Sabocat
5th January 2004, 12:20
Who wants to bet that this won't be the weapon of choice for dispersing a protest? I find it particularly amusing that they consider irradiating people "non-lethal".
Pulling Punches;
Big plans for futuristic, nonlethal weapons are afoot, but their use would raise troubling questions
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Los Angeles Times
January 4, 2004 Sunday Home Edition
Will 2004 bring a kinder, gentler American soldier? A California company has delivered a prototype nonlethal acoustic weapon for use in ship security. A powerful microwave weapon that painfully heats up human skin but doesn't kill is ready for deployment to protect soldiers and installations against intruders and mobs. Lasers and other intense light weapons that temporarily blind are being developed to subdue suspects. New incapacitating chemical weapons that could put the occupants of an entire apartment building to sleep are being created in laboratories.
http://www6.lexisnexis.com/wpublisher/EndU...1&topics=single (http://www6.lexisnexis.com/wpublisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=63&docId=l:68677897&topicId=13715&start=1&topics=single)
Pulling Punches;
Big plans for futuristic, nonlethal weapons are afoot, but their use would raise troubling questions
Copyright 2004 The Times Mirror Company; Los Angeles Times
All Rights Reserved
Los Angeles Times
January 4, 2004 Sunday Home Edition
Will 2004 bring a kinder, gentler American soldier? A California company has delivered a prototype nonlethal acoustic weapon for use in ship security. A powerful microwave weapon that painfully heats up human skin but doesn't kill is ready for deployment to protect soldiers and installations against intruders and mobs. Lasers and other intense light weapons that temporarily blind are being developed to subdue suspects. New incapacitating chemical weapons that could put the occupants of an entire apartment building to sleep are being created in laboratories.
http://www6.lexisnexis.com/wpublisher/EndU...1&topics=single (http://www6.lexisnexis.com/wpublisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=63&docId=l:68677897&topicId=13715&start=1&topics=single)