Defenses Against Tasers And Non Lethal Microwaves

Where'd our scientist brothers go to... I shouldn't have to be reading defense magazines. How are we going to make the jump to zero-point if we can't begin efforts for cohesive creation. This is available only for feds and leos, but it has to be replicable. The taser and that crazy microwave jeep are disasterous to the democratic process and nonviolent demonstration. Stupidly even more so than guns. love love love. And Freedom Riots.





Light Protection Thor Shield Fabric will protect the wearer from less lethal/non-lethal energy weapons (Tasers, etc.), and allows for greater flexibility at less weight than the Heavy Protection fabric. Just one thing: with both fabrics, in order to keep the Taser X26 darts from penetrating your skin, you would most likely have to combine the Thor Shield fabric(s) with other thicker or anti-penetrative materials--especially if you're up against Taser's extra-penetration darts/cartridge. These darts are pretty long, and very sharp. Fortunately, both versions of the Thor Shield Energy Weapon Protection Fabric can be integrated with any other type of clothing/garment, like gloves, jackets, even body armor.

 

While interesting info, I think this post would have been better placed in the Conspiracy forum or on one of these threads:

http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=279429

http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=275942

http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=261997

 

I guess it could go in that catagory as well, but I was just refering to the information that the forest service purchased a grip of tasers and the worries about the Active Denial System (ADS). I don't think it is irrational to worry about protecting folks from "non-lethal" weaponry. Not tryin to step on any toes though.


Details of US microwave-weapon tests revealed

• 22 July 2005
• NewScientist.com news service
• David Hambling

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VOLUNTEERS taking part in tests of the Pentagon's "less-lethal" microwave weapon were banned from wearing glasses or contact lenses due to safety fears. The precautions raise concerns about how safe the Active Denial System (ADS) weapon would be if used in real crowd-control situations.

The ADS fires a 95-gigahertz microwave beam, which is supposed to heat skin and to cause pain but no physical damage (New Scientist, 27 October 2001, p 26). Little information about its effects has been released, but details of tests in 2003 and 2004 were revealed after Edward Hammond, director of the US Sunshine Project - an organisation campaigning against the use of biological and non-lethal weapons - requested them under the Freedom of Information Act.

The tests were carried out at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Two experiments tested pain tolerance levels, while in a third, a "limited military utility assessment", volunteers played the part of rioters or intruders and the ADS was used to drive them away.

The experimenters banned glasses and contact lenses to prevent possible eye damage to the subjects, and in the second and third tests removed any metallic objects such as coins and keys to stop hot spots being created on the skin. They also checked the volunteers' clothes for certain seams, buttons and zips which might also cause hot spots.

The ADS weapon's beam causes pain within 2 to 3 seconds and it becomes intolerable after less than 5 seconds. People's reflex responses to the pain is expected to force them to move out of the beam before their skin can be burnt.

But Neil Davison, co-ordinator of the non-lethal weapons research project at the University of Bradford in the UK, says controlling the amount of radiation received may not be that simple. "How do you ensure that the dose doesn't cross the threshold for permanent damage?" he asks. "What happens if someone in a crowd is unable, for whatever reason, to move away from the beam? Does the weapon cut out to prevent overexposure?"

During the experiments, people playing rioters put up their hands when hit and were given a 15-second cooling-down period before being targeted again. One person suffered a burn in a previous test when the beam was accidentally used on the wrong power setting.

“What happens if someone is unable to move away from the beam?”
A vehicle-mounted version of ADS called Sheriff could be in service in Iraq in 2006 according to the Department of Defense, and it is also being evaluated by the US Department of Energy for use in defending nuclear facilities. The US marines and police are both working on portable versions, and the US air force is building a system for controlling riots from the air.

 

This is NUTS! A microwave being used to heat up people in order for gov't compliance, what happend to free speach?

 

shooting somebody in the foot ius also non-lethal, why not do that.. man the g is so f-ed up and they r gaining so much power... centralized government and all... wen the day comes that these tools are used against peaceful protesters, and i cant foresee it not happening, we r gunna have some serious problems... i think these devices fall under the category of cruel and unusual punishment and should be outlawed, even the thought of using force against peaceful protesters makes me want to vomit... but wat can u expect from a government with this much power