Air Force Chief Says We Should Test Weapons on Americans
The secretary of the Air Force wants to make US citizens his weapons guinea pigs.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before being used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday.
The object is basically public relations. Domestic use would make it easier to avoid questions from others about possible safety considerations, said Secretary Michael Wynne.
“If we’re not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation,” said Wynne. “(Because) if I hit somebody with a nonlethal weapon and they claim that it injured them in a way that was not intended, I think that I would be vilified in the world press.”
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But this isn’t really new as you can see Here. They used to use ‘volunteers’ for this kind of thing. What is new is the live fire testing application proposition that Gen. Buck Turgidson is recommending here.
on February 27th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Maybe a bullet —or several— ought be tested on the SOB before any bullet is tested on a foreign national?
on March 3rd, 2008 at 12:04 pm
[…] Im Jahr 2006 kam es zu einer weiteren Kontroverse als der Secretary der Air Force Michael Wynne vorgeschlagen hatte, diese Waffen an amerikanischen Bürgern auszutesten vor dem Kriegseinsatz im Ausland. “Wenn wir nicht bereit sind, es hier gegen unsere Mitbürger zu benutzen, dann sollten wir auch nicht gewillt sein, es in einer Kriegssituation einzusetzen,” […]
on October 27th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
[…] Im Jahr 2006 kam es zu einer weiteren Kontroverse als der Secretary der Air Force Michael Wynne vorgeschlagen hatte, diese Waffen an amerikanischen Bürgern auszutesten vor dem Kriegseinsatz im Ausland. […]