Talk:Ion cannon

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Shouldn't it also be mentioned that the US in C&C Generals also has a ion cannon?

Also, this should be merged with the other article...

  • I placed a merge tag on the other article, but I am not sure which article should be merged into the other article.

In Generals, the weapon is a particle cannon, which is similar to the Ion Cannon but not exactly the same. The particle cannon is a beam of very high intensity light, not necessarily ions.

  • More inportantly, the US Particle Cannon in Generals can be "walked" from one target to another for a limited amount of time, but the ion cannon can only fire at one target for a brief second.
  • A particle cannon is not high-intensity light; that would be a laser. A particle cannon instead fires a bunch of (really) tiny particles (hence the name) in an attempt to disrupt the atomic structure of the target (Star Wars has these, known as Disruptor Rifles). KohanX 23:04, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I came to this page and was surprised that the article referenced the fictional but not the real-life theoretical design posited during Reagan's Star Wars Project era. Is there a page covering the actual system that exists? CABAL 17:01, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Real life facts about ion cannons?

Can we get some factual information on how such devices would or wouldn't be practical or plausible as weapons in the future?

[edit] Reversion of "real life" claims

I have again reverted the claims of real-life ion cannons because they no verifiable evidence has been forthcoming. If anyone has some, please feel free to re-add the section along with the sources. Cheers --Pak21 13:07, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ion Cannons are actually forbidden

According to a treaty signed on 1967 by the US and the USSR, no weapon can be placed on space[1]. So there are no plans to make any Ion Cannon, and that goes for all countries. Also, in reality, the several protective layers of the athmosphere would make the Ion Cannon a not so useful weapon (the blast would not be as strong once it would reach the target).

If one takes the Ion Cannon to be a weapon of precision rather than mass destruction, it is not prohibited by the Outer Space Treaty. When the Ion Cannon is presented, it appears to strike a fairly small radius wherever it is encountered. A real-world equivalent would likely fire a stream of ions, rather than a blast of them which could decimate a large area, like a nuclear missile. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blink777 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 15 September 2007 (UTC)