Originally posted by StargateSG7
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NOPE there's just no more good secrets out there....

Although I might know of a cousin, third-removed, who tested
a lightning-like, backpack-based energy discharge weapon
in coast
al Northern California...or was that Coastal Oregon/Washington?
a few years back....hmmm...I'll have to dig into my records on that one!

Nothin to See Here! Move Along!

Roadside bomb neutralizer

Name: Joint Improvised Explosive Device Neutralizer, or JIN (armored version shown here), made by Tucson-based Ionatron Inc. (www.ionatron.com).

By David Wichner
ARIZONA DAILY STAR


At the time, the company said it was working under a $9 million military contract to develop "laser-induced plasma channel" weapons, which channel electrical energy via laser beam - likened to "man-made lightning" - to disable people or vehicles.


The bomb-disabling system, which uses an offshoot of the laser-induced plasma channel technology, took priority over the weapon system for now but is still under development, Dearmin said. The company also is developing a "portal denial" system that creates a kind of force field to prevent entry.

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Meanwhile, a series of stories in the New York Post have questioned Ionatron's ties to a CIA-backed technology funding group called In-Q-Tel Inc., which was set up in 1999 to fund cutting-edge technology ventures. In March, the Post noted, In-Q-Tel and some four dozen individuals it linked to In-Q-Tel sold their shares in Ionatron when the stock was trading at more than $10.