deep. I have lots of friends and family who have served and they all say the same thing: The military wastes too much money. Stop wasting and reign in the spending.
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 5:37pmOh, and one more thing…from an economic standpoint I actually like spending money on the military–it creates jobs and is some of the most productive money the government spends. However, they have gotten fat and lazy when it comes to budgeting and need to shape up.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:16pm@wbalzley
Report Post »Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:42pm
Hey, whoa there partner…in the business world, when your department gets cut you tighten your belt and learn to use what you have more efficiently. Why should it be any different in the military?
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Because, since bill clinton took office, the defense budget IS THE ONLY BUDGET TO SEE REAL CUTS, and they’ve been doing it for years. Our military does more training on similators than real life, already because of the expense of fuel and munitions. Our officers pay for their own ammo out of pocket to qualify at the firing range! Did you notice there was NO money in the stimulus for ammunition and weapon building? Just windmills & solar panels!
Caunotaucarius
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:22pmYou are incorrect none of them are actual cuts they are reductions in the predicted growth of their budgets. NOT A REAL CUT, there has never been a real cut in the military in my lifetime. 85′. Not to mention but Mr. I Agree With Military Spending “I actually like military spending because it creates jobs”, military spending is likely as egregious than domestic socialize spending. It does not go towards any productive function. Bombs only destroy, they do not create. So it is taking tax payer money, giving an inflated government pay to a bomb maker whose CEO gets paid to lobby Republicans, to produce something that does nothing to make the people more prosperous or wealthy. If military spending helps the economy then so do social programs, they are the same process, but that‘s the point they aren’t productive or efficient.
It scares me some of the kill everyone crowd on here. “we need to go back to destroying whole cities, people need to suffer and pay for the mistakes of their leaders otherwise they’ll never rise up against them”. Same could be said about 9/11 from the perspective of the Saudi hijackers who wanted US bases out of Saudi Arabia, and for the US govt to halt sanctions that killed millions of Iraqi children. What was the outcome of that? Did we rebel against our government? Nope. Did we suffer? Yep. So foolish are the warmongers. How would you like it if Libyan nuked NYC? Would we deserve it? Are we responsible for our governments misdeeds? SMH at all
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 10:39pm@CAUNOTAUCARIUS: Bombs may not create anything, but the factories used to build the parts and tooling for bombs can also be used to make consumer goods. Also, many of the technologies developed for the military eventually make their way into civilian use, including Cell Phones, Computers, The Internet, GPS, and more…
Report Post »gunsofthepatRIots
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:58amOver 10 years…..
We spend almost 700 billion a year, the next closest spends 100 billion. You would have to take the top 23 after the US to match the spending of our defense.
45 billion a year (it was 450 not 500 billion over 10 years) is not going to hurt us by any means
Report Post »Courtjester19500
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 2:32pmOne thing to remember – because of contracts, the military wind’s up with $35,000 toilet seats and $19,000 hammers. I was an Avionics Tech (AT) in the Navy, and was with an A-6 squadron. One of the guys (before I got to the squadron) was in port, still on the carrier, and needed a resistor to repair a radio. On-board Stores didn’t have the one he needed, so he went ashore and to a Radio Shack (this was in the 80s, when R/S still had parts!), and bought 2 for 19 CENTS. he went back to the ship, put one in the radio, and voilà! it worked! He was court-martialed for using a “non-military spec part” – btw, that 9.5 CENT resistor cost the Gubmint around 75 DOLLARS – and it’s made by the same people!!!
If we need a hammer, electronic part, or toilet seat, why can’t we get them for the military from the same place the civvies get them, for the same price?? Save LOTSA $$$$$.
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:39pm#6. X37B we don‘t know what it does but we do know it’s gotta be good!
Report Post »#7. The Aurora, they it doesn’t exist, but something retired the SR71 and made the black budget extend the runway at area 51 to be one of the longest runways in the world, and the last time I checked 737‘s and flying disc’s don’t need 16000ft.
wbalzley
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 5:43pmThe X-Plane project is intended to transition from Air-power to Space-Power. We are preparing to weaponize space–the ultimate high-ground…
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 10:06pmCould it have been to accommodate The Flying Wallendas?
Report Post »jakibo23
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 1:41am@Wbalzley: Maybe so… it’s great that we now depend on the Russians to get our astronauts into space.
