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Riot control ray gun worries scientists
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jul 21, 2005 03:38pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, July 20, 2005 05:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Active Denial System weapon, classified as "less lethal" by the Pentagon, fires a 95GHz microwave beam at rioters to cause heating and intolerable pain in less than five seconds.
The discomfort is designed to prompt people caught in the microwave beam to move away from it, thereby allowing riot-control personnel to break up and manage a crowd. |
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