I read about this awhile back, and the thing that surprised me was that they wanted to test it on citizens in the U.S. who were protesting, or for crowd control. Seems they’ve spent $40 million and tested it on “volunteer” military personnel. Bat sent the following article to me. They don’t know what the long term effects of such radiation are. I wonder who the suckers were who let them test the damn thing on them. Geezzzz……

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Georgia - The military’s new weapon is a ray gun that shoots a beam that makes people feel as if they will catch fire.

The technology is supposed to be harmless - a non-lethal way to get enemies to drop their weapons.

Military officials say it could save the lives of innocent civilians and service members in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

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.

During the first media demonstration of the weapon Wednesday, airmen fired beams from a large dish antenna mounted atop a Humvee at people pretending to be rioters and acting out other scenarios U.S. troops might encounter.

The crew fired beams from more than 500 yards (450 meters) away, nearly 17 times the range of existing non-lethal weapons, such as rubber bullets.

While the sudden, 130-degree Fahrenheit (54-degree Celsius) heat was not painful, it was intense enough to make participants think their clothes were about to ignite.

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