the ultimate in the "Stun Gun Technology" without the fish hook
probes & wire....
US Air Force unveils
hand-held laser gun
By Michael Sirak JDW
Staff Reporter
Washington, DC
The US Air Force has
unveiled its first hand-held laser weapon that gives security forces a non-lethal option for controlling
crowds and protecting areas like checkpoints, according to service
officials.
While only in prototype form and years away from fielding,
the weapon, known as the Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response (PHaSR)
system, holds great promise, they said.
The PHaSR is about the same
size and weight of a fully loaded M60 machine gun - around 9 kg - but shoots a
low-power beam of laser light instead of bullets. The light it generates is
capable of temporarily impairing an individual's vision, much like the
disorienting glare one sees when looking into the sun, said the officials.
Upon completion of testing, one prototype will be handed over to the
Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD) and the
second to the National Institute of Justice (NIJ): the law enforcement arm of
the US Department of Justice. Both organisations support the programme, with
the latter interested in its civil applications.
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