Military unveils new 'heat beam' weapon

BizPacReview.com ^ | March 27, 2012 | Diana Demarest

[cap10mike]

The Active Denial System, called ADS for short, is a non-lethal weapon that has been in development for 15 years. It delivers a man-sized heat beam on a radio frequency of 95 gigahertz.

Accessing the same millimeter wave technology used in airport body scanners, the beam penetrates only 1/64th of an inch into a person's skin and cornea, heating water molecules in the tissue and generating an instinctive urge to run from the effect.

The prototypes the military demonstrated where installed on two different vehicles -- one built onto a heavy expanded-mobility tactical truck, the other onto a Humvee.

"You're not gonna see it, you're not gonna hear it, you're not gonna smell it. You're gonna feel it," explained U.S. Marine Col. Tracy Taffola, director the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate at the Marine Corps Base Quantico, at a recent demonstration.

[cap10mike]

This is BizPac Review's latest installment of things "techie, by its 'Digital Diva."

[DarthVader]

This is old news.

[no-to-illegals]

heating water molecules in the tissue

phaser set to stun.

[blueunicorn6]

“Generating an instinctive urge to run from the effect.” Big deal.....my first Company Commander could do that with one look.

[JRandomFreeper]

They need to test it on commercial cooks. If it works on them, it'll work on anyone. We're used to the outer layers of skin burning. ;)

/johnny

[IronJack]

I foresee a market for tin-foil armor.

[Thunder90]

the best idea is to use it in conjunction with an LRAD system that blasts extremely loud directed noises.

[PetroniusMaximus]

This is meant for us.

[RGF]

If memory serves, didn’t they have this in Atlas Shrugged?

Who is John Galt

[backwoods-engineer]

"Paging Jenny McClure, Miss Jenny McClure, please come to the Free Fair to be herded into the rape truck with the microwave weapon, thank you!"

"Foreign Enemies and Traitors" by FReeper Matthew Bracken tells us how this will be used, FRiends. Pay attention.

[cap10mike]

Or in this case, “Set phasers to Sun” (as in the heat of).

[cap10mike]

LOL!

[cap10mike]

So I’ve heard! : )

[cap10mike]

Good idea!

[nomad]

Would someone be able to make a Faraday “suite” out of carbon fiber? Cover the eyes with mirrored shades or aluminum pin hole glasses and you may have a defense?

[GenXteacher]

The only purpose of such a weapon is to stifle dissent.

[Lazamataz]

"You're not gonna see it, you're not gonna hear it, you're not gonna smell it. You're gonna feel it," explained U.S. Marine Col. Tracy Taffola,

Good Lord. This weapon permanently makes you an incompetent with the English language, and destroys your ability to use proper grammar.

[Doors]

Needed this thing for those Occupy protesters.