Add this to my “Things to hyperventilate over” list: British police are on the lookout for something called a WASP Knife, a weapon that injects a ball of compressed gas into its victim that then expands to the size of a basketball, instantly freezing and exploding their internal organs. The blade, which was designed to help hunters and divers bring down large wild animals quickly, could possibly be bought on the internet by serial killing-minded crooks. Look at what it does to a watermelon!
The WASP website states “the effects of the compressed gas not only cause overinflation during ascent when used underwater, but also freezes all tissues and organs surrounding the point of injection on land or at sea.” It’s like a freeze ray out of a superhero movie… Only it’s real, and thus infinitely scarier. Somebody hold me. [UK Daily Mail via Technabob]
Richard
Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 9:08 AM“British police are on the lookout for something called a WASP Knife,” – in that case the British Police probably have way too much time on their hands. I checked out the manufacturer’s web site, and their least expensive model is $379.95 + S&H. So I seriously doubt any crooks are likely to be buying these.
The best application for this is close-quarters defense against sharks. For any other use I could buy a decent pistol for that price. Oh, and I am an American, a SCUBA diver, and a firearms instructor and range safety officer.
liam
Monday, December 15, 2008 at 11:05 PMdisgusting how enyone can even think of doing this to an animal never mind a person and this is comeing from a 15 year old
Nelson
Monday, May 30, 2011 at 6:40 PMGo diving, get killed by a shark, see if I care.
Also, it would be quite painless for the animal.
I’m only 17, get educated kid, I knew better at your age.