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I heard about this on the radio yesterday and was like "Guh?"

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory plans to install high-powered machine guns over the next few months capable of hitting land vehicles or aircraft almost a mile away in the event of a terrorist attack.

Known as Gatling guns because they are multi-barreled, like their 19th-century ancestors, they simultaneously fire 7.62mm bullets from six barrels at up to 4,000 rounds per minute, powerful enough to take down an enemy aircraft or helicopter, officials said.

No, I mean, I approve of guarding radioactive materials. I do. But OMGWTF, they're expecting an "enemy aircraft or helicopter" in Livermore?

Here's the best part. Linton Brooks, head of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration, said that (and I'm pulling a paraphrase from the Chron) lab officials want to ensure that in such a violent encounter, lab security guards can quell the invasion immediately without any Livermore staff losses.

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You know what's across the street from Lawrence Livermore lab? I didn't before I read this article, but... it's homes. Suburban homes. You know, kids out playing in the street, etc.

Yeah, I'll just leave that scene to your imagination, thanks anyway.