New non-lethal weapon lets troops microwave hostile crowds

World Tribune ^ | Feb 3, 2005

[llevrok]

The United States has developed a non-lethal microwave weapon for use in Iraq.

The Active Denial System uses millimeter-wave electromagnetic energy that can be directed at targets at a range of 1 kilometer.

[llevrok]

Ouch!

[ProudVet77]

Anything non-lethal can be made lethal by Tim, the tool man, Taylor.

[pipecorp]

I'd like my iraqi insurgent well done,please.

[ScottFromSpokane]

I prefer my crowds done in a conventional oven.

[Horatio Gates]

I'm surprised I can still have kids with all the time I spent around the Hawk (ADA missle) CWAR radars. It got a little warm. They should be used to sterilize the MoveOn.org pukes at demonstrations. 8>)

[steveegg]

New non-lethal weapon lets troops microwave hostile crowds

When you see troops tossing unpopped bags of microwave popcorn into the crowd, RUN!

[The Real J Fate]

These journalists must have this story on a timed reminder. They publish it every few months. Perhaps they are hoping we will cringe eventually. I say give it up MSM!

[Horatio Gates]

I meant High Power Radar not CWAR.

[BlueNgold]

Does it have a 'defrost' setting?
And what about a pre-programmed button for popcorn?
A rotating platter?

I need details!

[MarkeyD]

From the photo, the dish looks a little big. Just how hard would it be to shoot the thing up?

[kizzdogg]

The Active Denial System uses millimeter-wave electromagnetic energy that can be directed at targets at a range of 1 kilometer.

Sounds like we use this here at home on certain groups of people.

[natewill]

So nobody sees anything wrong with this? What if Janet reno redux gets her hand on a tool like this? What if a future President Hildebeast and her minions have this? This kind of power is straight out of a sci-fi movie, and scares me.

This weaponry makes it easier for a government with ill intentions (and all governments have ill intentions in one way or another) to control a populace. Using guns and bullets is too distasteful to the populace, and can result in one heck of an overthrow/rebellion/coup (unless the citizenry is disarmed first). But having 'non-lethal weaponry' do the job seems a bit more innocuous and less bloody; it's a better tool to use if one is trying to exert extreme physical control over citizens while trying to avoid rebellions. Governments should not have extreme physical control over the populace.

Plus I've read up on what constitutes 'non-lethal weaponry'. The last article I read stated that a weapon must have a lethality of less than 25% to be considered 'non-lethal'. So if the military decides to use their new toy, and only 20% of the intended targets die, then hey, that's 'non-lethal'

[bbenton]

Gives a new meaning to nuking people.

[El Gato]

I'm surprised I can still have kids with all the time I spent around the Hawk (ADA missle) CWAR radars

But how many heads do they have? :)

[dirtboy]

The Active Denial System uses millimeter-wave electromagnetic energy that can be directed at targets at a range of 1 kilometer.

And if you direct it at an isurgent at a range of ten feet, pop goes the weasel!

[Horatio Gates]

But how many heads do they have?

Just one per kid. The problem is that they trip over their tails.