http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1297361/US-withdraws-pain-ray-Afghan-war-zone.html
Perhaps it left those that it was used upon a little well done.
A ‘pain ray’ that blasts the enemy with unbearable heat waves hasbeen pulled out of Afghanistan by the US military.
The Active Denial System (ADS), which cost about £42 million to develop, was on the brink of being deployed to disperse members of the Taliban as they attacked US forces.
The weapon, which causes immense pain to subjects but no lasting physical damage, was pulled from the war zone last week but US army chiefs in Afghanistan have stayed silent about the reason for the U-turn.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1297361/US-withdraws-pain-ray-Afghan-war-zone.html#ixzz0uigAqGut
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Soldiers in Afghanistan issued heat-ray gun
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7894040/Soldiers-in-Afghanistan-issued-heat-ray-gun.html
Coalition forces in Afghanistan having been issued a newly-developed heat-ray gun to disperse crowds and repel enemies without injuring them
The Active Denial System (ADS) uses a focused invisible beam, which causes an “intolerable heating sensation" but does not permanently harm the skin.
The first batch of the vehicle-mounted non-lethal weapons has been sent to US troops in the war-torn country but it has not yet been used on the battlefield.
When the beam is pointed at a person, it penetrates the skin to the equivalent of three sheets of paper – enough to cause pain by burning nerve endings.
The discomfort is enough to force people to move away but not to cause long-term damage. The US military says the chance of injury from the system is 0.1 per cent.
Coalition forces in Afghanistan having been issued a newly-developed heat-ray gun to disperse crowds and repel enemies without injuring them
The Active Denial System (ADS) uses a focused invisible beam, which causes an “intolerable heating sensation" but does not permanently harm the skin.
The first batch of the vehicle-mounted non-lethal weapons has been sent to US troops in the war-torn country but it has not yet been used on the battlefield.
When the beam is pointed at a person, it penetrates the skin to the equivalent of three sheets of paper – enough to cause pain by burning nerve endings.
The discomfort is enough to force people to move away but not to cause long-term damage. The US military says the chance of injury from the system is 0.1 per cent.
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