tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post111682200753610690..comments2023-10-18T03:56:28.984-04:00Comments on Howard Lovy's NanoBot: Nano World: A new world of weaponsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post-1116880706178438122005-05-23T16:38:00.000-04:002005-05-23T16:38:00.000-04:00re: detecting WMDs that may or may not be there fo...re: detecting WMDs that may or may not be there for inspectors to find -- yeah, I took the luxury of avoiding that discussion by taking a perspective on WMDs of the future, as opposed to any of the present. -- Charles Q. ChoiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post-1116879832583458112005-05-23T16:23:00.000-04:002005-05-23T16:23:00.000-04:00Charles,Some current weapons seem to be undetectab...Charles,<BR/><BR/>Some current weapons seem to be undetectable by current inspectors. Then there are the weapons that they detect that aren't there.<BR/><BR/>Here's a quote that may be heard in the next three years:<BR/><BR/>"Nanoweapons? Maybe we should equip the inspectors with magnifing glasses."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post-1116874414211326302005-05-23T14:53:00.000-04:002005-05-23T14:53:00.000-04:00Greetings, Mr. Smith -- re: your comments on my st...Greetings, Mr. Smith -- re: your comments on my story, I couldn't agree more. This is a point I address (via a quote) in the story -- of course the article didn't appear until about 15 minutes ago, so there's no way you could've known that. Nanotechnology could certainly help stop a chemical or biological weapon -- the point the paper I base my story on makes (http://pubs.nanolabweb.com/nlb/vol2/iss1/6/) is that nanotech could help lead to a new generation of weapons that might be too advanced for current arms inspection protocols to spot, and I'm sure you'd agree it's better to detect and hopefully prevent the problem. -- Charles Q. ChoiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554620.post-1116859680794047152005-05-23T10:48:00.000-04:002005-05-23T10:48:00.000-04:00Undetectable, maybe. Unstopable, no. Every weapo...Undetectable, maybe. Unstopable, no. Every weapon or weapon idea has a weakness that can and will be exploited. No matter what the weapon is made of, it still has to obey the laws of physics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com