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dracodraconisUS police could get 'pain beam' weapons - tech - 24 December 2008 - New Scientist
 The National Institute of Justice is developing two non-lethal weapons based on the Pentagon's Active Denial System (ADS). One weapon uses a narrow beam of short microwaves that heat the skin to generate a "repel response" . The second one, based on the system shown here, uses laser light to dazzle the suspect, in combination with the short microwave emitter. Known as the Incapacitor, the weapon shown here uses an array of LEDs that are bright enough to dazzle, but pulse in a pattern designed to induce disorientation, dizziness, and vertigo in 2/3 of the people this weapon was tested against. The weapon was demonstrated to have a range of 500+ yards. |