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Lurker Bomb - Can Hover 10 Hours Before Striking

dailymail.co.uk — A revolutionary missile that can stalk a target until the perfect moment to strike is being developed for use against the Taliban in Afghanistan. The so-called lurker bomb will also be able to shadow British troops for up to ten hours or 100 miles, ready to take out enemy targets with surgical precision at a minute’s notice.

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  • t3hmyth, on 10/12/2008, -1/+72Both really cool, and really horrifying.
    • EtherGnat, on 10/12/2008, -1/+6Yeah, like it wasn't already horrifying enough having the Black Helicopters following me everywhere, now I've got to worry about these too.
    • Seidoger, on 10/12/2008, -0/+4Mostly because of how they would eventually fall into the wrong hands (and in this case the creator's hands might also be wrong mind you)
    • OneLess, on 10/13/2008, -1/+5"Defense" contractors: coming up with new and interesting ways to murder people since the advent of the military-industrial complex.
  • tbhurst, on 10/12/2008, -3/+56The lurker? Is that really it's name? Sweet.
    • publiclurker, on 10/12/2008, -0/+2Works for me.
    • carpeclunes, on 10/12/2008, -0/+5They did the research for it in the Hydralisk Den.
    • fungalboom, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1fta, it's apparently really named Fire Shadow... ?
  • Sylphid15, on 10/12/2008, -1/+59Starcraft II Viral
    • FaithclubDotNet, on 10/12/2008, -1/+6Terran needed a mobile answer to the lurker. Simply massing marines is a risky cause where you can lose most of your army in one bad tactical error. Bringing in siege tanks is good, but the advance is slow if the lurker user is good. A bomb specifically designed to destroy the lurker is really a weapon of choice in this situation, especially if it has cloak detection.
      • mcrumiller, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1Sounds like the "nuke anywhere" hack. Use with caution!
  • algaeturd, on 10/12/2008, -2/+38Sometimes when I go to the bar people refer to me as 'lurker bomb.'
    • Gloony, on 10/13/2008, -0/+3Because you rush in, hang around for up to ten hours then totally crater some chick?
  • waywardsoulnf, on 10/12/2008, -0/+18It wont be long before somebody develops "Lurker" Hovering AA
  • whoreable, on 10/12/2008, -4/+88Lurker Bomb: A fart that is not smelled immediately upon flatulation, but subsequently delivers a potent stench.
  • transform100, on 10/12/2008, -1/+7Doomsday?
  • Hollow5, on 10/12/2008, -3/+41lurk moar
  • MakanGuru, on 10/12/2008, -6/+47So when are they going to come up with a "troll" bomb?

