Jul 10 2008New Spider Landmine Safer Than Old Ones
Ah yes, a safer landmine. And all along I've thought landmines were supposed to be the opposite of safe. I'm about as stupid as my little sister. The Spider has six legs set at 60ยบ intervals and drops six separate mines once in position. The mines are detonated by an operator, so you can jump on the trip-wires all you want as long as the guy at the controls likes you. But if you ate the last of his rations, look out. The unit can be packed with fragmentation charges or non-lethal gases, and I'm definitely a fan of any option that doesn't include "frag". Of course, being the nation that we are, the Spider does feature a "battle override mode" which allows the mine to detonate on its own without an operator. Which violates the Mine Ban Treaty -- but we didn't sign that shit (along with China, India and Russia)! So, yeah, we've got an asshole club thing going on. Also, apparently we still use bayonets.
Innovative Spider landmine has six deadly legs, offers non-lethal options [dvice]
Reader Comments
1. Clinch - July 10, 2008 10:59 AM
The spider mines in StarCraft are way better than these crappy ones.
2. Goon - July 10, 2008 11:36 AM
We already have that. It's called a claymore. This thing is just expensive and about as worthless as smashed ass.
3. Uncle Eccoli - July 10, 2008 12:06 PM
A safer landmine? WTF? Is that like a better-smelling turd?
4. Brian - July 10, 2008 1:40 PM
This is what happens when the US agrees to try their best to not hurt people DURING WAR.
Damn I hate hippies...
5. Tenchi059 - July 10, 2008 6:30 PM
So after all there's something that unites Us, those evil Chinese and Russian communists and Indians: land mines are awesome!! Let's build millions of them, it will only take the rest of eternity to find and disengage every single one!
6. ErikHK - July 11, 2008 12:32 PM
Yeah I mean, no country in the world has problems with land mines, right? Right?
7. XIII - November 16, 2008 3:15 PM
LAND MINES MAKES EVERYTHING AWSOME. LIKE CAPS LOCK.