New weapon! Worse than tasers! "Pain Ray"
When the U.S. military planned to deploy Raytheon's Active Denial System (ADS) in Iraq, it set off a political firestorm. How couldn't it?
Known for its "goodbye effect," the so-called "pain ray" is a "non-lethal" directed energy weapon that repels "rioters" and other disreputable citizens by heating the outer surface of the skin to 130 degrees F. in short, directed bursts. With a range of some 550 yards, the microwave beam can penetrate clothing and its effects have been described by test subjects as nothing less than "excruciating."
The prospect that American "liberators" would soon be zapping "unruly mobs," that is, Iraqi citizens objecting to the destruction of their country and the looting of their resource-rich nation by Western (corporate) invaders proved to be a public relations nightmare for the Pentagon.
The Defense Science Board concluded that an ADS deployment was "not politically tenable," because of a "possible association with torture" if the system were used at detention centers to ensure "compliance" from recalcitrant prisoners.
Last year I reported (see: '"Non-Lethal' Weapons: Where Science and Technology Service Repression," July 8, 2008), that the Pentagon's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD) claimed that ADS "is helping to fill the gap between the 'shout' and 'shoot' alternatives faced by our troops." But standing up ADS in the Iraqi "theatre" was not to be.
However, as readers of Antifascist Calling are well-aware, being an imperialist empire means never to have to say you're sorry. Time for Plan B!
Coming Soon to the Heimat
According to a blurb on Raytheon's web site, the commercial version of ADS known as Silent Guardian "is a revolutionary less-than-lethal directed energy application that employs millimeter wave technology to repel individuals or crowds without causing injury."
Capitalizing on the profit-rich "homeland security" market, Wired reported that Raytheon has announced an "impending direct commercial sale" of a miniature version of ADS to law enforcement agencies.
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Iraq was...
their testing ground, they have found out it works. Please don't be naive to think it won't be used here in the states on citizens by Nato troops when crap hits the fan in the good old USA.
Maybe, they should test
this stuff on the Raytheon bosses and the jerks who developed this crap.
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Not exaclty new
They have been showing this weapon off for at least a year or two. I actually kind of want to experience myself as I have a very high tolerance for pain and I wonder if I could will myself through it. Between my 2nd degree black belt and Bipolar Berzerker ability, I feel I would be able to function normally.
What I want to know is, what are the limitations of the beam? As in, what if I take a parabolic dish and point it back at the person firing the beam? Or how about a tin foil wall?
Hmmm ...
tin foil ... there's a hilarious joke in there somewhere, but it's almost midnight and I'm sleepy.
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Your Kung Fu is weak
Get a weapon with a range greater than 550.
Oh...and learn how to use it...against all enemies, foreign and domestic. : )
Off Button
I suggest we all carry the off button in our holsters. If they direct the thing at you just pull out the off button. High tech electronics just don't like copper and lead flying through them.
How to Defend Against Microwave Weapons:
Level IV body armor with chicken pot pie inserts.
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Chicken pot pie?
Like that gray layer on the cardboard that crisps it up?
"I don't endorse anything they say"
~Ron Paul On the 911 Truth movement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGyhlNY0y1k
Sure...
...better crispy chicken than crispy you.
It's a safe and tasty way to enjoy your time in a foxhole, behind a barricade or on the go!
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Non-lethal.
it only means the weapon is more apt to be used.
And any deaths that occur are from side-effects, rather than the effects of the weapon itself.
I only wish the stupidity ray, as effective as it was, had been tested on more than just our lawmakers.
"I don't endorse anything they say"
~Ron Paul On the 911 Truth movement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGyhlNY0y1k
Thundercloud! LMFAO!! Stupidity Ray!
You have a great sense of truth- humor ..always appreciated!
Forewarned is forearmed!!
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Thanks LB!
It's all I have left to keep me sane.
thanks for that story too.
"I don't endorse anything they say"
~Ron Paul On the 911 Truth movement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGyhlNY0y1k
Hello? Please be aware...
Capitalizing on the profit-rich "homeland security" market, Wired reported that Raytheon has announced an "impending direct commercial sale" of a miniature version of ADS to law enforcement agencies.
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd