See a Fox News Reporter Get Zapped by Military’s Wild New ‘Heat Ray’
- Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:06pm by
Erica Ritz
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The U.S. Military unveiled new technology this week, in the form of a futuristic heat-ray.
“You’re not gonna see it, you’re not gonna hear it, you’re not gonna smell it: you’re gonna feel it,” US Marine Colonel Tracy Taffola explained to members of the media.
The operator's view in the Active Denial system (Photo: The Raw Story)
He elaborated, saying that the “Active Denial System” is one of the military’s safest non-lethal capabilities, having been developed over 15 years but never utilized in the field.
It was briefly deployed in Afghanistan in 2010, but never used in an operation.
From some 1000 meters, or .6 miles, a truck can aim this beam at many attackers, making them all feel incredibly hot via an electromagnetic beam. There are no lasting effects, just an irresistible urge to run away from whatever was causing the sensation. “We can shoot first, and ask questions later. Normally you can’t do that,” one uniformed serviceman said.
In order to avoid accidents, the operation’s trigger automatically shuts off after just three seconds. “This provides the safest means and also provides the greatest range,” Taffola explained.
Some still have concerns about the weapon’s safety, particularly surrounding what differentiates this device from a microwave. Are you almost “cooking” these people for three seconds, like what would happen in your kitchen?
According to Stephanie Miller, who measured the system’s radio frequency bioeffects at the Air Force Research Laboratory, this is not at all the case. She said that the system has a frequency of 95 gigahertz, which is absorbed “very superficially,” only touching the top 1/64th of an inch of a person’s skin, not their entire body. The result is that a person’s “pain nerves” are activated, making them want to run, but not causing any real or lasting damage.
She elaborated, saying, “We have done over 11,000 exposures on people. In that time we’ve only had two injuries that required medical attention and in both cases injuries were fully recovered without complications.”
In layman’s terms, while a microwave could cook raw chicken, the Active Denial “heat ray” couldn’t pop a bag of popcorn “because the radio frequency is not penetrating [enough] to internally heat the material…There’s no cancer risk, there’s no risk to a fetus or reproductive capability. It’s just heat.”
The U.S. Military has offered many places where the technology could be utilized, like mob dispersal, checkpoint security, perimeter security, area denial, and infrastructure protection.
Watch Fox News’ Peter Doocy try it out for himself, below:
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Comments (176)
JACKTHETOAD
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:47pmThe Japanese were working on something along these lines during WW2, instead of radar. Bad for them, good for us.
Report Post »TheCoffinMaker
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:54pmOccupy is toast!
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:58pmBring one of these things to Wall St. and uh Portland, Denver, Chicago, Seattle, SF etc. for the summer. It could be very entertaining.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 8:00pmIf you wrap up in tin foil first does it reflect away or do you become a baked potato?
Report Post »Jinglebob
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 8:26pmHope someone has the balls to use this on the Communists who have vowed to roit in the street this Summer.
Report Post »POdVet
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 8:38pmThe Japanese used something like this many times…against Godzilla!
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 9:22pmLooks like Ducey’s kid is a chip off the old block…
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:42amTHE-MONK ask a RP supporter
Report Post »grudgywoof
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 6:44amRevelation 9:9-10 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. (mounted on helocopters or tanks).
Report Post »They had tails that stung like scorpions, and for five months they had the power to torment people.
(heat weapons) Scorpion stings make your skin burn by the way just saying.
Mil-Dot
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:04amMan O’ man, they sure are busy dreaming up deranged ways of control US. If you people think that thing is only intended to be used against OWS goons, you are sadly mistaken. I wouldn’t be so fast to cheer and high-five the nearest goon. It is intended to be used against all of us. “US” meaning anybody that dares to complain about totalitarianism. Only a mouth-breathing fool would think otherwise.
