Toy manufacturer developing lethal weapons


	Toy manufacturer developing lethal weapons

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7-22-2008 12:35 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/22ac2362-41db-4c49-a693-44bc936b25d6/49DEAB36-0261-462E-84B1-057ED5D4F881/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14372-toy-rocket-inspires-variablespeed-bullets.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_dn14372" href="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14372-toy-rocket-inspires-variablespeed-bullets.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_dn14372" style="font-size: 11px;">technology.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14372-toy-rocket-inspires-variablespeed-bullets.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_dn14372"><P>A gun that fires variable speed bullets and which can be set to kill, wound or just inflict a bruise is being built by a US toy manufacturer. The weapon is based on technology used to propel toy rockets.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14372-toy-rocket-inspires-variablespeed-bullets.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_dn14372"><P><A target="NS" href="http://www.lundandcompany.com/">Lund and Company Invention</A>, a toy design studio based near Chicago, makes toy rockets that are powered by burning hydrogen obtained by electrolysing water. Now the company is being funded by the US army to adapt the technology to fire bullets instead.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14372-toy-rocket-inspires-variablespeed-bullets.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_dn14372"><P>The new weapon, called the Variable Velocity Weapon System or VWS, lets the soldier to use the same rifle for crowd control and combat, by altering the muzzle velocity. It could be loaded with "<A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2320-rubber-bullets-condemned-by-israeli-doctors.html">rubber bullets</A>" designed only to deliver blunt impacts on a person, full-speed lethal rounds or projectiles somewhere between the two.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14372-toy-rocket-inspires-variablespeed-bullets.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_dn14372"><P>The company says that the weapon produces less heat and light than traditional guns. It can also be made lighter and could have a high power setting for long-range sniping.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/49DEAB36-0261-462E-84B1-057ED5D4F881/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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