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Re: Sailor pictured with laser rifle on board USS Minnesota nuclear sub

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Post by vaidhy »

hylian wrote: post #32
polytely wrote: post #21

The youtube channel smarter every day is doing a series about live aboard a nuclear attack sub (different class than the one in the article, Los Angeles class IIRC) during an exercise where they navigate under ice, called ICEX. which might be of interest if you like this article. It's obviously propaganda but it is very interesting nonetheless. actual submarine part: https://youtu.be/RXXMJAU6vY8 the leadup and contex…

>It's obviously propaganda but it is very interesting nonetheless. Sorry, how is this video obviously propaganda?

Destin, the person behind Smarter Every Day was ex-military and he interviewed his old commanding officer. It was clearly mentioned that the military is doing this to reach out to potential recruits while sharing interesting knowledge. I believe the actual episode is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOTYgcdNrXE

Re: Sailor pictured with laser rifle on board USS Minnesota nuclear sub

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Post by newacct583 »

refurb wrote: post #42
newacct583 wrote: post #4

FWIW: these have been reported to be in active use against the Portland protesters. It's so frustrating that HN chooses the gadget puff piece to push to the top of the front page instead of the actual deployed weapons. Most especially because the much-lower-power pocket laser pointers have been cited by the white house directly as having "permanently blinded" federal agents. (Consumer red/green lasers are extraordina…

Used against Portland protestors? From the videos I've seen, it's the "protestors" using them against the police. https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1286914458032332800

That's exactly the point. It's the same thing. But it's a cool weapon gadget presented here, when it's a horrifying atrocity that demands tear gas and brutality when used by the "other side".

It's this weaponization of "bothsidesism" that I'm having trouble with. We've got an almost 100% peaceful protest of hippies going on every night for two months, but what posters here want to talk about is the fancy anti-riot gear being used against them.

Re: Sailor pictured with laser rifle on board USS Minnesota nuclear sub

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Post by dceddia »

yreg wrote: post #46
tantalor wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Season 2, Episode 4 "The Outrageous Okona" ~19:20 https://www.netflix.com/watch/70177892?t=1160

I didn't knew it's possible to link to timestamps on Netflix. Is there a way to get the link from the UI, or do you have to compute the seconds yourself?

Scrub to any point in the video, and click the share/link button. There's a checkbox to include the timestamp in the URL.

Re: Sailor pictured with laser rifle on board USS Minnesota nuclear sub

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Post by icegreentea2 »

s9w wrote: post #48
hylian wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>It's obviously propaganda but it is very interesting nonetheless. Sorry, how is this video obviously propaganda?

I think the smarter every day guy is or was military. I remember a video he did with his boss (some kind of general or so). That just as a fact, not judging on the propaganda part.

Destin worked as a civilian for the DoD.

I believe it would be accurate to state that Destin has a healthy respect for the people of, technology within, and the very idea of the US Military.

Re: Sailor pictured with laser rifle on board USS Minnesota nuclear sub

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Post by ceejayoz »

jacksonpollock wrote: post #7
dmoy wrote: post #3

So the clarification (easily determined from the subtitle, as well as the article body), is that this is a dazzler meant to temporarily blind or distract. It's not a sci fi laser rifle that cuts things. This is very different from star wars (the missile defense program), or star wars (the movie). The US Navy does have things closer to that: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a326766... But they're h…

It sounds like it is more of a warning "you are in our way" device? "For long-distance hail and warning, especially during maritime security, the GLARE® LA-9/P combines a powerful green beam with Eye Safe® technology. The laser rapidly determines if an unintended observer is within the nominal ocular hazard distance (NOHD) and immediately shuts off the glaring output to prevent accidental eye injury. Once the bystand…

That, and an "if you were intending to shoot at us, good luck aiming now" one.

Re: Sailor pictured with laser rifle on board USS Minnesota nuclear sub

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Post by tantalor »

yreg wrote: post #46
tantalor wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Season 2, Episode 4 "The Outrageous Okona" ~19:20 https://www.netflix.com/watch/70177892?t=1160

I didn't knew it's possible to link to timestamps on Netflix. Is there a way to get the link from the UI, or do you have to compute the seconds yourself?

Not from desktop; I computed it myself.

Re: Sailor pictured with laser rifle on board USS Minnesota nuclear sub

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Post by Loughla »

tozeur wrote: post #22
newacct583 wrote: post #4

FWIW: these have been reported to be in active use against the Portland protesters. It's so frustrating that HN chooses the gadget puff piece to push to the top of the front page instead of the actual deployed weapons. Most especially because the much-lower-power pocket laser pointers have been cited by the white house directly as having "permanently blinded" federal agents. (Consumer red/green lasers are extraordina…

You can easily buy class 3 and 4 lasers which can permanently damage your eyes. I have one for astrophotography alignment. So yes, the protestors are definitely using harmful lasers, as well as the police I’m sure. https://www.laserpointerpro.com/attribute/class_class-iiib-l...

Good Christ, some of those lasers are just amazingly strong.

Re: Sailor pictured with laser rifle on board USS Minnesota nuclear sub

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Post by afandian »

jacksonpollock wrote: post #7
dmoy wrote: post #3

So the clarification (easily determined from the subtitle, as well as the article body), is that this is a dazzler meant to temporarily blind or distract. It's not a sci fi laser rifle that cuts things. This is very different from star wars (the missile defense program), or star wars (the movie). The US Navy does have things closer to that: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a326766... But they're h…

It sounds like it is more of a warning "you are in our way" device? "For long-distance hail and warning, especially during maritime security, the GLARE® LA-9/P combines a powerful green beam with Eye Safe® technology. The laser rapidly determines if an unintended observer is within the nominal ocular hazard distance (NOHD) and immediately shuts off the glaring output to prevent accidental eye injury. Once the bystand…

And TASERs aren't meant to be killing weapons.

Re: Sailor pictured with laser rifle on board USS Minnesota nuclear sub

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Post by balls187 »

canada_dry wrote: post #57

I wonder if/when this device will make its way into responding to the recent civil unrest around the US? Especially given that Federal enforcement agents are now being utilized, and likely have access to this equipment.

The opposite actually, Lasers are being used against federal agents.

https://nypost.com/2020/07/24/3-fed-agents-likely-blinded-by...

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