I just read HR 2977 (107th Congress, link below curtesy of the Federation of American Scientiests), and the text reasonably references technical means known to persons familiar with the open technical literature, e.g., Jane’s, and Aviation Week & Space Technology, several of which have no prior use histories to cite, all of which are in the exotic weapons enumerated list — Section 7, subsection (b), items (i) – (vii). None of these really roll off the tongue, except perhaps “laser weapons”.

For what it is worth here in the comments area of an IPR blog, Reuters reported in early February that US planners were considering first-use of an energy weapon (high power microwaves) in the Iraq invasion. The Directed Energy Directorate can be found at http://www.de.afrl.af.mil.

One could ridicule a public figure who opposes “dropping microwave ovens and toasters on Bagdad”, to good political effect. Let’s not play that game.

Text of HR 2977: http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2001/hr2977.html

I didn’t even know about this blog until someone passed on the link with the information that Rep. Kucinich would be guest blogging. Now that I’m here I think I’ll be doing a lot of exploring. The Law and Congressman Kucinich, perfect combination for me.

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