Real Genius 2: Electric Boogaloo On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> > $120 million heat ray waiting for first action > > > QUANTICO, Va. In the market for a long-range heat ray? The Joint > Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate can hook you up. > The Active Denial System beams a high-frequency, man-sized > electromagnetic wave 1,000 meters. The target feels a blast of heat, > similar to opening a very hot oven, and reflexively steps or runs away. The > nonlethal weapon, which can be mounted on a military vehicle, is primarily > designed for crowd control. > ... > > And injury risks are far lower than other non-lethal weapons like rubber > bullets or pepper spray, said Stephanie Miller, with the biological effects > branch of the Air Force Research Laboratory. The weapon has been tested on > more than 11,000 people, and in just two of those cases, it caused > second-degree burns, she said. > > > http://www.stripes.com/blogs/stripes-central/stripes-central-1.8040/120-million-heat-ray-waiting-for-first-action-1.171170?localLinksEnabled=false > > > > Wonder how long before they can hook one of these up to a drone. > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinto > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348424 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