Report Post »bpodlesnik
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:41amI watched them unveil this on Future Weapons like 2 or 3 years ago.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:44amI don‘t care if it’s three seconds, this has to be bad for the nuts… and eyes.
Report Post »Tyson
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:26amComing to a Viper TSA Highway checkoint near you. You friggin’ people think this is for foreign enemy combatants? This is meant for you. The next step is DHS giving them to local police departments. The military is for killing and breaking things, not crowd control, or dispersion. Wake the h*ll up people!
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:05amThis thing should be at every OWS event. Notice all the Paulbots crying over this new tool, they know that as criminals and OWS participants with their left-wing Marxist brothers that they would be on the receiving end of this thing and they hate any tool police or the military could use to stop their anarchist destruction.
Report Post »American_Hot_Dog
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:43pmLooking forward to seeing this thing toast some Tea Partiers soon!
Report Post »RonmeyPaulBotsrOdd
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:17pmAnyone else ever serve in a Hawk Air Defense Battery??? I remember operators radiating birds or briefly soldiers to the point they would get the same hot feeling. Nothing new…just officially being used.
Report Post »JackSteel
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 5:57pmnot good they will be using this on US
Report Post »hallkbrdz
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 6:55pmTinfoil hat stuff. No really.
Think you might be up against one of these? Simply bring cardboard boxes covered with aluminum foil – to foil their plot (sorry could not resist).
Want to really get back tit for tat? Use a microwave gun with some serious power.
Report Post »Maxim Crux
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:33pmIt is a microwave particle beam. They can adjust the frequency and use it to cook anything from the inside out if they choose. These weapons have been used already in Iraq. This is factual information. It can also cause cancer. There people are lying about the capabilities of the weapon.
Report Post »rmw
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 8:06pm@ MAXIM CRUX,
Please post of your research that can prove what you are claiming.
Report Post »SHOOTnCRASH
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 9:43pmNo it isn‘t and no it hasn’t.
Report Post »408 CheyTac
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 11:05pmThey whine about the health effects of airport scanners on one hand, then tout how safe this is.
Love the double sided nature of that.
Report Post »ThatsJustCrazyTalk
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:34am@Bryan from Florida
Did you even pay attention the story? The purpose of this is military as it’s going to be used as a deterrent for pirates. I could also see it being used by swat & coast guard.
You’ll most certainly have it used on you one day.
Report Post »Abraham Young
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:38amWe can trust the military. They wouldn’t lie to us this time, like they have in the past about nuclear test and chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction and…..
see what I mean?
We can TRUST them. They will use this “weapon” on foreigners, not on us, and since they can’t act within our own borders because of posse comitatus we are have NOTHING to FEAR. NOTHING. That’s the official party line.
Report Post »NeoMouser
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:24pmin essence this is a microwave gun
Report Post »its been tuned to heat up water molecules on the skin
what they arent telling you is the “fail-safe” can be overridden
all fail-safes in the military are designed that way and im sure it can be re tuned on the fly
for (other ) purposes this is would be a very effective weapon on the battlefield if used in groups
more than likely it will end up being used on US citizens soon
franny1951
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:47pmLike Andrew Breitbart?
Report Post »kevinj319
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:20pmFinally a use for my tinfoil hat.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:18pmIf they have one that can do that, you know they have one that can cook you where you stand.
Report Post »V-Forge
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:38pmCan’t wait till they have one they can fire from orbit on entire cities.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:31amAnew meaning for “Krispy Kritters”…Hee-Hee-Haaaaaa!! :o)
Report Post »yippeya
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:13pmUse it on us?? of course there going to use it on us. That’s who they made it for.
Report Post »martinez012577
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:57pmLOL yeah this isnt for pirates. This was made for crowd and riot control for the fast approaching economic collapse.
Report Post »bankerpapaw
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 8:33pmObama and his Chicago thugs are planning on using this thing on us. Count on it.
