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Microwave weapon raises burning questions
NewScientist.com newsletter, 21 July 2005
Welcome to the New Scientist newsletter, which this week reveals the
microwave weapon raising burning questions in the US...
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Burning Questions
Test results of a US microwave weapon have been made public under
the Freedom of Information Act. Called the Active Denial System, the
weapon fires a 95-gigahertz microwave beam which is supposed to heat
skin but leave no physical damage. Designed with crowd-control in
mind, the beam causes pain in moments and becomes intolerable in
under 5 seconds. To protect their eyes, test "rioters" were asked to
remove contact lenses and glasses before being fired upon. They were
also relieved of their loose change - everyone knows what happens to
metal left in microwaves. But some experts wonder exactly how the
amount of radiation a target receives can be controlled: what if
someone in the crowd is unable to move away from the beam?...MORE
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