<HTML>NBC News vergleicht den Einsatz von Mikrowellen als non-letale Waffe hinsichtlich seiner revolutionären Bedeutung mit der Erfindung des Schießpulvers:
American warplanes may soon have a powerful new weapon, and some experts think an attack on Iraq is expected to see the first use of high-powered microwave weapons. It's called "directed energy," and it could wipe out all electricity including air defenses, communications, and radar. This non-lethal weapon would effectively shut down a city without killing millions of innocent civilians.
"It is as revolutionary in its own way as gunpowder was for its day."
Since September eleventh, the development of non-lethal weapons has been a top priority for the Pentagon…The Air Force is also developing a humvee that fires an invisible beam of electromagnetic waves that shock the skin but do not cause permanent damage.
"If you step into that beam, you feel like your body is on fire. It hurts."
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