And what a bottle
rocket!
Made by Japanese company Maruda, the RPG-7 PET
Bottle Launcher
is meant to be used only with 1.5L soda bottles that have been filled
with water. To give you an idea of its potency, when shot at a 35º
angle the toy can launch a bottle filled with 0.6L of water up to a
distance of 35m (approx. 115ft).
Currently it seems like the launcher is available only in Japan, but
there are ways around that. Maruda is selling the RPG-7 for ¥28, 350
(~$361 USD). You can also order individual parts on Maruda’s website,
including a cone warhead for the bottle.
I like stuff like this. The Second Amendment's intent was to give
us recourse when government went rogue, which according to
Jefferson is inevitable and continually (ahem). Given the
technology,
today's citizenry cannot hope to square off against the
government's army on an equal basis, and must depend on fervor,
commitment, guile, and ingenuity. This is the ingenuity part I
imagine this
could be similarly juiced.
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They played around with that principle on Myth Busters.
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Don't bring a rubber band to a spud fight.
ReplyDeleteI was reading an article about the new Japanese laws to fight the Yakuza. In it the mentioned the increasing number of gun fights and death between rival criminal gangs. Its OK though the Japanese version of NHI. Meanwhile they worry more and more about Yakuza protection rackets, loan sharking, and etc. of the unarmed law abiding populace.
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