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paparush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-05 08:18 AM
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Military to Deploy Microwave Crowd-Control Weapon in Iraq
Scientists are questioning the safety of a Star Wars-style riot control ray gun due to be deployed in Iraq next year.

The Active Denial System weapon, classified as "less lethal" by the Pentagon, fires a 95GHz microwave beam at rioters to cause heating and intolerable pain in less than five seconds.

The discomfort is designed to prompt people caught in the microwave beam to move away from it, thereby allowing riot-control personnel to break up and manage a crowd.

http://news.com.com/Riot+control+ray+gun+worries+scientists/2100-7337_3-5796749.html?tag=nefd.top
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-05 08:26 AM
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1. Yes. Develop the deployment technique so that it can later be
used in the U.S. Folks, the government is being run by ruthless thugs and it's not going to be easy to depose them. They got all of the "cards".
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undergroundpanther Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-05 08:28 AM
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2. I wish so bad people would wake up
Grow up and realize the bullies have gotten away with thier shit for too long.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-05 09:01 AM
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4. The sleeping will only awaken when the pain is theirs and it's
severe. My hope is that it won't be too late. In the end, the laws of Nature will rule. But, from a human life span perspective, that might not be soon enough for us.
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-05 08:33 AM
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3. Just like Hitler tested his fancy new weapons in the
Spanish Civil War.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-05 09:02 AM
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5. We are already living in a police state. Americans just haven't
realized it yet.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-05 09:04 AM
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6. We are already living in a police state. Americans haven't
realized it as yet.
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jim3775 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-05 09:06 AM
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7. Does everything the U.S. uses in Iraq...
have to involve some sort of radiation?
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-05 09:08 AM
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8. Reminder:When they stop popping every 2 seconds they are done
oh that is for popcorn never mind
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paparush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-05 09:08 AM
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9. Active Denial System
I think Bush** must have named the thing himself.
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