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ddvmor


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Can you please turn down the volume of your warhead. I'm trying to sleep!
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Um...





BAE SYSTEMS, one of the world’s biggest arms manufacturers, is designing a new generation of “green” munitions, including “lead-free” bullets and rockets with reduced toxins.



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It also wants to cut the dangerous compounds in its jets, fighting vehicles and artillery, which it warns “can harm the environment and pose a risk to people”.

The initiative is being backed by the Ministry of Defence, which has proposed quieter warheads to reduce noise pollution and grenades that produce less smoke. There have even been experiments to see if explosives can be turned into manure.

Dr Debbie Allen, director of corporate social responsibility at BAE systems, said that although it might seem strange to have a green policy for munitions, it was important to consider the environmental impact of all products.




Let me just revisit the key point for you: "quieter warheads to reduce noise pollution".


Got that?  Quieter warheads.  To reduce noise pollution!


Carry on...





-- Edited by ddvmor at 09:14, 2006-10-03

-- Edited by ddvmor at 08:44, 2006-10-04

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Blimey it turns out that their war planes and missiles "pose a risk to people" - basserds - fancy designing military equipment that could pose a risk to people...

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"Local police, how can I help you?"


"Yes, I'd like to file a noise complaint."


"What seems to be the problem?"


"Those darn warheads won't keep it down!  I mean, it's 2 am, and some people are trying to sleep! ... <muffled voice in the background> ... I don't care if it's a bombardment, honey, that's no excuse for their lack of respect!  I mean, really, just because you're throwing high explosives around doesn't mean you have to wake up the whole neighborhood!"



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"So, you're saying I shouldn't go and bang on the front door of the invading country and ask them to keep it down?  It might cause an incident, you say?"

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Silent bombs sound like the ultimate stealth device to me? Perhaps we should design one?

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I'm pretty sure that by the time you can hear the bomb coming, stealth is pretty much no longer the point.


In fact, if my trivia memory serves me right, there have been occasions when bombs and similar devices where intentionally designed to be louder than strictly necessary because of the greater psychological impact.



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True but I still think it would be cool to be able to take a building out without the neighbours knowing -

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So what we should be developing is a bomb-delivery system-- namely a massive (say, city block size) soundproof, explosionproof plexiglass box that can be dropped with a bomb inside it.  That way it can cover the block about to be blown up just before the bomb hits, resulting in a catastrophic explosion inside the box that is practically undetectable outside the box.  Other than "Hey, why is that block collapsing and flinging bits of itself about all the sudden?  And where did this giant plexiglass box come from?"



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The box should dissolve - like temporary stitches after a couple of minutes

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