Report Post »RejectFalseIcons
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 2:48pmThe X37 -is- the replacement for the SR71.
Report Post »campt1
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:26pmHold your arsenal till Mecca season.
Report Post »Kriegsbringer
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 4:22pmBe vewy quiet, I’m hunting Wahabbits!
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:34pmIn Wussia, wabbits hunt YOU…
Report Post »sliver1935
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:15pmOf course, all this will become moot if we are insane enough to elect “Rosemary’s Baby” to another 4 year term. Should he maintain power, you can be sure he will jettison all the above in his mad dash to enfeeble our country. Don’t take the election for granted. The man is pure evil and he will do whatever it takes to remove our might, our freedom and our liberty.
Report Post »M4920
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 5:29pmI’m praying we have enough Patriots in our armed forces – IF that should occur (Obama re-election) – our Country will still be stealthily safe.
Report Post »Bro Geo Too
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:04pmGotta agree with you, Silver. If he acted so stupidly reckless in his first term when he has to be somewhat concerned about his record, his second term would be our undoing since he won’t give a damn about anything except his secret agendas. The man is dangerous.
We’ve spent 3 years and trillions of dollars trying to house train the mutt, but he continues to pee on our carpet. And “M”, I’ll be praying right along with you.
Report Post »chasbronson
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 9:26am“Rosemary’s baby” thats good.Ows IS occupying the White house.I hate to see the cleanup bill when they are evicted.This whole thing with him as president seems like a bad dream.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:13pmNice weapons. The problem is the obama regime is more likely to use them against it’s own people rather than the Iranians.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:21pmI hope they won’t be used for us OR the Iranians
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:34pmI meant against us or the Iranians….
Report Post »EastSouthNorthWest
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 4:23pmFor this gang to stay in power, I can only see and artificially created emergency, like a nuclear explosion somewhere in the US, that would suspend the Constitution, make it a true police state and keep these on top of us indefinitely by force, fear, etc., like it is was done in those countries from where they got the ideas. Those killed over 100 million people to keep the power. The same system can work here too. The US population has not experienced this “benevolent dictatorship” yet. Seems like, we also have to go through it to have none of it later.
Report Post »Smart people learn from others mistake. We don’t seem to. Those who are the Takers now, would go to any length to have him forever to live off the Makers. A couple of nuclear explosions would play into their hands, so they can keep on sitting at home, watching TV, playing games, getting high, etc.
The Occupy guys were a good example, asking for more. Even if some had legitimate complains. It was a mixed bag.
Courtjester19500
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 2:41pmDon’t need anything as drastic as a nuclear bomb blast – just the OWS jerks coming back and becoming violent around, say, September. Obucky declares martial law, and suspends the elections “for the protection of the American people”. Or, if he loses the election, then OWS jerks get violent -say – around Thanksgiving. He declares martial law, and “postpones” the swearing-in of the next prez and Congress.
Unless the military steps in with a coup at that point, and arrests the slimeballs for high treason, there WILL be a violent, bloody, armed revolt, leading to Civil War II. And I can see 90+% of the military siding with the People against the administration, IF they get involved.
Report Post »Tired-of-fools
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:07pmHave these weapons been approved by Rose-Ellen? We need to get her approval.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:15pmI’m sure that these weapons will be put into the file of options Obama will consider for use on tea party people, patriots, Conservatives, and any other people he deems “dangerous” to his plans.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:23pmshe’s to busy sending this page to the ayatollah, give her time to think up her radical jibes!
Report Post »The Sergeant Major
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:02pmBoys and Girls take a note here; the aircraft that deliver the munitions are the best ever manufactured, the crew chief is the best trained and motivated, the pilots well educated and battle hardened. And the grunt on the ground that orders the precision airstrike is willing to kick anyone’s a$$ with little pay and lives in the worse conditions.
Report Post »The young men and women that serve our nation are the best and the brightest that America has to offer. They have all volunteered from the comfort of a free nation that has been at war for over 10 years.
God Bless our Troops!
BOMUSTGO
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:09pmIt is amazing how our muntions have greatly improved over the years. I was a Munitions Systems Specialist in the USAF from 1982-1992.I worked on munitions for F-15′s,F-16′s,A10A’s,F-111′s.For any Ammo troops wathing this site, AMMO!!!!! They know what it means!
