Spindryer
26-01-2007, 05:49 PM
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The US military revealed a heat-ray gun, the Active Denial System (ADS), to reporters this week.
The technology brings a new, more disorientating dimension to crowd control. Rioters know where they are with a water cannon: they can see where the cooling is coming from. Likewise, tear gas smokes before it stings and baton rounds are meant to bounce before they hit the crowd.
"Imagine you're a marine guarding your post and you see some suspicious-looking people coming towards you at a distance," said Susan LeVine, principal deputy of the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons (JNLW) Directorate which tested the system.
You will be able to engage them at a point well beyond small-arms range so that you can give them a clear signal to stop," she told the BBC News website. "
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Read more (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6300985.stm)
The US military revealed a heat-ray gun, the Active Denial System (ADS), to reporters this week.
The technology brings a new, more disorientating dimension to crowd control. Rioters know where they are with a water cannon: they can see where the cooling is coming from. Likewise, tear gas smokes before it stings and baton rounds are meant to bounce before they hit the crowd.
"Imagine you're a marine guarding your post and you see some suspicious-looking people coming towards you at a distance," said Susan LeVine, principal deputy of the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons (JNLW) Directorate which tested the system.
You will be able to engage them at a point well beyond small-arms range so that you can give them a clear signal to stop," she told the BBC News website. "
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2101/heatgunsm4.jpg
Read more (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6300985.stm)