funkfool
09-14-2011, 16:06
10 Incredible Weapons That Only America Has (http://www.businessinsider.com/american-battlefield-weapons-2011-4#mq9-reaper-drone-1)
Some very cool and scary stuff... like:
The Active Denial System
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4db01b454bd7c8535e260000-400-300/the-active-denial-system.jpg
Image: Wyrd Stuff (http://wyrdstuff.com/?p=1116)
Manufactured by: Raytheon (RTN)
Release date: 2008
Dubbed America's Ray Gun, by 60 Minutes (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4143150n&tag=related;photovideo), the Active Denial System is really more a combination radar array and microwave.
The ADS shoots a stream of electromagnetic waves, shorter than microwaves, which are instantly absorbed by the top layer of skin.
The pain is so intense, the reaction to run from the beams so overpowering, the military calls it the "Goodbye Weapon (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/12/72134)."
The ADS has been used domestically, both on test subjects and prison inmates. It was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010, only to be recalled, inexplicably, months later.
The military claims there are no lingering effects from exposure.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/american-battlefield-weapons-2011-4#the-active-denial-system-6#ixzz1Xy1bUXRJ
and...
3) PHASR Rifle
http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/PHASR-Rifle-620x475.jpg
It looks like a Star Wars laser gun, but the PHASR rifle uses a pretty straightforward concept: think of a flashlight in someone’s eyes, only much more powerful. It’s a hand-held version of what the military calls a ‘dazzler,’ which has been used at military checkpoints to deter civilians from entering restricted areas.
Some very cool and scary stuff... like:
The Active Denial System
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4db01b454bd7c8535e260000-400-300/the-active-denial-system.jpg
Image: Wyrd Stuff (http://wyrdstuff.com/?p=1116)
Manufactured by: Raytheon (RTN)
Release date: 2008
Dubbed America's Ray Gun, by 60 Minutes (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4143150n&tag=related;photovideo), the Active Denial System is really more a combination radar array and microwave.
The ADS shoots a stream of electromagnetic waves, shorter than microwaves, which are instantly absorbed by the top layer of skin.
The pain is so intense, the reaction to run from the beams so overpowering, the military calls it the "Goodbye Weapon (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/12/72134)."
The ADS has been used domestically, both on test subjects and prison inmates. It was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010, only to be recalled, inexplicably, months later.
The military claims there are no lingering effects from exposure.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/american-battlefield-weapons-2011-4#the-active-denial-system-6#ixzz1Xy1bUXRJ
and...
3) PHASR Rifle
http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/PHASR-Rifle-620x475.jpg
It looks like a Star Wars laser gun, but the PHASR rifle uses a pretty straightforward concept: think of a flashlight in someone’s eyes, only much more powerful. It’s a hand-held version of what the military calls a ‘dazzler,’ which has been used at military checkpoints to deter civilians from entering restricted areas.