Report Post »TXVET48
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 4:19pmWell said.
Report Post »The Sugarbear
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 4:52pmIt takes more than fancy weapons to win a war. It takes leadership and this country does not have that today and hasn’t had it for a long time.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:30pm@The Sugarbear
Report Post »Posted on December 1, 2011 at 4:52pm
It takes more than fancy weapons to win a war. It takes leadership and this country does not have that today and hasn’t had it for a long time
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It also takes WILL and BACKBONE, 2 THINGS OUR (ahem!) leadership has been greatly lacking since Viet Nam! ( Excusing Reagan of course, we all know he was just dying for an excuse to NUKE the Ruskies!)
Salamander
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 7:37pmYes, and we, the employer, can’t even get a simple college transcript for our Teleprompter-in-Chief! Something is very wrong with this picture!
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 2:38amSounds good to me.
Report Post »Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 9:42am@BOMUSTGO
Report Post »I hear ya AMMO…a 461 BB stacker. Long live the 462 Load Toads! or whatever the new number…
Bigbobvnvmc
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 2:20pmTotally agree SgtMaj! These new weapons are light years away from what we had in Viet Nam, but it still boils down to the grunt on the ground! God bless every one of them.
Report Post »pnoldguy
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 2:57pmRight on Sgt Major! HOWEVER, in the end, it all boils down to how much ammo you have in your gun cabinet that will save you from the hordes in the upcoming economic meltdown. Techno weapons are our forte, but 9mm keeps us around to see them (or make them). When the euro melts down we are in deep doo.
Report Post »Gary Fishaholic
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:54pmI like this but you know they have a lot more they are not showing us!
Report Post »The Sergeant Major
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:05pmThat’s why it’s call a secret!!
Report Post »Iron_Man
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 4:06pmsome of the wepons I worked on in the USAF is still classified. Thats from 1984. Lord knows what they got comming out now.
Report Post »LarryofArabia
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:51pmIran is a target rich environment
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:05pmIran has its’ saber rattlers and we have you.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:06pmIran can be hit from Diego Garcia in the Indian ocean.Go to flashearth site and zoom in and you can see nine B-1B bombers on the ramp.I am sure alert bomber crews rotate out of this base. Thay can fly toward the Straight of Hormuz from there and hit Iran with ease!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:06pmIt is and the thing is as well that with Obama in the White House, I do not put it past him to use these devices against us.
Report Post »garbagecanlogic
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:49pmWe just have to hope no one told Barry Soetero and his gang of thieves about these systems – otherwise, the enemy will already have the plans to them.
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
Report Post »The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
Mil Mom
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:38pmNot to worry! If they read the title, “Pocket Sized Precision Nukes” they’ll be trying to figure out whether body armor comes with enough pockets to carry them, and ordering our military sling-shots to propel them!
Report Post »BannedByHuffpo
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:45pmNow if we could only come up with something to interdict a dirty bomb vest strapped to an insane zealot psychopath out to claim his 72 virgins.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:51pmOr mind-reading missiles or drones. They cruise around until they pick up on a thought about terrorism, then they strike! Or a virus that only infects people with evil intentions. That might wipe out half of Congress right there.
Report Post »boomboom
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:54pmPsych-ops him with image of average #occupy male
Report Post »being the REAL virgins…as they assuredly are.
jjmtr250
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:05pmI can assure anyone 1 woman is enough, 72 virgins would be torture, more like hell !
Report Post »PKama
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:35pm@JJMTR250…I am with you. One is more than I can handle. And talking about torture. Can you imagine 75 wives yakking at you from all angles. LMAO. That is a good one.
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:45pmYou want to destroy a country?Send Obama, it will take two years
Report Post »KingDork
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:48pmThat made me laugh but then reality seeped in and now it’s a deep defeated sigh…
Report Post »dlivelli
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:57pmI’ll bet ya he can name that tune in 1.5 years!
Report Post »rtist542010
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:33pmO my God – that was so good!
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 2:50amYeah, he can sure do that. Let’s throw him in Leavenworth in 2012.
Report Post »dlivelli
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:40pmI worry not about our ability to have the best weapons on earth. I know people that are in that business and there is NO doubt we are #1 in that game. The only limiting factor is to have an administration that has the stones to actually use them. Was it easy for Truman to drop the bomb……HELL NO. In one of his biographies he said it was a decision that will haunt him forever but it had to be done. IMO all we need to do is send a CLEAR message to these nut jobs in the mid east, and elsewhere, that are poking and prodding us. Just an attention getter would be fine….not in an area where people live…..but somewhere they can all see and will for sure read about. Don’t threaten…promise…. and show you have the stones to carry it through.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:13pmSure, let’s just send a small nuclear warhead onto foreign sovereign soil without direct provocation and without ensuring the area is clear of all human (and unless we want PETA on our butts, animal) life and see how well that goes. Could you imagine if anyone in charge in China, Pakistan, India or a whole host of other nuclear armed countries actually felt like that? Better yet, imagine if one of those countries just wanted to prove to us that they had the military capability to destroy us and dropped a nuke or even just the equivalent of a JDAM in the middle of the Nevada desert.
What would you do then? Would you say, “Oh, they‘re pretty much BA’s and we shouldn’t mess with them” or would you grab your rifle and go to the nearest recruiting station and demand a seat on the first plane out? If you really think that bombing a foreign nation without direct provocation in the form of military action against our territory is somehow cool or will decrease the possibility of open war then you are wrong and most likely mentally defective.
Report Post »Lord_Frostwind
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:48pmContrary to some belief, force is often the only language that people like the Ayatollah and his cronies in Iran can hear. And while I don’t appreciate collateral damage, seeing a city burned by a small star is usually enough to put the fear of god back into the them.
Report Post »If all these countries keep trying to act all big and bad building up a small nuclear arsenal, then perhaps it is time for the real powers to remind them that we have been at this game for a long time, and that for all their bluster they do not have anywhere near the ability to match the big boys arsenals (Russia, USA and China in that order).
On a side note, a precision nuclear weapon would be an incredible advance scientifically and for weapons design. Instead of a weapon designed for wiping out an area, you could focus all that power on a single target. Not to sound disturbing, but the prospect of a second nuclear age does make me quite giddy.
hucksqr
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 4:17pmIt never ceases to amaze me about the hypocrisy of the so called “republican conservatives” here in mass. They claim to be Christian, they claim to be pro-life. Nowhere in the bible I read did it say we should go commit mass murder and empire building. Let me fill you folks in on something. War is NOT pro life. Get it? Furthermore, commiting an act of war without direct provocation makes you to be nothing better than the “terrorists” you hate and fear so much. Yes, we all have the right to defend ourselves, it’s a God given right, no matter your age, color, sexuality, religion or economic background. But defending yourself is not commiting preemptive wars of aggression. It saddens me to see that we have become Nazi Germany. So ready to believe the “party” when they tell you to be afraid, so ready to believe that it’s quite ok to defy God and murder. What really sickens me about some of you is your apparent eagerness to go to war in God’s name. Working yourselves up to go fight a religious war of aggression. For shame, my Nation, and the so called conservative movement have sold out our Constitution, and most importantly, have spit on God’s word. So many here don’t really believe in Natural Rights. If they did, they would not be so bloody eager to violate those very Rights of someone else, especially when they have not attacked you.
Report Post »dlivelli
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 4:47pmTo SGTB….I would ask you if you were going to rob a home would you go to a home you knew had a weapon or to one that did not? What do you call 911? Do you understand that these people are gathering arms, land and alliances? Are they gathering these things in a “democratic” way or by force?
Report Post »I guess it is OK that they have declared that Israel should not exist, and all Jews should be killed? Since the inception of this country we have been the beacon of justice and strength, and have defended all that were victims of oppression and holocausts. Since WWII we have lost our ability to fight to WIN. Draws have been acceptable….that is why we are where we are. These people WILL wipe us out given the opportunity….one way or another. Are all of them dangerous……of course not but the ones that are need to be dealt with. It took the bomb to get the PEOPLE of Japan to say….enough…the leaders didn’t care one bit. They would have sacrificed everybody for THEIR cause. The danger is that the leaders truly think they have some calling to eliminate the little and great satan. What do you propose to put an end to it?
