If the military was going to engage the US population, why stop with this thing? The MLRS is even more effective at crowd control.
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- The military calls its new weapon an "active denial system," but that's an understatement. It's a ray gun that shoots a beam that makes people feel as if they are about to catch fire.
Apart from causing that terrifying sensation, the technology is supposed to be harmless _ a non-lethal way to get enemies to drop their weapons.
The weapon is not expected to go into production until at least 2010, but all branches of the military have expressed interest in it, officials said.
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