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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
 Posted - 05/22/2006 : 15:00:50
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... if I'm ever stuck in traffic, I want a Buffalo like this one, as shown in Popular Science's slideshow of military technology!
Courtesy Peter Frank Edwards
Buffalo Route-Clearance Vehicle
Responding to threats from roadside explosives, the Army deployed this nearly indestructible 23-ton Buffalo route-clearance vehicle with tremendous success. Built by Force Protection Industries, it uses a clawed, 30-foot arm to move debris and examine potential explosives.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
Edited by - HalfMooner on 05/22/2006 15:07:07
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2006 : 15:23:57 [Permalink]
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| I want an armored fork too! |
by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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Boron10
Religion Moderator
USA
1266 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2006 : 19:00:24 [Permalink]
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Reminds me of Spaceballs:quote:
SANDURZ: Sir.
HELMET: What?
SANDURZ: Are we being too literal.
HELMET: No, you fool. We're following orders. We were told to comb the desert, so we're combing it. Found anything yet?
TROOPER WITH COMB: Nothing yet, sir.
HELMET: How about you?
TROOPER WITH 2ND COMB: Not a thing, sir.
HELMET: What about you guys?
TROOPER WITH MINI COMB: We ain't found shit.
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Snake
SFN Addict
USA
2511 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2006 : 22:16:23 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by HalfMooner
... if I'm ever stuck in traffic,
Disclamer, 1st of all I'm a GM stock holder but DAMN I hate Hummers. Guess we won't have that problem much longer though. But I HATE all those car-van things that take up space, waste gas and hog the road.
As for that Buffalo dealie, boy! I know what I'd do with that on the LA freeways. Look out all you bastards who blast your car radios and make left turns from the right hand lane, etc. |
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2006 : 00:23:09 [Permalink]
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Ah, but if Hummer ever decides to market it in the States, a squadron of little Isettas can run rings around it, causing the lumbering gas hog to eventually tumble and fall. Why? To paraphrase H.G. Wells, Hummer will eventually succumb to the smallest and humblest of vehicles, which BMW in its wisdom has placed upon the road for the benefit of us all.
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