Maximum pain is aim of new US weapon

New Scientist ^ | 3/2/05 | David Hambling

[elephantlips]

Dateline: Twenty Years ago -
A Mrs. Habib was found wandering the streets in a daze. It seems she is the mother of famed columnist Helen Thomas. Her quandary was traced to a conflict when presented with a recent picture of her daughter and asked if "this was a face only a mother could love?"

[thag]

The Army is currently developing canister rounds for the 120mm tank gun and for the 105mm Mobile Gun System. Watch out!

[BobS]

You're talking about PPP- Peak Pulse Power. 10 ns is too short of a pulse to heat H2O in a large body. Pulse repetition rate must be faster and the pulse width wider for this. Fire Control radar on some aircraft has this concept. You know TACAN that asks/recieves code of the day info. It transmits at only 300W PPP and goes many miles. No effect on you, right? The transition between pulse and nothing must be fast enough and slow enough in repitition to create heat (power) in your body. P = I^2*R where R is the resistance of your body. The pulses must create the I - the current through your body.