Military "Pain Ray" is a giant outdoor MICROWAVE oven for people.

[LeftHander]

It operates at 95 Ghz this "radio frequency" is know by international standards. Is the in the W and F Band of MICROWAVES it is in essence 40 times more powerful than a MICROWAVE OVEN. that operates At 2.4 Ghz.

No wonder it can heat your flesh at 500 yards.

THIS WEAPON NEEDS TO BE BANNED!!!

THE MILITARY CANNOT SIMPLY MAKE ANY HIDEOUS KILLING/TORTURE DEVICE THEY WANT!!!


From Wikipedia:

A microwave oven works by passing microwave radiation, usually at a frequency of 2450 MHz (a wavelength of 12.24 cm), through the food. Water, fat, and sugar molecules in the food absorb energy from the microwave beam in a process called dielectric heating. Many molecules (such as those of water) are electric dipoles, meaning that they have a positive charge at one end and a negative charge at the other, and therefore rotate as they try to align themselves with the alternating electric field induced by the microwave beam. This molecular movement creates heat as the rotating molecules hit other molecules and put them into motion. Microwave heating is most efficient on liquid water, and much less so on fats and sugars (which have less molecular dipole moment), and frozen water (where the molecules are not free to rotate). Microwave heating is sometimes incorrectly explained as a rotational resonance of water molecules: such resonance only occurs at much higher frequencies, in the tens of gigahertz. Moreover, large industrial/commercial microwave ovens operating in the 900 MHz range also heat water and food perfectly well.

* A common misconception is that microwave ovens cook food from the "inside out". In reality, microwaves are absorbed in the outer layers of food in a manner somewhat similar to heat from other methods. The rays from a microwave electrically manipulate water particles to cook food. It is actually the friction caused by the movement that creates heat and warms the food. The misconception arises because microwaves penetrate dry nonconductive substances at the surfaces of many common foods, and thus often deposit initial heat more deeply than other methods. Depending on water content the depth of initial heat deposition may be several centimeters or more with microwave ovens, in contrast to grilling ("broiling" in American English), which relies on infrared radiation, or the thermal convection of a convection oven, which deposit heat shallowly at the food surface. Depth of penetration of microwaves is dependent on food composition and the frequency, with lower microwave frequencies being more penetrating.

[hedgehog]

1. What happens with this supposedly non-lethal weapon if it gets pointed

at someone close by? What if the person it's pointed at can't get out of the way?

[LeftHander]

4. They cook.....

Starting with the water near your flesh boiling and the steam then cooking your "meat".

As more water boils you fill with steam...your skin distends and you scream more...and more tearing at yourself...

Then the pain stops...and you lay still as you feel yourself blowing up like a balloon...gas escapes from your ears, eyes, finally the pressure builds you loose consciousness....the pressure builds and releases some place....either all at once on in a series of long whining whistles...you sizzle and pop like a chicken leg in the microwave.

You are cooked.

Long before that you are probably dead. Not right away but days afterward as your flesh dies. 3rd degree steam burns over 90% of your body. You go septic and die.

[liberal N proud]

2. Cooked people in the streets

Oh that should smell good! NOT!

This is about as stupid as Ronnie years star wars plan. No, it's worse, they actually have this technology.

[bigscott]

5. not the technology

they have the weapon. some guy on NPR volunteered to have this pointed at him and he IMMEDIATELY jumped out of the way - he felt like he was on fire

charming what this country can do when it puts its mind to it

[Squatch]

3. Frequency does not equal "Power"

Wave power is a function of amplitude over time.

[LeftHander]

6. but if it heats water under the skin to the point of triggering pain...

How many WATTS of power does that take? This is not a CELL phone we are talking here...

It is used to transmit ENERGY into the moisture in a human body at 500 yards and cause instantaneous pain...

Lets see what happens to a tied up pig under this ray....

[rurallib]

7. I think this is a great idea

Now we can not only do away with our enemy, we can also eat them and save bundles on the food bill for the army. Are recipe books included with the weapon? Recommend enemies be dealt with near gardens, so full meals can be prepared.

[LeftHander]

8. "But does it brown the food...?" nt

[rurallib]

10. Our record is such that we pick on brown food.

[elehhhhna]

9. FINALLY! A good reason to don a tinfoil suit!