I'll grudgingly link cnn to support journalism even though they fill their page with ads and noise.
The short version is that over 300,000 people have signed up for an event on Facebook to storm Area 51 so they can see what's inside. I suspect that most will be killed, eaten, or cast off into alternate universes, but I'm hoping that a few will make it back out to share their findings.
Between the Warthogs, Apaches, and the M134s that are all over the place out there. I say they give it a try, they have pretty good chance to get within a mile of the fence. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower:
Also doesn't the military have microwaved-based non-lethal weaponry at their disposal? Run such a thing at like quarter power in the Nevada desert and people are gonna start feeling crispy real ****in quick.
Never saw a guy last more than 5 seconds without trying to stay out of the beam
You can make a suit out easily obtainable finely woven metal mesh that will keep you safe from such systems. The vast majority signing up for this "rush" are probably to dumb/uneducated to know that though. [Reply]