U.S. MICROWAVE WEAPON GOING TO IRAQ, EXPERT SAYS

www.american-reporter.com ^ | 4/3/4 | Joe Shea

[Toespi]

At our house, we "nuke" the baked potatoes.

[boycott]

Great! If this doesn't work I hope they send a big bug zapper and wipe them out. They lost the war and they should understand this clearly. If they go blind rioting, so be it.

[ASA Vet]

Mounted on a Jeep

What county will loan the US Military the jeep?
Is the rest of the article as accurate as this?

[Still Thinking]

What??? How is that even possible? What is the physiology underlying this effect?

[hershey]

Hehehehe. That just might get their attention.

[Cultural Jihad]

Mounted on a Jeep, the Active Denial microwave weapon can sweep across a rampaging mob and force its members to flee by heating their skin. The effect is similar to touching a hot light bulb, the Air Force says, but will not leave burns or scars or damage eyes. It was tested on human volunteers.
Graphic: U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

[joebuck]

Does it penetrate clothing or does it only work on exposed skin?

[InterceptPoint]

the Active Denial microwave weapon can sweep across a rampaging mob and force its members to flee by heating their skin.

I'm sure it will but it is not possible to heat skin and not penetrate the body. This weapon is simply a Microwave Oven without the enclosure. Brain cells will be affected. The likelihood that the "victims" will have a significant increase in their long term probability of contracting skin cancer and/or suffering brain damage is very very high.

I think the tree hugger and anti-war types will be all over this one like a wet towel. Good weapon but almost certainly bad PR.

[duk]

It's going to make a great target for someone to shoot at.

[browardchad]

The Iraqis not have any idea why they would start to "cook" if they got to close to a military vehicel or convoy, they can't see a microwave.

Well, look at it as teaching a child not to touch a hot stove or radiator -- they can't see the heat, so sometimes they have to get burned to get the message (or, in the case of frenzied Islamics, partially cooked).

At any rate, Iraq should give this weapon's creators a definitive field test -- if it works against animalistic mobs, it will work anywhere.

At least Reuters will have to think up a new headline. Instead of "Coalition Forces fire into crowd of rioters," they might say "Marines Par-Boil Iraqi Freedom Fighters."

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Maybe they'd test some of those new microwave pork rinds I've heard about...

[Alia]

Very good idea, IMHO. Especially in a land surrounded by deserts. Firestations "hose" mobs.

[solitas]

"The eyes are perfectly safe. There have been substantial studies done. The microwaves themselves do not penetrate the skin or the cornea. So what they do is they penetrate just far enough to hit the pain receptors. So unlike some of the articles when this first came out, you can't just turn it up and cook people, for instance. The microwaves themselves do not penetrate."

B*llsh*t. Corneal tissue is as hydrated as the rest of the body and will absorb the energy, quite possibly enough to cause hardening or cellular damage to the tissue - and for something as sensitive and optically clear as the cornea it could amount to permanent damage.

What happens when it's okayed for domestic use by police? For perpetrators, rioters, etc.: fine, cook 'em. For those outside the area of application: the waves just keep on traveling hitting whoever they will and _I_ wouldn't feel great about being innocently cooked with no means of retribution. I shudder to think what could happen with something like that in the hands of the local 'doughnut patrols'. Remember: several years back THESE were the idiots who 'holstered' their radar guns in their laps while sitting in the cars and later complained of nuked b@ll$.

Asked if it is the kind of weapon that could be deployed against the raging mob that assassinated four U.S. security contractors in Fallujah yesterday, Col. Alexander responded, "Yes."

Deploying a 50 cal.against them would be a cheaper solution. Better yet: a mobile-mounted Phalanx system - cut 'em all in half where they stood.

[Reader of news]

This weapon would be very good to pacify Fallujah and the Sunni Triangle.

[RandallFlagg]

Untied States military forces unveil their newest weapon in Iraq: DUKE NUKEM!!!!

[independentmind]

What happens when it's okayed for domestic use by police?

And I would bet a lot of money we'll see exactly that in my lifetime.

[demkicker]

Thanks, great post. I'm hoping this weapon is on its way to Fallujah now.

[SauronOfMordor]

Mounted on a Jeep, the Active Denial microwave weapon can sweep across a rampaging mob and force its members to flee by heating their skin.

Mount it on a Bradley, just in case the mob discovers that you can shield from it by holding a sheet of aluminum foil in front of you

[Bommer]

Screw that noise. Set it on Popcorn and watch the Shites heads explode.

[CommandoFrank]

Don't forget to add a few mach 1.0+ flights at low altitude around 3am... That will pucker a few sphincters haha.