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Title: Military heat ray gun zaps 60 Minutes reporter
Source: Raw Story
URL Source: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Milit ... heat_ray_gun_zaps_60_0229.html
Published: Feb 29, 2008
Author: David Edwards and Chris Tackett
Post Date: 2008-03-01 06:52:10 by robin
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"You have to feel the ray gun to believe it," says 60 Minutes correspondent David Martin, speaking about a non-lethal weapon the Pentagon has developed, "and there's only one way to do that."

Martin was reportedly "zapped" 17 times for this piece, demonstrating the effects, as well as the possibility that a person could reduce the impact with shields of various materials.

"The gun is really an antenna which shoots out this very high-frequency radio beam that penetrates the skin to a depth of 1/64 of an inch, which is just deep enough to hit the nerves," says Martin. "And it creates this instantaneous sensation of heat which makes anyone who is hit with it try to get out of the way as fast as possible.

"And the second you do get out of the way, the pain goes away," Martin continued. "And the point is that this gun, which has a range of roughly half a mile - the exact range is classified - can make you stop whatever it is you're doing."

It seems that is the intended benefit of this weapon, which Martin says causes the sensation of being scalded with hot water.

He asks, "How many innocent lives have been lost by someone approaching a check-point and not heeding the warning signs that American soldiers were giving them ...? Now you have this gun. If you shoot that ray gun at someone and they keep coming you can safely assume that they have evil intent and have cleared the way to use more lethal force, which would be their rifle."

This video is from CBSNews.com, broadcast February 28, 2008.


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#2. To: robin (#0)

Now you have this gun. If you shoot that ray gun at someone and they keep coming you can safely assume that they have evil intent and have cleared the way to use more lethal force, which would be their rifle."

Only fools think weapons like this will remain on one side only. I expect to hear about cops being tazed by criminals any day now.

RickyJ  posted on  2008-03-01   16:24:44 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: RickyJ (#2)

I wonder if a lightweight older (larger) satellite dish, covered in shiny foil would reflect it back toward the source?

Critter  posted on  2008-03-01   16:39:57 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: Critter, lodwick (#5)

I wonder if a lightweight older (larger) satellite dish, covered in shiny foil would reflect it back toward the source?

I seem to recall that the weapon was tested in the war zone, and it required a team of armed men stationed around it to protect the vehicle and operator, and once the crowds understood the weapon's capabilities they simply stayed out of sight.

So, it ended up being a bunch of marines standing out in the open (exposed to fire from hidden snipers) with no crowd to control.

In other words, the weapon is an expensive Rube Goldberg with limited utility.

And, instead of using a large dish to reflect the signal back and presenting an attractive target for rifle fire from them, wouldn't it be better to use a rifle to force them to leave the area? The team that's assigned to protect the weapon won't leave to find your sniper hide because the weapon and operator would then be left unprotected. And, if they hide to keep you from getting a shot at them, then the weapon is useless and should have been left in the crate in the first place.

Summary: A man with a heat ray weapon is no match for a sniper who knows his stuff.

HOUNDDAWG  posted on  2008-03-01   17:21:18 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: HOUNDDAWG (#13)

Summary: A man with a heat ray weapon is no match for a sniper who knows his stuff.

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Lod  posted on  2008-03-01   17:25:22 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: lodwick, Jethro Tull, robin, rowdee, christine (#14)

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HOUNDDAWG  posted on  2008-03-01   17:50:12 ET  (1 image) Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#16. To: HOUNDDAWG. Shooters here (#15)

Yep - that's the one.

Now drop a Leupold Tactical scope on top and you're good to go.

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