Posted on 07/17/2010 9:38:46 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The Active Denial System (ADS) is a non-lethal weapon designed to disperse violent crowds and repel enemies.
It uses a focused invisible beam that causes an "intolerable heating sensation", but only penetrates the skin to the equivalent of three sheets of paper.
The discomfort causes whoever it's pointed at to immediately start moving away. They often scream but the US military says the chance of injury from the system is 0.1%.
It's already been tested more than 11,000 times on around 700 volunteers. Even reporters have faced the heat-ray.
Limit deaths
Lt. Col. John Dorrian, a US military spokesperson, says the kit is now in Afghanistan but no decision has yet been made on its use.
There's been much talk about the need to keep civilian casualties in Afghanistan to a minimum. The heat-ray gun could help.
The beam produced by the ADS can travel more than 500m (1,640ft) and is seen as an important new way to limit unnecessary deaths and minimise war zone casualties.
Developers also say it could also be adapted to other operations, like fighting drug smuggling at sea and general peacekeeping operations.
Research is continuing to make the system smaller, lighter and less expensive, says the Pentagon's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program
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I agree. This weapon can be used against US citizens
A frequency generator that puts out the resonant frequency of the human sphincter might be a barrel of laughs and probably just as effective.
LOL! You picked up on that. Guess it depends on how close you are....
Civilian crowd control, while arguable in the hands of the military, is one thing. Against an armed enemy seems less than pointless. While the enemy might run for cover, they’ll quickly recover and start shooting back. Makes more sense to just shoot them in the first place.
What happens when you point it at a cave structure..
To destroy a cave structure wouldn’t you need to ramp up the power?
No decision
It must be up to Obama.
The brown note.
//only penetrates the skin to the equivalent of three sheets of paper//
Well that is pretty deep to really heat up!
They would have a moving experience that work better and faster than a massive dose of ExLax.
Ping
You are missing the fact that Afghanistan was a shell game war set up by Dear Leader Obozo to convince the Left he was the anti-Busch candidate because he was against the Iraq War and FOR the Afghan one; therefore he was not a weenie, but a tough guy. But just to make sure there is that deadline for pulling out to keep the Lefties happy and the rest of us bedazzled. Get it?
Always aim it at their balls. Never mind if it works. If it looks like it might demasculanize mohammedans, they will be running for the Pakistan tribal territories as rapidly as they can and hoping that we can’t load it on an unmanned airplane and zap them wherever thy frolic. Later it can be used to make negotiations with Afghan leaders and tribal chieftens proceed more rapidly. How’d you like your balls, fella, well, medium, rare, or just lightly toasted to encourage a little more cooperation and a little less corruption? We got yours in our sights and they can be crispy little critters before morning braying.
They should aim it at the ground and detonate any IED in the road. Turn up the power a bit if they have to (being buried and all).
Pretty soon you’ll see a bunch of Afghans with aluminum foil under their clothes. That can pretty much neutralize the waves.
I agree
The beamwidth (where the majority of the energy is contained) is about 0.1 degrees. Some very precise aiming can be done, dependent on the control tightness of the positioner. They use optical aiming, so that is the limit of precision, along with how tight the positioner can control a 0.1 degree beam.
Thats Good. Defeat door safety switch on microwave oven. Leave door open. Start Oven and place body a few inches from front of oven. Same effect. You are being cooked.
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