[JusticeLives]

"Have you considered the possibility that this weapon may be used to repel an enemy without permanently injuring him? That it could, in fact, end up being more humane than current weaponry?"

Yes, one can consider that, but these non-lethal weapons are technologies for political control. You might be interested in the following article. Yes, it was prepared by the Scientific and Technological Options Assessments for European Parliament, but it also includes what the U.S. has come up with as far as torture weapons and who makes them here. Names names, IOW. BTW, these weapons are not in the planning stage, many are in use as we speak.

[JusticeLives]

Heh heh I hope this link still works. This article has been taken down from the net too many times to count and the URL gets longer each upload:

http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/1393/s1.html