    You know, a bomb that will drop down on it's target and just start spewing stuff about his mother non-stop until he shoots himself of just goes mad....
    • nmnnotmyname, on 10/12/2008, -0/+10Those are all on Digg
    • DeFex, on 10/12/2008, -0/+10yes, they also need the n00b bomb and the fanboy bomb.
      • Virgule, on 10/12/2008, -0/+2and how do you suggest we implement them? :)
      • Murdats, on 10/12/2008, -0/+2well the noob bomb would constantly miss, and only explode half the time.
        the fanboy bomb would home in directly and continue to explode for extensive periods of time but only on the target of its choise.
      • coyote1284, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1Hey now. n00bs are necessary. Not everyone can pick-up a game and instantly have the innate 1337 5K|112 to massively pwn from the first second they play. If all n00bs were eliminated, there'd be no new games because no one would play them, to afraid of the death penalty for being unfamiliar with all the intricacies. If they throw off your game so much, then maybe you're not as 1337 as you think you are. If the n00b hate goes unchecked, eventually we'll be killing babies right out of the womb for not being able to speak or walk and that'll be the end of the human race.
    • onetimer, on 10/12/2008, -1/+6...or follow you around on digg with dozens of spoof accounts threatening to violate you?
    • gcnaddict, on 10/12/2008, -1/+2You sure that's not called the an hero bomb?
    • BossKey, on 10/12/2008, -1/+3Then there is the one that stalks you until you click a video link:
      The rickroll bomb.
  • DVmaker, on 10/12/2008, -6/+15One day we'll get so efficient at killing that we'll wipe ourselves out.
    • Narcowski, on 10/12/2008, -2/+7I sure hope so, I could deal with a little bit of extra space.
    • litothegreat, on 10/12/2008, -1/+11so you are saying we can't do that now?
    • Volatile36, on 10/12/2008, -1/+6We can already. We're just sticking around to tidy up. It's like killing all the enemies in a level of a video game before you move on to the next.
  • palehorse864, on 10/12/2008, -1/+42It's going to be like those cartoons where Wile E. Coyote or some other unfortunate character manages to lose a tracking missile around the corner. They sneak forward and the missile slowly sneaks along behind them hovering in the air. They turn around and then give the missile a "shhhhhhhh" before realizing what's up.
    • innocentsinner, on 10/12/2008, -0/+7I'm pretty sure that's -exactly- how it's going to work.
  • pstroll, on 10/12/2008, -3/+20... but is it watching me masturbate?
    • Antz0rz, on 10/12/2008, -1/+19Every time you masturbate the royal artillery bombs your area.
  • MikeFallopian, on 10/12/2008, -1/+48"Uh, guys? Don't look now, but there's a huge bomb right above us. It's been following us for a while."

    "Oh, don't worry about that. It's a friendly bomb. It's just flying its massive payload over our heads to protect us."
    • pooljoe, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1Yeah, I can't see anything going wrong with this type of weapon...kinda gives whole new meaning to the term "Friendly Fire"
    • pingudownunder, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1ffs don't let the US military get anywhere near these things ... theres been far too many "friendly fire" incidents over the years
  • goerg, on 10/12/2008, -8/+25when intelligent bombs are so smart...why do they explode at all?
    • FENWAYFREAK, on 10/12/2008, -0/+14You almost had something there...
    • Albumen, on 10/12/2008, -0/+6Ugghhh!!! Who let the pussies in here? This is about bombs man, BOMBS!!
    • NCSD, on 10/12/2008, -3/+3you sir, are an idiot
    • Gerfervonbob, on 10/12/2008, -0/+3Isn't that a line on some really old 70s Sci-fi? I can't think of the name.
    • zcreem, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1Because the idiots in control aren't and this is how they deal with things.
    • coyote1284, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1They've been conditioned to feel happy about exploding. They look forward to it. It's made their entire purpose in "life" to explode. How exactly do we convince them of that? We tell them that it's a righteous cause they are exploding for 72 unopened barrels of rocket fuel are waiting for them in the afterlife. Works every time.
  • skews13, on 10/12/2008, -5/+2anybody out there ever read any dale brown techno thrillers back in the 90's? he discussed this weaponsystem then. it was called the rainbow tacit missle. i see this guy has inside info on weapons development.
    • nautimike, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1Tacit Rainbow was real weapon system that got canceled back in the late "90s...I think it was anti-radar missile that could be launched preemptively and fly along with a strike aircraft.
  • DeFex, on 10/12/2008, -0/+19So someone has to set us up the bomb.
  • m0llusk, on 10/12/2008, -0/+7Killer robots: We will never stop paying for having invented these.
    • Meocross, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1I'll be back.........................

      *cries in horror*
  • tufftugg, on 10/12/2008, -1/+4Wohoo, more weapons to kill.
  • PlanR, on 10/12/2008, -4/+6Ahhhhh, FINALLY! I been waiting for this weapon since mainly forever! This one will fix everything and there won't be any need for fighting anymore!! YAY! The best part is that if it doesn't find anything to blow up in 10 hours, it can be "brought down in a controlled crash." Isn't that WONDERFUL?

    Hello? Helloooooo....?? Is this thing on?