Courtjester19500
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 3:13pmOk, my WWII interests are kicking again.. The 2atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed fewer people (including the fallout and radiation sickness, in addition to the actual blasts) that ONE of the firebomb raids over Tokyo. It was the IDEA that we would use such weapons to clear out entire cities in advance of the planned invasion of japan in 1946 that gave Hirohito the option to give total, unconditional surrender to America, when surrender was considered SO shameful that one should kill oneself before surrendering!
Can you imagine what the psychological effect of a nuke small enough to be shot out of a field gun, with the precision of a sniper rifle at close range, and the destructive power of a 20,000 lb BunkerBuster? Knowing that we could put one of these in your window from miles away with minimal fallout would be (I think) enough to say “um… let’s think about this for a minute…”!
@HUCKSQR – it‘s not so much that we’re willing to snuff out large numbers of people, it’s the IDEA of being able and willing to, that makes the enemy stop and think a bit, thus saving lives on BOTH sides. And BTW, we’re NOT attacking people that are innocents, we’re going after those who have or are planning to do harm to us and others. The USA is attacking for defense. Remember the old saying “The best defense is a good offense”? That’s what we are doing!
Report Post »Tom K
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:34pmThere is always cooler ordnance coming down the pike. This “ new ” arsenal should keep us ahead in the arms race until some numbskull sells the technology to the Russians or Chinese. Hey, let‘s test that bunker buster on Iran’s nuke sites and soften those targets for Israel to finish off.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 7:19amInclude Pakistan’s nuclear launch sites in that battle plan!
Report Post »Ok-Sure
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:29pmUNIX you and Ron Paul both make me smile…. Hey Paperboy from 8 mile! That makes way too much sense, we need them defending our borders and poppy fields in Afghany country!
Report Post »Brushjumper
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:25pmStart practicing on the White House current boss….
Report Post »johnokee1
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:30pmThe muslims called it first and dropped an OBomba there.
Report Post »TrailerParkDave
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:23pmpeace through superior fire power, simple & effective.
Report Post »johnokee1
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:21pmPatriots, Christians, Conservatives and Constitutionalists pay attention! This is what our government will be one day using against us as an arm of the Antichrist. Sorry, I just lost my mind for a second…
I envision our military being in a similar position as the Egyptian military within a year or so. Soros and his buddies are not going to rest until they gain control over America’s vast military machine. The hope I have is that the military isn’t as corrupt yet as Washington is and I am recommending the Generals take over the Government.. I know that sounds just nuts!
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:40pmUnfortunately I agree with you.
Report Post »Also Obama wants the right for the US military to be able to arrest a US citizen in the US w/o warrants etc.
I guess the constitution is Obama’s toilet paper (PS I have a great supply of this commodity)
be prepared – can You say civil disobedience/marshall law!!
On Eagle Wings
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:47pmnot every nation will fall to the knees of the antichrist, Israel wont of course and hopefully we will stand with Israel at that time, but we won’t with O-bozo in office, he has no backbone to stand for truth, justice and the American way
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:21pmThe Constitution says nothing about using the military against citizens except that every citizen has a right to due process. Of course what always happens in “emergencies” is that our rights are put on hold and mean jack didley to politicians. This is why after union forces were used to police southern states following the war of northern aggression and southern recession a law was put into place banning the Army or Navy from policing the citizens of this nation. It is called the Posse Comitatus Act. Also, if you want to learn about it you should read it as opposed to reading the wikipedia article because it was written by someone who obviously had an agenda.
Report Post »Courtjester19500
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 3:21pmThere’s one hope: MOST of the people that join the military are conservative, or else they wouldn’t be joining the military. Most believe in the Higher Calling, and believe fully in the Oath. There aren’t very many that join JUST for the bennies. IF Obucky, Soros & Co were to order the Army (say) to fire upon civilians, those generals (or admirals) would (should!) deem that order illegal, and disobey it. And MOST enlisted military – who actually have the guns – and the officers who fly the aircraft – would be HIGHLY reluctant to fire on civilians, UNLESS their base/position were under direct attack.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:18pmThese make me smile! The other on this story forum is okay, but these are awesome. They’re also NOT the top of the American arsenal, but they are 3 generations ahead of the Russians, and AT LEAST that much ahead of the Chinese.
