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Home Front: Tech
Microwave-a-Mullah Electromagnetic Pain Weapon
2005-03-03
Hat Tip DRUDGE

US developing 'pain from a distance' weapon
By Nic Fleming, Science Correspondent
(Filed: 03/03/2005)

The US military is developing a weapon that delivers a bout of excruciating pain from afar to use against protesters and rioters.

Not to mention use on Mullahs meetin' in Tehran



Documents released under the US Freedom of Information Act show that scientists have received funding to investigate how much pain can be induced in individuals hit by electromagnetic pulses created by lasers without killing them.

Twitching is good too! After the mullahs are out, citizens will line up to "PUSH THE BUTTON" on the "MEN OF GOD" who made them suffer over the years since 1979.

Due to be ready for use in 2007, the Pulsed Energy Projectile weapon is designed to trigger extreme pain from a distance of one-and-a-quarter miles. It fires a laser pulse that generates a burst of expanding plasma - electrically charged gas - when it hits something solid. Tests on animals showed it produced "pain and temporary paralysis".

TWANG - ZAP...

Pain researchers told today's New Scientist magazine that the technology could end up being used for torture and that it was unethical. Andrew Rice, a consultant in pain medicine in London, said: "I am deeply concerned about the ethical aspects of this research."

Obviously Andy never lost anyone in a terrorist attack.
Posted by:BigEd

#21  Maybe we are marketing the device incorrectly and are causing the LLL to jump to conclusions. This little plasmizer is a medical device designed to explore the sensitivity of nerves and to determine individual sensing thresholds.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-03-03 11:10:40 PM  

#20  No, you may not, Zpaz. And anyone who dares to say that I'm torturing him with that refusal (as Drewie in London may be considering suggesting) will be soundly beaten.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-03-03 8:31:49 PM  

#19  ...investigate how much pain can be induced in individuals hit by electromagnetic pulses created by lasers without killing them.

ooooooo! ooooooo! Can I volunteer for that experiment? Can I bring my own leather 'n' whips 'n' chains 'n' stuff to enhance the burn?
Posted by: Zpaz   2005-03-03 8:03:58 PM  

#18  Of course there is already a similar weapon that is currently being fielded in Iraq by the Marines. It uses microwaves instead of lasers and has a shorter range, but the effects are similar. Bwahaha
Posted by: Bill   2005-03-03 7:58:28 PM  

#17  BigEd - didn't see that one, but hey, kill two birds with one bad song stone...
Posted by: Raj   2005-03-03 6:10:03 PM  

#16  RAJ :

The link you posted also belongs as a comment on the How to Interrogate Terrorists article elsewhere today on RANTBURG!
Posted by: BigEd   2005-03-03 5:35:51 PM  

#15  Um, just don't start singing, Evil Kirk!
Posted by: Raj   2005-03-03 5:15:49 PM  

#14  Sarge : You Rascal!
Posted by: BigEd   2005-03-03 4:22:52 PM  

#13  Doesn't 'evil Kirk' look like 'Gay Kirk'? The Army has been working on non-lehtal weapons for crowds for a very long time. I think it's time an operation test. Next time there is a DNC meeting light up that puppy and see how many get sick.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-03-03 4:10:02 PM  

#12  Fine, causing pain is unethical. From now on all crowd control will be conducted via .50 cal machineguns.
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats   2005-03-03 3:36:25 PM  

#11  Medium or well done?
Posted by: Dutchgeek   2005-03-03 3:36:16 PM  

#10  #9,

Posted by: Baltic Blog   2005-03-03 3:33:51 PM  

#9  "Put them in the Agonizer booth." mutters the bearded Spock...
Posted by: mojo   2005-03-03 3:31:05 PM  

#8  B Blog

This technological marvel is insignificant compared to the power of the force
Posted by: Warthog   2005-03-03 3:28:50 PM  

#7  Andrew Rice, a consultant in pain medicine in London, said: "I am deeply concerned about the ethical aspects of this research."

"Would you prefer another target? A military target? Then name the system!"
Posted by: Baltic Blog   2005-03-03 3:22:50 PM  

#6  Remember, folks -- you can build a laser to vaporize a person, but not to blind them. That would be against the laws of war.

The same could be said about tazers and stun guns. Any of these so-called "pain researchers" think those devices are unethical too?

Of course they do. Any weapon in the hands of an American is unethical to them.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-03-03 3:17:21 PM  

#5  But, killing thousands of innocent people is ethical. /sarcasm off
Posted by: Poison Reverse   2005-03-03 3:16:06 PM  

#4  Pain researchers told today’s New Scientist magazine that the technology could end up being used for torture and that it was unethical.

The same could be said about tazers and stun guns. Any of these so-called "pain researchers" think those devices are unethical too?
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-03-03 3:07:59 PM  

#3  They should have called it The Seattle Project. The WTO meetings ought to be really interesting now...
Posted by: BH   2005-03-03 3:06:32 PM  

#2  A kitchen knife "could end up being used for torture" too. Are pain researchers concerned?
Posted by: Tom   2005-03-03 2:57:38 PM  

#1  One really has to wonder why Amnesty and others fight so hard against us capturing these people instead of turning them into a fine red mist. Perhaps we need to look more closely at their funding and who belongs?
Posted by: Silentbrick   2005-03-03 2:53:21 PM  

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