Category: Weapons

Ballpoint Pen Bombers

April 23, 2024

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scottlowther

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Art, Awesomeness, Drawings, Humor, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Nukes, Patreon, rockets, Science Fiction, spacecraft, Weapons

This is a little outside the usual for APR, as it is satire rather than actual aerospace design. But I thought it appropriate […]
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Gyrojet in high speed/high rez

April 10, 2024

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scottlowther

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Awesomeness, history, rockets, Weapons, youtube

For all the documentaries and such about the 1960’s Gyrojet “rocket gun,” this is the first time I’ve seen rounds fired with this […]
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Coming to ebay: ships, phasers, books

March 26, 2024

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scottlowther

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Art, Awesomeness, Books, eBay, history, Models, Nukes, Weapons

Hansen’s “US Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History” is particularly nice. Contact with ridiculously generous bribes if you’re prefer not to wait: […]
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“Midgetman” article

March 5, 2024

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scottlowther

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APR, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Nukes, rockets, Weapons

I’ve just uploaded a 1986 article on the “Midgetman” road-mobile Small ICBM developed but not deployed by the US at the end of […]
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Anybody want some ray guns?

February 20, 2024

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scottlowther

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AARRRGH, eBay, Science Fiction, Weapons

Gonna get rid of some rayguns (all Art Asylum/Diamond Select, ones in boxes have never been opened) to pay off some bills. Eventually […]
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A sci-fi raygun for a vet bill…

February 5, 2024

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scottlowther

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AARRRGH, Cats, Gah, Sales & Specials, Science Fiction, Weapons, ಠ_ಠ

This AM I took Buttons to the vet yet again. X-Ray showed something I really wish it hadn’t; I’m left waiting for a […]
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Home made long range laser weapon

January 26, 2024

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scottlowther

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Awesomeness, Hmm…, science, Weapons, youtube, YouTubers worth watching

Styropyro takes a an off the shelf 2 kilowatt fiber laser welder/rust remover and makes it a long range laser sniper weapon. There […]
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Orion Space Battleship

January 22, 2024

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scottlowther

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APR, Awesomeness, blather, CAD Diagrams, history, Hmm…, Nuclear Pulse Propulsion, Nukes, projects, rockets, spacecraft, Weapons

With all the little publications I’ve written and illustrated, and all the years of blogging ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT political opinions and the like, it […]
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A law that’s illegal to follow

November 12, 2023

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scottlowther

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AARRRGH, Crazy, history, Hmm…, Politics, Weapons, ಠ_ಠ

Due to a law rushed through last year, if Illinoisans don’t register their perfectly legal and common firearm (referred to inaccurately as “assault […]
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Belton “Repeating” flintlock

October 11, 2023

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scottlowther

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history, Hmm…, Politics, Weapons, youtube

The idea of a repeating firearm (a gun that does not need to be manually loaded after each shot) goes back to at […]
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