Very Cool Military Technology

I'd have no qualms about Marines using this weapon:

This is a version of the standard USMC Shoulder Mounted Assault Weapon but with a new warhead. Described as NE - "Novel Explosive"- it is a thermobaric mixture which ignites the air, producing a shockwave of unparalleled destructive power, especially against buildings.

A post-action report from Iraq describes the effect of the new weapon: "One unit disintegrated a large one-storey masonry type building with one round from 100 meters. They were extremely impressed." Elsewhere it is described by one Marine as "an awesome piece of ordnance."

The argument against the weapon is the fact that the Marines won't always know who is in the house and "innocents" may be killed. I say that if the alternative is storming the house and doing a room to room search of a building that could contain terrorists at any corner - blow the house up and save some lives of Marines. People in the neighborhood would get a clear message and you would be sure that terrorists would be sure to get a negative reception (and people informing on their whereabouts would dramatically increase).

HT The Corner