Report Post »Pro-Palin
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 10:51pmIts all for the control of the Future caged FEMA Prisoners…… Loudspeakers …Your in love with Big Brother ….. No I am not …….ZAP !! Next time its room 101……
Report Post »jharper
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:41amThe name of it say’s it all….Active Denial. Gee, wonder why they named it that.
Report Post »judzone
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 4:03pmIt HAS been used on our Southern Border and, Israel is a big time customer and uses it on ALL of it’s borders.It is safe.and does what this article claims.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:56pmPut one every 1000 feet on the south border….problem solved!!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:05pmThey eat jalepenos…they wouldnt flinch.
Report Post »Milo Gold
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:11pmNah. I’d bet a dollar to a donut it will be used on patriots and christians and never see the light of day on our borders. too bad.
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:38amIf you think jalapeños are hot you are a wimp!
Report Post »GO-FOR-LIBERTY
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:51amIt won’t work there~~~they are used to the HEAT~~~~~~
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:53pmI have a hard time believing this “sting-ray” doesn’t have a adjustment knob .
Report Post »You know… In case they want to cook eggs for a whole company of soldiers ..
Maybe on the next new and improved model .
jim1flyer
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:25pmThat feature is available on the $20M model.
Report Post »Eyeball
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:45pmSo why not up the power to well-done and change the frequency to make it a weapon to fry an advancing enemy in battle? I should be able to penetrate walls and harm people hiding in a house. Cool.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:49pmThey are saving that for when Obama uses NDAA to cook all us patriots and Christians after Eric Holder declares us Terrorist.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:02pmThis “weapon” wasn’t developed for combat scenarios. This “weapon” was developed so that government wouldn’t have to suffer the bad PR of another Branch Dividian type of military assault scenario on “it’s own citizens. Where it incinerated ~80 people to death trying to enforce despotic government policy.
This “weapon” is for use on DOMESTIC crowds “deemed” enemies of government domination.
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 4:52amANGRY: Drenching them in oil and lighting them on fire would be easier and have the same effect…how SICK can you be? Do you really like the idea of cooking people alive? You are a freaking SOCIOPATH…
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:38pmYour protection from it?
Report Post »Sun tan lotion…?
aro5o75
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:17pmMaybe Obowma plans on using this instead of the Black Panthers at the polls.
Report Post »One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:14pm““You’re not gonna see it, you’re not gonna hear it, you’re not gonna smell it: you’re gonna feel it,”
Ok, when I hear they have weapons like that, makes us have to wonder if they have a “Breitbart Ray” gun they’ve used on who knows who for how long, say the past decade or so…we know the tech wasn’t there, but it is now.
God help us they turn these things on us, man.
Report Post »stang289
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:40pmThey forgot to mention HAARP
Report Post »One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:09pmFor ya‘ll who don’t know, that acronym stands for High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program.
Yer right, they didn’t throw that in ;)
Report Post »girlnurse
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:34pmYou better believe it! Don’t you love how they are always warning us of the new advanced technology they are going to use against us if we do not conform to their way? Next comes the “brainwash gun” that changes our brain waves to make us comply…or reads our minds…Im sure they already have it ready and in no way do I believe Breitbart simply dropped dead no matter what the autopsy shows…
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 4:57am@GirlNurse: Actually the government has been developing pulsed wave technology for behavioral modification. They have discovered that pulses of sound, light, and other forms of electromagnetic radiation can have a variety of affects on the brain…
Report Post »AM-Saves
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:14pmWith our dictatorial government who have labeled the Tea parties as hate groups & extremists, I‘m sure you’ll be seeing one at the next rally that has been deemed “wrong” or “dangerous” by our lib-tard officials.
Report Post »Case_Logic
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 3:40amI can just hear Nancy Pelosi cackling with glee while fingering the trigger.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:09pmWhere is the video of Peter Doosey?
Report Post »Susie
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:40pmI can’t get the video to play
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:03pmThis has been out for several years, so “New” in the headline is a little misleading.