    • Typhoon2009, on 10/12/2008, -0/+5Yes it is wonderful. If it doesn't find a target, they fly it back to base and have it land without being armed. It might be wasted then but hey, it's better than carpet bombing everything and hoping all the civilians were in bunkers.
      • blipblipbeep, on 10/12/2008, -1/+4How can you justify anything that kills? You may as well call your self a killer.
  • bonlebon, on 10/12/2008, -1/+7round round it goes what's gonna blast nobody knows.
  • DanBoodro, on 10/12/2008, -1/+13 What happens after the 10 hours?
    • MakanGuru, on 10/12/2008, -0/+26return to sender......
    • Ymeg, on 10/12/2008, -0/+2aka yo-yo bomb
    • pooljoe, on 10/12/2008, -0/+3KAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!
    • dorkino, on 10/12/2008, -0/+4Boom goes the dynamite
    • Jobbernowled, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1Like it said in the article, its brought down in a controlled crash. They might also be able to retrieve and refuel it for another launch. Also, obviously it is remotely armed so its not flying above troops ready to blow. Only once a target is confirmed do they arm it and it becomes anything more than a hundred or so pound chunk of flying metal (the warhead itself is only 50lb).
    • annenk38, on 10/12/2008, -1/+210 hours is plenty of time to hack into its brain. I am willing to bet the developers have sidestepped security measures to reduce production cost.
    • Meocross, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1@annenk38

      are you trying to make me more scared than i already am =_=
      • alpha19, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1Don't worry. He has no idea what he is talking about.
  • jmac7, on 10/12/2008, -0/+31first the bouncing bomb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb now the lurker bomb. I gotta give it to the brits, they can be pretty darn crafty!!!
  • holzp, on 10/12/2008, -0/+5Just make sure your army requires registration. Duh.
  • DiscoUnderpants, on 10/12/2008, -1/+3"Akram Ghulam, head of loitering munitions at MBDA in Stevenage"

    Now is that the coolest job title or what?
    • CrushThemTorg, on 10/12/2008, -0/+3Their testing range is the parting lot of a 7-11 (or whatever analogue the Brits have) or a bowling alley.
  • acegi, on 10/12/2008, -2/+8creepy. so the bombs now stalk you before it kills you.

    another great invention of men to kill each other in different ways.
    • Pixelante, on 10/12/2008, -0/+5Yes. They can even harass you with phone calls and e-mails. There was this bomb, once, it had hidden itself in a basement half a click from its target. We raided the place, but the bomb had already left. We found hundreds of pictures of its target hanging from the walls, most of them with the eyes cut out. That was one scary bomb. To think it's still loitering somewhere.
    • blipblipbeep, on 10/12/2008, -0/+3Iet me tell you that i had nothing to do with this!
  • Waterkin, on 10/12/2008, -2/+5a bomb is not very efficient to kill a person, in a building, with other people who aren't involved.....
    • maz2331, on 10/12/2008, -0/+2Actually, they work very well. In war, you usually don't care about collateral damage that much.
    • Katana314, on 10/12/2008, -0/+2Well, when you say "you usually don't care"
      it depends on your definition of "you".
  • Weed86, on 10/12/2008, -1/+6BOMB BOMB BOMB
    KILL KILL KILL
  • ekonomkadoris, on 10/12/2008, -0/+4nice weapon? but they'll better develop anticrisis program to protect us from what happening in world economy....
  • GordonFree, on 10/12/2008, -0/+26Tony Stark doesn't have anything better to do?
  • thunked, on 10/12/2008, -1/+3Guess you kinda have to end up picking a spot!
  • cardyology, on 10/12/2008, -1/+3i'd like to see a close up of its face.
  • BotchaMcCoola, on 10/12/2008, -4/+5Apparently there is still no interest in going after smart Saudi and Egyptian 911 type terrorists. Amazing! Or have these Taliban found ways to fly 767's into our Manhattan buildings? Pathetic idiots like Bush and McCain. Go on waste another trillion while we have so much extra prosperity.
    • alaskanassassin, on 10/13/2008, -0/+2how about investing in technology to sterilize douchebags who bring their partisan politics into every thread?
  • CouchTomato, on 10/12/2008, -2/+2Sounds interesting, but is it really necessary? I think not. Just because it sounds cool doesnt really mean it should be deployed etc.
  • umbrellainabin, on 10/12/2008, -1/+4Daily Mail?
    • pingudownunder, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1Yep. Buried for being from the Daily Mail. The new British subsidiary of Fox News.
  • FriGuy, on 10/12/2008, -1/+2thats a lame death
  • webjoseph, on 10/12/2008, -0/+5Military went from pay-per-use to a subscription payment... we pay every 10-hour/bomb even if we don't use it.
  • radiopayola, on 10/12/2008, -0/+6...pretty awesome idea. Turns infantry into a completely different animal.
  • SeraphX, on 10/12/2008, -1/+4Lurk moar.
  • Jasuus, on 10/12/2008, -0/+4I always wonder how the weapons designers wake up in the morning. I know somebody has to do it, and ultimately it may save lives, but seriously, how do you feel good about yourself at the end of the day? Think of what a project meeting must be like.

