All kidding aside, the United States is getting ready to roll out weapons very similar to this:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10805240/
The 'Active Denial System' seems destined to be unleashed on protestors - possibly domestic ones. Note how certain precautions were taken during testing: "not allowed to wear glasses or contact lenses, due to concerns about possible eye damage. Additionally, after the first experiment, volunteers were checked for metal objects, such as keys and coins, as well as certain zippers, buttons, and seams, in order to avoid "hot spots" that could be created by these objects on the skin of the participants"
I'm sure that after it passes out of the vapourware state, it will be USB2 compatible. Or gigabit ethernet, with an embedded HTTP server that has a cache of useful GPS coordinates...
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Date: 2006-01-15 07:36 pm (UTC)http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10805240/
The 'Active Denial System' seems destined to be unleashed on protestors - possibly domestic ones. Note how certain precautions were taken during testing: "not allowed to wear glasses or contact lenses, due to concerns about possible eye damage. Additionally, after the first experiment, volunteers were checked for metal objects, such as keys and coins, as well as certain zippers, buttons, and seams, in order to avoid "hot spots" that could be created by these objects on the skin of the participants"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_(weapon)
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Date: 2006-01-15 07:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-19 05:05 pm (UTC)