Fox News been runnig their video of this all day.
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote: > > > ---------- > > > > </mail/u/0/s/?view=att&th=1360019ae5ab66a8&attid=0.1&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1> > > Hi Team! > > *? 2 ALL: > > U.S. MILITARY UNVEILS 'ACTIVE DENIAL' HEAT RAY WEAPON - > > </mail/u/0/s/?view=att&th=1360019ae5ab66a8&attid=0.2&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1> > > Agence France-Presse reports: > > "A sensation of unbearable, sudden heat seems to come out of nowhere — > this wave, a strong electromagnetic beam, is the latest non-lethal weapon > unveiled by the US military this week. > > “'You’re not gonna see it, you’re not gonna hear it, you’re not gonna > smell it: you’re gonna feel it,' explained US Marine Colonel Tracy Taffola, > director the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, Marine Corps Base > Quantico, at a demonstration for members of the media. > > "The effect is so repellant, the immediate instinct is to flee — and > quickly, as experienced by AFP at the presentation"...(continued below) > > </mail/u/0/s/?view=att&th=1360019ae5ab66a8&attid=0.3&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1> > > (above): (The "Active Denial" system) causes a target to > > feel a burning sensation... - businessinsider.com > > > > U.S. military unveils ‘Active Denial’ heat ray weapon - what are your > comments? > > Greg Dempsey > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SECULARHUMANIST/ > Voice of the People > > ======== > > U.S. military unveils ‘Active Denial’ heat ray weapon > By Agence France-Presse > Saturday, March 10, 2012 22:55 EST > > > > ...Taffola is quick also to point out the “Active Denial System” beam, > while powerful and long-range, some 1000 meters (0.6 miles), is the > military’s “safest non-lethal capability” that has been developed over 15 > years but never used in the field. > > It was deployed briefly in Afghanistan in 2010, but never employed in an > operation. > > The technology has attracted safety concerns possibly because the beam is > often confused with the microwaves commonly used by consumers to rapidly > heat food. > > “There are a lot of misperceptions out there,” lamented Taffola, saying > the Pentagon was keen to make clear what the weapon is, and what it is not. > > The frequency of the blast makes all the difference for actual injury as > opposed to extreme discomfort, stressed Stephanie Miller, who measured the > system’s radio frequency bioeffects at the Air Force Research Laboratory. > > The system ray is 95 gigahertz, a frequency “absorbed very superficially,” > said Miller. > > The beam only goes 1/64th of an inch (0.4 millimeter), which “gives a lot > more safety.” > > “We have done over 11,000 exposures on people. In that time we’ve only had > two injuries that required medical attention and in both cases injuries > were fully recovered without complications,” she said. > > In contrast, microwave frequency is around one gigahertz, which moves > faster and penetrates deeper — which is how it can cook meat in an oven, > said top researcher Diana Loree. > > With the transmitter, a wave 100 times the power of a regular microwave > oven cannot pop a bag of popcorn “because the radio frequency is not > penetrating enough to heat enough to internally heat the material,” she > stressed. > > To be used in mob dispersal, checkpoint security, perimeter security, area > denial, infrastructure protection, the US military envisions a wide array > of uses. > > And in a bid to avert accidents, Taffola said the operator’s trigger, in a > truck far from the action, has an automatic shut-off after 3 seconds for > safety. > > “This provides the safest means and also provides the greatest range,” he > said. > > The Pentagon has not yet decided to order any of the ADS system, but > Taffola said they would be ready if asked. > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic > Messages in this topic (1) > Recent Activity: > > Visit Your Group > [DailyKos] > A group for readers of DailyKos and other progressive sites. > Group Email Addresses > Post message: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List owner: [email protected] > <http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/yg/logo/us.gif> > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > < > http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=16894117/grpspId=1705083764/msgId=45177/stime=1331441541/nc1=5522128/nc2=5758220/nc3=5741391 > > > __,_._,___ > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. 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