A modified version of this laser rifle created to dazzle enemies by the US Air Force has been adapted by the Department of Justice to inflict pain from a distancePosted on 12/26/2008 7:50:42 AM PST by BGHater
The research arm of the US Department of Justice is working on two portable non-lethal weapons that inflict pain from a distance using beams of laser light or microwaves, with the intention of putting them into the hands of police to subdue suspects.
The two devices under development by the civilian National Institute of Justice both build on knowledge gained from the Pentagon's controversial Active Denial System (ADS) - first demonstrated in public last year, which uses a 2-metre beam of short microwaves to heat up the outer layer of a person's skin and cause pain.
'Reduced injuries'
Like the ADS, the new portable devices will also heat the skin, but will have beams only a few centimetres across. They are designed to elicit what the Pentagon calls a "repel response" - a strong urge to escape from the beam.
A spokesperson for the National Institute for Justice likens the effect of the new devices to that of "blunt trauma" weapons such as rubber bullets, "But unlike blunt trauma devices, the injury should not be present. This research is looking to reduce the injuries to suspects," they say.
Existing blunt trauma weapons can break ribs or even kill, making alternatives welcome. Yet ADS has recorded problems too - out of several thousand tests on human subjects there were two cases of second-degree burns.
A modified version of this laser rifle created to dazzle enemies by the US Air Force has been adapted by the Department of Justice to inflict pain from a distance
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the Pentagon's controversial Active Denial System (ADS) - first demonstrated in public last yearActually, the Active Denial System (ADS) was invented by the RNC decades ago as a way to help get RINOs elected.
No problemo as long as the devices are available to civilians also.
Othewise we have tyranny.
Any bets on which?
Will they attach the frickin lasers to sharks' heads?
I have a few “pain beam” weapons already in the inventory ... the latest being one of The Judge pistols loaded with .410 shotgun shells.
or more accurately:
Was actually waiting for someone to point out all the goodies that are currently restricted from civilian hands.
“Don’t beam me, bro... don’t beam me!”
May da schwartz be witchoo.
will certainly do wonders for sales of tinfoil in DC and the SF Bay Area
Civilian response: Bring mirrors.
It seems the anti-globalization protesters at the WTO or World Bank meetings (how do these morons afford to go to so many foreign capitals considering what deadbeats most of them are?) would prefer these weapons to a nightstick or a swift kick.
Personally, if I were a cop I’d prefer the pleasure of an up-close and personal relationship using a lead-filled rubber truncheon as some Hong Kong cops used to do. The bamboo batons they now use leave a mark but much less internal damage.
The morons who break into businesses and loot or set someone else’s car on fire deserve no less. This system is way too PC.
a new personal thrill toy for sados among them.
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