Microwave beam weapon reportedly to be deployed in Iraq
A Microwave beam weapon is ready to be used and deployed in Iraq. I wonder about such a weapon. It's only supposed to penetrate the skin at 1/64th of an inch. Wouldn't such a weapon be capable of permanatly damaged eyes and testicles. Napalm not only is efective, it visually makes a very effective deterent. The sight and smell of a wall of Nalpalm, and your comrades in flames makes a dramatic impression. An invisible beam of flame wouldn't be as instructional to the observers.A beam weapon that uses the heating effect of microwaves to cause pain is to be issued to U.S. troops in Iraq, according to a report on the Telegraph Web site.
The supposedly nonlethal weapon, also called "active-denial technology," has been under development throughout the 1990s at the U. S. Air Force Research Laboratory (Kirtland, N.M.), in tandem with the Marine Corps' Joint Nonlethal Weapons Directorate, the report said.
The weapon uses 95-GHz energy to penetrate the skin to 1/64 of an inch, and hits water molecules in the skin to produce an intense burning sensation that stops when the transmitter is switched off or when the individual moves out of the beam.
The weapon has been cited as being particularly useful for crowd control and urban conflicts, although there thought to be counter-measures (see see June 6, 2001, story). "The skin gets extremely hot, and people can't stand the pain, so they have to move — and move in the way we want them to," the more recent report quoted Col. Wade Hall of the Office of Force Transformation as saying. The weapon is set to be fitted to armored vehicles already in Iraq. This would allow the microwave beam weapon to be deployed in 2005, the report said.
U.S. Army and Marine Corps units should receive four to six vehicles equipped with the microwave weapon, dubbed "Sheriffs," by September 2005.
The system includes a millimeter-wave energy source with waveguides to direct the energy to a dish antenna measuring about 3 x 3 meters, which forms a beam that can be swept across a battlefield or hostile crowd. Beam size, whether it is a convergent, focused beam or a divergent beam, and its range, were classified, although the beam has been reported to have a range of about 1 kilometer.
posted by Liberty @ 6:03 AM
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Eyes would be susceptible to the weapon, though like most of the non-lethal weapons, it requires responsible use. Range is also somewhat limited from what I've found.
The testicles are covered by a skin layer (scrotum) thus wouldn't be susceptible to damage. Though a water cannon or a policeman's trunchen would do much worse damage.
Someone is using this weapon on me here in the US. It seems to be pretty accurate in targeting my eyes, vagina, feet and chest area.
Who other than the military have access to these devices? How can you stop them from entering your home invisibly?
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