How many people does a weapon need to be designed to kill

[tk2kewl]

in order to be considered a weapon of mass destruction?

[soothsayer]

1. you notice how they never define their terms, too, eh?

Lets 'em be very loosey goosey with the language.

[tk2kewl]

3. those daisy cutters are pretty damn ugly...

don't they qualify? :shrug:

[Tesha]

2. It has to be capable of scaring White people. (NT)

[Kipling]

4. None! Hell, it doesn't even have to exist.

[tk2kewl]

5. ... does it need to be delivered by manned and unmanned aerial vehicles?

:scared: :shrug:

[mark11727]

6. I'm not sure, but I think it has to do with how "controllable" it is...

...for example, to a certain degree, a bomb can be directed to detonate at a specific target. On the other hand, a chemical or biological weapon could disperse indiscriminately depending on the wind, and destroy much more than its intended target.

[tk2kewl]

8. so would one of those daisy cutter bombs just be a WVLD?

Weapon of Very Large Destruction :shrug:

[ET Awful]

7. I'm still of the opinion that the only real weapon of mass destruction is

nuclear.

Chemical weapons do not cause mass destruction, under prime conditions they can cause mass death, but only if numerous munitions are used and under certain circumstances.

A nuclear weapon requires no particular environmental conditions to reach it's maximum efficacy, you detonate it, it blows up, things are destroyed and people die.

With a chemical weapon, numerous munitions are needed, a strong wind can effect the potency, rain can dilute it, being in a room with filtered air can block it. It may be a very nasty deadly weapon, but it's not a weapon of mass "destruction". Same for biological weapons for the most part.

[LeftHander]

9. Kill Ratio.....is used in weapons marketing...

The kill ratio is:

$ cost of weapon/# dead in use of weapon (or vice versa...)

I saw a advertisment from Honeywell when I I was a picture framer in Minneapolis. A lady brought in a proof of a two page ad for a torpepo made by honeywell. It was touting in big fonts the highest kill ratio at this price point. Either way the manfacturer touted this torpedo gave you more death for your dollar,

She saw my obvious disgust and she returned the ad to her bag and we conentrated on her needle point instead.