I wasn't aware these had ever actually been deployed

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Denial_System

The Active Denial System (ADS) is a non-lethal, directed-energy weapon developed by the U.S. military, designed for area denial, perimeter security and crowd control. Informally, the weapon is also called the heat ray since it works by heating the surface of targets, such as the skin of targeted human subjects. Raytheon is currently marketing a reduced-range version of this technology. The ADS was deployed in 2010 with the United States military in the Afghanistan War, but was withdrawn without seeing combat. On August 20, 2010, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department announced its intent to use this technology on prisoners in the Pitchess Detention Center in Los Angeles, stating its intent to use it in "operational evaluation" in situations such as breaking up prisoner fights. The ADS is currently only a vehicle-mounted weapon, though U.S. Marines and police are both working on portable versions. ADS was developed under the sponsorship of the DoD Non-Lethal Weapons Program with the Air Force Research Laboratory as the lead agency. There are reports that Russia and China are developing their own versions of the Active Denial System.

[onethatcares]

1. those, along with

LRADs, are nucking futz and we know that sooner or later the ptb will find a reason to use them against their citizens.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

2. It is questionably wise that police departments in many countries including the US have...

...acquired and used LRAD devices. In the US police have used them during Occupy demonstrations.

From the ADS page on wikipedia: "LA County jail is now installing the smaller-sized unit on the ceiling of their jail."
The same wikipedia page says the military has decided against using the system in Iraq because it could be considered an instrument of torture. It seems that DoD has a higher regard for Iraq citizens and militants than the LA county sheriff does for US citizen inmates.