Talk:Light bomb

No Soapbox, neutral POV required
I removed the existing text (copied below) from this article because it was plainly a soapbox POV allegation, not an encyclopedic discussion of a device, as it should be under this title.

Please, before restoring any of the removed text, read WP:NOT and WP:NPOV. Wikipedia is not a soap box. If you want to contribute to an article about this type of device, it should focus on the device. If it is being used somewhere, that must be described with neutral POV. DavidH 07:39, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Removed text

 * This article is about a new class of non-explosive devices currently used by the IDF in Palestine and by others elsewhere in the Middle East.

According to recent reports say the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are using Sound and Light bombs in Palestinian residential neighbourhoods at night. These devices do not actually explode like a conventional bomb, but disturb and terrify residents with deafening explosive sounds or long periods of glaring illumination which prevent residents sleeping at night.

As the links below show, these weapons are also showing up in what look like psychological operations elsewhere in the Middle East.

References for this article?
Are there even any credible sources for the existence of a "sound bomb"? Google does not know all, but the results don't look promising. ("Light bomb" seems even less relevant upon spot-checking the links from the removed text.) I looked on Global Security and FAS, and the closest thing I could find was this, which doesn't sound like something that would be very useful. If no references appear for this "article", I'll list it on WP:VFD. &mdash; HorsePunchKid &rarr; &#x9F9C;  08:01, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Convert article to redirect to Flashbang#Concussion_grenades ?
It would seem likely Light bomb is synonym for Flashbang. Any objections to converting this article to a redirect to that article (I'm trying to clean up the cat Weapon Stubs) ? Megapixie 10:23, 1 August 2005 (UTC)


 * From skimming the "external links" above, I think that would be appropriate. They seem to disagree on exactly how large these "light bombs" are and how they're delivered, but then I've expressed my doubts about the credibility of some of the links. &mdash; HorsePunchKid &rarr; &#x9F9C;  18:06, 1 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Okay - I'm converting this article and Sound bomb to redirects to concussion grenades. The original user who created these pages seems to be inactive since creating them. I think the material about their use probably best belongs on a page related to the Israel/Palestine issue. Megapixie 02:59, 11 August 2005 (UTC)