Microwave crowd control weapon - is this thing real?

[moodforaday]

Because if it is, it's gonna be used on civilian population. This is what it's designed for:

Riot control ray gun causes worry

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 95-gigahertz microwave beam at rioters to cause heating and intolerable pain in less than five seconds.

The idea is people caught in the beam will rapidly try to move out of it and therefore break up the crowd.

But New Scientist magazine reported today that during tests carried out at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, participants playing the part of rioters were told to remove glasses and contact lenses to protect their eyes.
(snip)

http://www.news.com.au/story/print/0,10119,16000314,00.html

[acmejack]

1. Sadly, it is

Our tax dollars at work.

[Danocrat]

2. It's real

and don't be suprised if they take it on a test drive somewhere around September 25th.

[wli]

3. coming soon to a "free speech zone" near you

[fooj]

4. OMG!

:cry:

[norml]

5. I've been posting about this for a few months.

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[CoffeeCat]

6. I say...

...we arrive at protests with our pants and coats stuffed full of microwave-popcorn packages.

Those death rays will zero right in on the popcorn. The streets will be flooded with deep, massive popcorn piles.

They'll never be able to find us, and we can have a snack while we're laughing and hiding from these fascist, evil scumbags.