People in this forum talk about the threat of Electro Magnetic Pulse attacks against the US (such as HAARP and it’s variations). Scare tactics, and that’s all they are. We are FAR beyond that.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:45pmAgreed. How many years did it take the public to find out that we had a stealth aircraft? I can only imagine what kind of advanced weapons systems are being worked on today.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:37pmBefore I was ever allowed to work on defense systems that really blow stuff up, monitor, and “other” battlefield deployment non personnel, I worked on the project at Ft. Knox developing simulated warfare systems. Literally fantasyland (disneyland) computerized warfare, counter insurgency technology. If the average person was to see the heart of even that now antiquated technology in operation they would be stunned to sci-fi level amazement. The US capabilities today is in realty 20 and 30 year old gadgets and technology. Tomorrows warfare has already been fought for that length of time as well. We have 20 and 30 year advanced technology already in test phases, and some of it is already perfected, and mind boggling. The US is prepared for brown war, blue war, and green war that is so advanced that the world will be trying to catch up for decades. But it‘s the silver warfare and clear warfare that almost guarantee’s American superiority for a hundred years. By that time warfare will be obsolete.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:17pmI feel sorry for whomever really ****** America off! I mean the giant will come tumbling down on them, as much division in this country aside, I think most of us want our lifestyle to continue – eh treehuggers to hawks!
Viva TEA
Report Post »Restore the Republic & Our Constitution, join Oathkeepers
God Bless America (I’ve visited all 57 states, with uhh, one more to go – BHO)!
TyrannyNoMore
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 4:21pmObama said he’s going to campaign in 57 states, and it turns out that there are 57 Islamic states. There are 57 Islamic states. “Every year from 1999 to 2005, the organization of the Islamic conference representing the 57 Islamic states,” this is from the International Humanist and Ethical Union. And the title of the piece here is, “How the Islamic states dominate the UN human rights council,” and there are 57 of them. So did Obama just lose his bearings, or was this a more telling slip, ladies and gentlemen? Obama’s 57 states, not just a simple gaffe. He might have been thinking of the 57 Islamic states when he said he was going to campaign in all 57 states.
Report Post »Courtjester19500
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 3:27pm@TYRANNYNOMORE – actually he said “I’ve been to fifty – (hesitation) – seven states, and have one more to go, I think.” Now: was he mistaken on the number of states in the US, having been taught in Indonesia, or was he referring to the number of Islamic states? Interesting idea……. AND one worth investigating!
Thanks for the heads-up!
Report Post »bomberotom
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:10pmThis is pretty scary, the fact that theyre telling us this stuff means they have even more advanced stuff coming down the pipe
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:22pmSo can we bring the troops home and mass them on the southern boarder, where the true threat is ????????????
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:30pmBOMBEROTOM the release of this information is a direct response to the Russian statements about targeting US sites, and a direct threat to that piece of crap Carrier they have deployed in assistance to Syria, and to the Iranians threatening to position their fleet at the edge of what we claim to be our sovereign territorial waters.
Our arsenal, even short of nukes could put their entire fleet at the bottom of the ocean in LESS than an 8 hour work day.
Report Post »wisdomofyears
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 1:08pmI sincerely hope so.
Report Post »aspartian
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 4:12pm@The10thAmendment it seems that you underestimate the retaliation capability of the US armed services. it wont take an 8 hour work day it would only take about 10 min at most
Report Post »randy
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:07pmJust the thought of getting a mini-nuke through a window might make the axis of evil countries play a little nicer with the world community.
AWESOME!
Report Post »Let them rain down on the middle east
GRusling
Posted on December 3, 2011 at 4:29amTarget: Tehran!
Certain tall buildings might be hit by a plethora of “mini-nukes” at predictable intervals throughout the day… which could soon leave the country with a severe shortage of cheerleaders…
The same technology could be used elsewhere, whenever necessary, which could lead to a shortage of people willing to climb those tall buildings…
Report Post »Pium Vir
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:04pmI have clicked on “NO THANKS” 127 times! No Newsletter!
Report Post »Pium Vir
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:03pmAw c’mon! I don’t want to subscribe to the NEWSLETTER! Stop askin’!!!!!!!
Report Post »Carter John
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:12pmPeace can only be maintained through fear of power. History has shown this to be true. So to keep the threat away from our homes we strive to make more precise and more deadly weapons.
Report Post »Carter John
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:13pmsorry didn’t mean to reply
Report Post »stockpicker
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:31pmclear your cookies.
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