Report Post »Since it works by “exciting the water molecules on the skin’s surface”, it probably won‘t be effective against the ’OCCUPY‘ idiots since they don’t BATHE often enough to have water on their skin.
JACKTHETOAD
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:09pmMaybe they have a stink-ray to be used on them.
Report Post »Legal Immigrant
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:55pmI just saw two of those getting flatbedded from the South Bend, IN area.
I was wondering what that dish was folded on the roof.
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:57pmsaw some in nw texas 3months ago.
Report Post »fierro77
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 3:41amyea, must be alot of them pirates in the states!!
Report Post »Dahart
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:53pm“The U.S. Military has offered many places where the technology could be utilized, like mob dispersal, checkpoint security, perimeter security, area denial, and infrastructure protection.”
They never use this on the American people…..right? Oh who am I kidding….of course they would
Report Post »marcus_arealius
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:05pmPerhaps the major design flaw is this can be rendered ineffective if the targets are wearing clothing with a reflective coating or embedded fibers tuned to 95ghz, including headgear. Thus the only targets it will be useful against are the unprepared general crowd/mob. It may be hard to come up with a counter measure fabric, but I would guess it’s doable.
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:54pm.50cal is countermeasure.
Report Post »ALL4FREEDOM
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:41pmCan I get one at Amazon.com????????!!!!!!
Report Post »smcdaniel
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 9:23pmE-Bay!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:35pmDone 11,000 exposures on people?
Report Post »db321
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:49pmNow we know how Obama is going to keep Republicans from Voting. Plus Obama might use it on the Police to keep them from holding back his Occupiers.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:31pmCan we use it on Occupiers and RuPaul supporters? The latter, just for fun.
Report Post »spider.
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:45pmYou just might get your wish in the span of time :(
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:52pmLOL! Love it! I want a hand-held.
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:11pmJust in time for the OWS idiots this spring!! Can’t wait to see it in action against these marxist, communist, and anarchists spoiled college idiots!!!!
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 10:25pmWhen you are in the FEMA camps they will douse all of us, Ron paul supporters and regular lock step republicans in the same room. Pretty much everyone that posts here is screwed. Even the liberal trolls will be incarcerated, just incase any freedom ideas accidentally lodge in their noggins.
Report Post »windrunner
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 5:52pmWTH is a Rue Paul?
Report Post »vic138
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:24pmIsn’t it already about 130 in the middle east?
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:24pmNeed an aluminum foil shield for this one. Just reflect it back to the perp.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:20pmOMG Phantom. A use for tinfoil hats other than a liberal fashion statement.
Report Post »marcus_arealius
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:20pmBut wait, the left has a weapon that has all four characteristics, liberalism :
You can see it – just watch HBO
Report Post »You can hear it – just listen to any speech by BHO
You can smell it – that’s your baloney dinner frying, you can’t afford steak anymore
You can feel it – in your pocket book, it’s much thicker these days with only 1 dollar bills
13th Imam
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:32pmEst calidissimum hic; ad rurem hoc hebdomade ire debemus
Report Post »yippeya
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:16pmmarcus_arealius–Would a space blanket reflect this?
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:16pm“You’re not gonna see it, you’re not gonna hear it, you’re not gonna smell it: you’re gonna feel it,”
Report Post »Glad I didn’t step in it man.
youdidthis
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:56pmthanks , all here laughed.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:10pmCan it make popcorn?
Report Post »kevinj319
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 7:21pmThat would have been a funny joke if it didn’t specifically say in the article that it cannot cook popcorn.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 10:29pmKevin-
Report Post »Do you think that they would admit it can cook popcorn when they are trying to sell it as safe? What about the nature of the injuries they reported? What happens if you are exposed for longer than 3 sec?
what if the cut off switch fails ? The fact they brought it to Afghanistan and decided against its use says allot. Most likely legal issues.