ya gotta love the pentagon (we do, anyway), constantly hiring contractors to come up with better, faster, cheaper, or at least more entertaining ways of turning the guy across the street into something that can be poured through a straw.
they do have some sense, though (even if it doesn't apply to budgetary restrictions): after the photos of what was really going on in iraq got out, debuting a ray gun that essentially cooks people in their skins like baked potatoes seemed dicey.
did they abandon the program? heck no! the idea of it is just too darned attractive - kind of like combining the 'i'm crushing your head' guy from kids in the hall with the endless entertainment of a flame thrower. what's not to love? so they put it under wraps.
until now.
