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

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

[GladesGuru]

Mister Video, now available live via cell phone will assure TV coverage.

[GladesGuru]

Directional antenna, 'member?

[neutrino]

Hmm...I wonder if they'd sell me one? Purely for research purposes, of course!!

[A CA Guy]

Recordings of Barry Manillow on accordion no doubt.

[Samwise]

I want one of these, too!

[Samwise]

Last week, as I watched televised images of angry Iraqis pelting U.S. soldiers with rocks when they arrived to assist those injured in suicide bombings at mosques, I couldn't help but wonder whether the presence of a sound weapon to disperse those crowds would just escalate hostilities.

Unbelievable.

[SAMWolf]

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

Big secret, I have 3 teenagers they're been using this for years. :-)

[Samwise]

LOL

[dljordan]

Actually, there was a French scientist work on a low frequency sound weapon after WWII. This thing would liquify internal organs and demolish buildings. It won't be long before your local police departments will get these (the devices they are supplying to the military) to handle those pesky Second Amendment demonstrators that make life so uncomfortable for politicians.

[muawiyah]

Think you're right about folks not being able to escape the db level. By my calculations this thing will clean your toenails whether you want that or not.

What I wonder is if it will break loose your topmost dead layer of skin?

[muawiyah]

About Hillary being bothered by pesky Freepers ~ she lurks here.

She's been doing that since the very beginning. I don't know if she "posts", but this is one of her favorite sites.

Can you imagine how screwy she'd be if she spent her time cruising DU? No way! She's not terminally stupid ~ evil maybe ~ well, evil, probably ~ but she knows where the analysis she'll need to deal with is on display 24/7

[DBrow]

The martial law limit sounds like a good idea. If the US military is issued these and there are mil-specs and all, can civil police use them without getting a posse comitatus waiver?

[DBrow]

"Demonstrations" in the USA tend to be peaceful affairs, with yelling and hooting and lots of movement for sure, but in many parts of the world our troops (trained for military ops not "peacekeeping" police work) are faced with rock throwing, glass jars filled with liquid, and so forth.

That our troops have to face this when trying to help people is disgraceful.

[DBrow]

It won't be long before your local
police departments will get these

You know, I don't think that will happen. As mentioned above, they probably will be considered "military" and you would need lots of clearances to use them.

In all the demonstrations I have been to or in, the police never got nasty, forceful or pushy- the crowd was well behaved (noisy and scary at times, but well behaved). I expect that the police will continue to be the same way.

When crowds burn cars, burn buildings, and advance on a line of cops or troops chanting "kill the pigs", you get a Kent State.

The Anti-globalist riots in Seattle and here and there were handled without sonic cannon or firehoses- I doubt they would have been used.

[Samwise]

About Hillary being bothered by pesky Freepers ~ she lurks here.

What makes you think she lurks here? Some of her staffers might, but the queen herself?

[muawiyah]

Back during Billzo's tour in the White House I actually got her to do things in response to posts made here.

Most of them were minor, but one involved the charge that she was preparing to steal a lot of the historic china sets. In fact, they were all crated up and ready to be moved to the intermediate facility diagonal from the White House across Pennsylvania Avenue.

Everything goes in and goes out through a single separate building over there. I presume they check for nasty stuff going in, and do inventories on the stuff going out ~ the Clintons ain't the first to try to walk off with the place you know!.

But, back to the china story. Next thing you know she'd invited the President of Italy to a state dinner. Among other things she was featuring different place settings, each from a different set of the historic china.

The china stayed in place.

Others have had the same experience.

[DBrow]

Actually, the sound levels are not as severe as I originally thought. The posted article mentions 145 db at 500 yards, a statement that is not backed up by the contractor, General Dynamics.

GD says 120 db at 60 yards- still way loud, earmuffs won't kill all of it at that range.

145 at 500 yards would be unimaginable at 100 yards, potentially lethal.

I suspect the author just made up the numbers, not the first time some "journalist" has lied to make his point.

[Samwise]

Interesting. Thanks.