Posted on 01/24/2007 4:55:22 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0
More proof the U.S. is to blame for global warming.
Someone had to say it, right? ;)
"The pain ended as soon as the target jumped from the line of fire."
Wonder what happens if someone falls in the mad dash to get away.
The snow melting possibilities are interesting.
Can you have one shipped to DC for Jan 27th??? The DC chapter could use one.
You can get a 1st degree burn to the skin from 130 degree hot water in about 2 seconds.
But hot water stays in direct contact with the skin, this being light rays would take longer.
It also occurs to me that one would have to be careful of such a weapon that there would be a minimum safe distance at which you could use the weapon or that the intensity or power output would need to be adjustable for the distance to the target.
Too bad that the libs will probably kill the funding for it, now that they are in charge!!
Raytheon going back through its old patents? Sounds like the old wide-area microwave oven!
A regular wire mesh screen, similar to what one has in the door of a microwave oven, ought to absorb the beam and protect the shielded person. just wrap it around the clothes and on one's hat to cover the head, avoiding any contact with the skin.
Not really. Keep in mind that the weapon doesn't actually fire heat, it fires microwave energy that creates a thin layer of heat onto any water bearing object it strikes. If the beam is relatively tight, it could target a person 5 years away, and then 500 yards away, with little difference in the effective impact on the victim.
The cool thing about this is the amplitude of the signal...it only penetrates a millimeter or so into your skin AND it's pulsed. A sustained hit doesn't penetrate enough to do any damage, and the pulse is short enough that it doesn't heat your skin up all that much. Just enough to get your nerve endings to fire. You will FEEL like you're on fire, without ever actually heating up.
Saw a preview of this on TV a while back. The military has been working on it for quite a few years now.
Scene 115: INT. SPADE'S LIVING ROOM
GUTMAN: Well, sir, there are other means of persuasion besides killing or threatening to kill.
SPADE: Sure. But they aren't much good unless the threat of death is behind them. See what I mean? If you start anything I'll make it a matter of you having to kill me or call it off.
GUTMAN: (chuckles) That's and attitude, sir, that calls for the most delicate judgement on both sides...
Non-leathal means only work well against those insufficiently commited to their cause. Hippies, and such like. Pirates and revolutionaries with nothing to lose might be another matter.
Well, it's high time to return to chain mail in clothing fashion. They say it is VERY durable.
Chain mail would be your worst fashion choice. The "heat ray" (it's really more a "pain ray") is basically a microwave oven turned inside out: it causes pain by microwaving the water in your skin. It works even better on metal. Think of what happens when you put a foil-wrapped potato into a microwave... then imagine it's YOU who are wrapped in metal foil...
The only way to beat this thing would be a) to approach it while inside a Faraday cage or b) to expose yourelf to it deliberately over and over until you develop the psychological ability to ignore the all-over burning sensation.
About time we put the heat to them.
As long as you know from which direction the emitter is firing.
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