'Active Denial System' Sought for Iraq (This is scary stuff!!!)

[sabra]

http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,83376,00.html

'Active Denial System' Sought for Iraq

The head of the Rapid Equipping Force has requested that a non-lethal, counter-personnel directed-energy weapon be rushed to the field to support military operations in Iraq.

In a memorandum to the deputy undersecretary of defense for advanced system and concepts, Army Col. Robert Lovett, the project manager for the Rapid Equipping Force, requested that activities related to the Active Denial System 1 advanced concept technology demonstration be suspended and redirected to support immediate deployment of the technology to Iraq.

A copy of the memo, obtained by Inside the Army, says that Col. James Brown, commander of the 18th Military Police Brigade, has requested ADS to help “suppress” insurgent attacks and quell prison uprisings.

“System 1 capabilities have, to date, been sufficiently demonstrated in the ACTD to prove its value to the solider,” Lovett says in the Oct. 11 document. “System 1 current operating constraints can be mitigated if used in Iraq during the November through March time frame without modification.

[dbvnoles]

1. Nonlethal weapon - not sure what is scary

[newyawker99]

8. Hi dbvnoles!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[sakabatou]

2. Old news

It's microwaves that can penetrate the top layer of skin. This will make the target feel like they're getting burned alive.

[sabra]

4. the new part of this report is that it looks like they want to send

them out. Moving from testing phase to implementation phase...

[berni_mccoy]

3. That picture looks like a Tonka Toy...

There's no way that's a real vehicle. Look at the surrounding grass.

[elehhhhna]

6. OH MY GOSH you're right!

[elehhhhna]

7. Darn it, whatever happened to good ole' napalm?

[Spinzonner]

5. Look, we gotta test it somewhere

to prepare for use after Bush's Martial Law declaration here.