    "Heres the problem: I'm over here, and i want to set that guy over THERE on fire. I want you people to think outside the box on this one."

    • DigitusAnonymus, on 10/12/2008, -0/+5Money. Lots of it.
      • jasonbalmforth, on 10/12/2008, -0/+3That and the fact that they'll never meet those on whom they inflict suffering. It's pretty hard to have any empathy for nameless statistics on a piece of paper.
  • Brii, on 10/12/2008, -0/+9That's the most intimidating thing I've ever seen. I wish it would really just hover in one spot though. That'd be the ultimate *****, dropping a bomb on someone only to have it hover above them for ten minutes.
  • alittleroy101, on 10/12/2008, -1/+7My concern is that if there isn't an oppurtunity to nail the inital target within that 10 hour window, the operators will feel pressured to use the bomb before it needs to be crashed and pick less deserving targets instead.
  • NeoHomer, on 10/12/2008, -1/+5Using predators as bringers of death is nothing new. We can loiter around the enemy for many many hours and pick off individuals with ease. There's a new predator that once a target is established, it can shed it's wings and become a homing missile.
    The psychological edge this gives us makes me giddy.
    Now if we would just play their superstitions against them we would be done with this whole mess.
    Things like pig fat covered bullets and beheading them would end this is short order. Hell, fill pig carcasses with explosives and drop them all over the middle east to prevent masses of them from getting into heaven.
    The first lesson I learned in fighting is to play their fears against them.
    • Typhoon2009, on 10/12/2008, -0/+4PSYOP in general is a very interesting part of military operations. I'm sure one day it'll end up being mind control troopers.
    • ispshadow, on 10/12/2008, -1/+3Where did get information on this "new" predator?
  • AmericanParty, on 10/12/2008, -10/+2AMERICA!!!! ***** YEAH!!!!
    • Albumen, on 10/12/2008, -0/+10Actually in this case it's BRITAIN!!!! ***** YEAH!!!!
  • CVL4317, on 10/12/2008, -0/+3Stalking 2.0
  • Albumen, on 10/12/2008, -0/+5"loitering munitions "

    You gotta love the Brits for ***** like this.
  • Yzzim, on 10/12/2008, -0/+7damn campers
  • dmark77, on 10/12/2008, -0/+3As designed by Stark Industries?
  • maz2331, on 10/12/2008, -2/+4Just nuke 'em and be done with it.
    • blipblipbeep, on 10/12/2008, -0/+2For shame!
    • pooljoe, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1Level it all and put up a series of outlet and strip malls. (After the nuke fall out of course)
  • lacreme, on 10/12/2008, -8/+2My penis can also hang for ten hours before striking
    if you know what i mean
  • ASSASSYN360, on 10/12/2008, -0/+2They should call it the stalker bomb. Just when you think the bitch isn't around bam shes in your face.
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