6 Creepy New Weapons the Police and Military Use To Subdue Unarmed People | World | AlterNet: “1. The Invisible Pain Ray: The ‘Holy Grail of Crowd Control’
Source: Pasadena Star News It sounds like a weapon out of Star Wars. The Active Denial System, or ADS, works like an open-air microwave oven, projecting a focused beam of electromagnetic radiation to heat the skin of its targets to 130 degrees. This creates an intolerable burning sensation forcing those in its path to instinctively flee (a response the Air Force dubs the “goodbye effect”).
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