The Pentagon's Secret Scream- Sonic devices that can inflict pain

Defense-Aerospace.com ^ | March 7, 2004 | William B. Arkin

[DBrow]

Whiny article complaining about deployment of a less-than-lethal weapon that can be used to deliver important info, as well as high sound levels to disperse crowds.

While bound to be controversial just because the USA is using it, a sonic weapon probably does less damage than truncheons or rubber bullets, or even tear gas.

[SGCOS]

Sonic devices that can inflict pain

Kinda like Hillary at the podium, eh?

[mylife]

Its called an amplifier

[nobody_knows]

Sonic devices that can inflict pain

I was thinking of Rosie "I'M the husband, SHE'S the wife" O'Donnell

[DBrow]

I once worked near some sort of grinding machine that put out 118 db- this sonic gadget would sound 32 times louder.

Even Ms. Clinton could not top that!

Fer sure anyone within range would scoot, if they could.

I noticed that the author assumed that the troops would crank it all the way up- I suspect that in use, louder and louder sounds would be output.

[DBrow]

A feedback-proof amp with a focused dish speaker, yup. Hardly a boombox.

[dd5339]

My 2 year old has already perfected the "SONIC BLAST" as a weapon. She can hit a volume and a pitch that will clear rooms.

Semper Fi

[rocky88]

I wish they'd give these to the riot squads that are forced to show up at the so-called "peace protests!"

[COUNTrecount]

The Pentagon's Secret Scream- Sonic devices that can inflict pain

SOUTH POMFRET, Vt.

So Howard "The Scream" Dean finally has found honest work in Vermont

[teletech]

Marines arriving in Iraq this month as part of a massive troop rotation will bring with them a high-tech weapon never before used in combat - or in peacekeeping. The device is a powerful megaphone the size of a satellite dish that can deliver recorded warnings in Arabic and, on command, emit a piercing tone so excruciating to humans, its boosters say, that it causes crowds to disperse, clears buildings and repels intruders.

Sort of an electronic Hillary Clinton.

[per loin]

Will a tinfoil hat (double wrapped) thwart the weapon.

[Dead Dog]

"Say Hello to the Scream Extractor"

[beckysueb]

I can just hear the RATS whining about cruel punishment.

[alnitak]

I wonder if they could tune it to the resonant frequency of a human stomach. Nothing like involuntary mass projectile vomiting to demotivate a rampaging mob.

[AreaMan]

Will a tinfoil hat (double wrapped) thwart the weapon.

Only if you use that new "non-stick" kind of aluminum foil.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Did Rosie really say that??

[AreaMan]

...on command, emit a piercing tone so excruciating to humans, its boosters say, that it causes crowds to disperse, clears buildings and repels intruders...

I thought that was the job of hip-hop/rap music.

[DBrow]

I assume you jest, but I'll yield a serious answer anyhow- no!

The millimeter wave heat ray can be thwarted, I think, with metal foil. But this is sound.

Your average shooting range muffs cut sound 30 db, so even with muffs on you'd hear at least 110 db, and bone conduction would go right around the muffs.

[nobody_knows]

Yup!

[Jn316]

I've played in LOUD bands including one where we jammed in a 10x10 concrete bomb shelter w/a full drum set and 2 50watt guitar amps...i've heard loud.

NOTHING has ever made my eardrums 'flutter' like my 4 month old!