A Sonic Blaster So Loud, It Could Be Deadly
David Hambling
January 18, 2010

thunder21All kinds of of devices have been dubbed “sonic blasters” — from the Long Range Acoustic Device super loudhailer to the piercing Banshee to the Inferno (”most unbearable, gut-wrenching noise I’ve ever heard in my life” according to Danger Room’s own Sharon Weinberger). But a new device, developed in Israel,…

Meet the MEDUSA Ray Gun

Are you disillusioned with Ionatron and all those other far-fetched weapons that just don’t seem to go anywhere? Are you looking for a new ray gun that will blast missiles out of the air? Well, earlier this week I heard from Dr. Robert Adams, CEO Optima Technology Group, which produces the MEDUSA Mobile Energy Device. Dr. Adams is angry…

Court to Defendant: Stop Blasting That Man’s Mind!

last year, James Walbert went to court, to stop his former business associate from blasting him with mind-altering electromagnetic radiation. Walbert told the Sedgwick County, Kansas panel that Jeremiah Redford threatened him with “jolts of radiation” after a disagreement over a business deal. Later, Walbert, said, he began feeling electric shock sensations, hearing electronically generated tones,…

Jul 25 09 06:06 PM

The military’s “pain ray” may be going airborne.

New Scientist magazine reports that the Air Force has beefed up its share of funding for the Active Denial System, a tightly focused beam of microwaves that causes an intense, but theoretically harmless, burning sensation on the skin of its human targets.

The ADS, developed by the Pentagon’s Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate,…

Nonlethal Weapons Could Target Brain, Mimic Schizophrenia

Mind_control Of all the crazy, bizarre less-lethal weapons that have been proposed, the use of microwaves to target the human mind remains the most disturbing. The question has always been: is this anything more than urban myth? We may not have the final answer to this question, but a newly declassified Pentagon report, Bioeffects of Selected Non-Lethal Weapons…

Rory McCarthy in Gaza City
Tuesday October 17, 2006

Doctors in Gaza have reported previously unseen injuries from Israeli weapons that cause severe burning and deep internal wounds often resulting in amputations or death.

The injuries were first seen in July, when the Israeli military launched a series of operations in Gaza following the capture of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants.

Doctors said that,…

Beam it right there Scotty

ARLINGTON, Virginia — For years, the U.S. military has explored a new kind of firepower that is instantaneous, precise and almost inexhaustible: beams of electromagnetic energy. “Directed-energy” pulses can be throttled up or down depending on the situation, much like the phasers on Star Trek could be set to kill or merely stun.

Such weapons are now nearing fruition. But…