Microwave weapon intensified by sweaty skin

NewScientist.com news service ^ | 15 September 2006 | David Hambling

[Slowsky]

I don't know about the tinfoil...

But, I was under the impression that microwaves were used for cooking food because they had wavelengths which resonated with the bondlengths of the hydrogen and oxygen bonds in water. Thus, food with water content had high energy absorption and heated up quickly.

Same logic would apply with water in the body.

If that's the case, it's not hard to believe that sweat spots would heat up since they obviously have high water content.

But the idea that this would not be effective in a desert environment like Iraq doesn't make much sense.

If there's a materials science person out there, pls update me if I'm incorrect.

[Redcloak]

Do they get sweaty in the Middle East?

YOU HAVE OFFENDED US!!!!!

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

So there is a group against non-lethal weapons and a man for use of these weapons on Americans before foreigners....

This is sort of odd.

[watchin]

By that logic we should dismantle all of our bombs and extend gun control to the military. This guy is a moron.

[gonzo]

"...However, tests of the weapon showed that reflections off buildings, water or even the ground can produce peak energy densities twice as high as the main beam..."

How 'bout that!?! Same as broadcast TV signals. This thing has some potential............FRegards

[TChris]

"If we're not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation," he told CNN.

This has to rank as one of the most disturbingly asinine statements I've ever heard from a military representative.

[12th_Monkey]

original or extra crispy??

[2ndClassCitizen]

It sounds like a solution to me.

[Prokopton]

So there is a group against non-lethal weapons and a man for use of these weapons on Americans before foreigners....

"This is sort of odd."

This is freaking insanity!

[ansel12]

Surely someone here understands why we need non-lethal tools to break up riots.

Surely someone here understands why that, or those, tools have to be acceptable here in the US before we use them around the world.

[Prince Charles]

The ADS fires a microwave beam intended to heat skin without causing damage, while inflicting enough pain to force the victim to move away.

This is why it's a good idea to turn off the weather radar in a plane after landing -- so you don't fry the lineboy. ;)

[AmericaUnited]

Hmm... what if someone in the crowd has a bag of popcorn in their pocket... edgy troops could think they're being fired at :)

[Rocketwolf68]

"If they are so damned worried about a little tissue trauma perhaps the bad guys would prefer the 62 grains of lead out of the end of the M-16. IDIOTS!"

Yeah, what he said. And I like the part where we need to test it on AMERICANS. Howsa bout some real-world testing in oh, I don't know, maybe the SUNNI TRIANGLE!!!

[Robert A Cook PE]

So, this "sunshine" project is campaigning AGAINST non-lethal weapons, and cites (bogus and exaggerated) "safety considerations" about weapons that would be used INSTEAD of shooting people (or ignoring them and "hoping for peace"?

Gee.

Wow.

No wonder the Muslims are winning the propaganda war.

[neverdem]

No wonder the Muslims are winning the propaganda war.

LOL! Try it out domestically. The ACLU keeps pushing for desegregation of the prison population in California prisons. The Blacks and Mexicans get along just swell. It won't be long before you have results.

[neverdem]

Surely someone here understands why that, or those, tools have to be acceptable here in the US before we use them around the world.

Desegregate California prisons. Results should be forthcoming.

[Cementjungle]

Microwave weapon intensified by sweaty skin

What happens if the targets had peed in their pants?