Disturbing: Any Town Nuked.. What Would Happen???

This picture shows the thermal blast radius if a 1952 hydrogen bomb were dropped on the city of Chicago derived from an application called (Click Here >>> Ground Zero II ). I picked this because this is my home city. This picture doesn't include the pressure wave or the fallout; but what's amazing about this site (Ground Zero II) is it allows you to click on the pressure map or fallout map. It even lets you pick wind speed!

That's not all, you can pick a bomb for ANY city in the world. Further, you can pick amongst many bomb types; from the smallest of suitcase dirty bombs, little boy or fat boy (the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan)to the kind of bombs North Korea is testing all the way up to the largest bomb ever tested, the Russian Tsar Bomba. (a 50 megaton tested by the USSR in 1961)

You can even put in the wind speed to calculate fallout.

They also include a massive asteroid impact.

Hat's off to Carlos Labs for creating this fascinating yet disturbing application.

(note - to use, just type your towns name, or type any town in the world, you then can click on the pressure tab to see what area the explosion would ruin as opposed to just what was incinerated, and if you can select the Fallout Tab to calculate the wind speed and direction for the radiation. Also, since this application is built on Google Maps, you can move around, zoom in or zoom out to see more detailed information.)

Heat Ray Makes 60 Minutes Reporter Scream And Run

There's nothing like a military ray gun that makes you feel like you're on fire when hit. It's said that most people can't stand more than 4-5 seconds of the beam hitting them, but 60 minutes reporter David Martin isn't able to make it 3 seconds.

Nothing like a ray beam to enforce your ideals on some evil doers!

Just ask the Empire.

[CBS via Gizmodo]

Hummer With Roof Mounted Laser: Cool

Some stories just write themselves.

Such is the case with this Hummer that happens to have a Laser cannon mounted on top of it. This guy appropriately named The Laser Avenger, was built to destroy road side bombs from afar that "evil doers" setup. The laser is a solid-state direct-energy beam that is invisible, that fires a beam that is only a few centimeters in diameter and is 20 times hotter than an electric stove. Unfortunately you can't pick one of these up yet, as the military hasn't made them available to the public.

That's a shame.

[Popular Mechanics via Gizmodo]

MAVERICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is just too cool!!! An F4 Phantom flying fast at only 5 feet off the ground!!!!

Lockheed Martin Developing Uber Sniper Rifle

This is a little scary!!!

Lockheed Martin has secured a $2 million DARPA contract, to develop a sniper rifle that will use a computer to compensate for wind conditions so snipers can hit targets from longer distance. The prototype is said to be 9 months away, and is rumored to work in even typhoon conditions. It even has a catchy name, the "One Shot System".

[Gizmodo ]

Killer Robots Hit The Streets Of Iraq

New Deathbots have joined in the war on terrorism, and are being deployed on the streets of Iraq. The new MAARS (Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System) can connect to the same GPS network as the troops, and will not fire at its control unit.

Skynet couldn't be reached for comment.

[Danger Room via Gizmodo]

Fully Armed Robot Ready For Action

This isn't the first robot to hit the sands of Iraq, but what make this one different is that it's armed. Most robots are used to scout dangerous areas, defuse bombs, ect. But all that has changed, according to the guys at Danger Room blog, the military has developed the "special weapons observation remote reconnaissance direct action system" (SWORDS).

What does all that mean? Well along with all the scout stuff that comes with the standard robot, this one comes with M229 machine guns.

Wow, now robots will be chasing down insurgence in the hot desert!!!
Cool!!!

[Danger Room via Gizmodo]