Scientists are questioning the safety of a microwave gun for riot control that is scheduled to be deployed in Iraq next year. The Active Denial System weapon, which has a Pentagon classification known as “less lethal,” would fire a microwave beam at rioters to cause heating and intolerable pain in less than five seconds. The idea is that people struck by the beam would rapidly try to move away from it, thereby causing the crowd to disperse. Full Story
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