Microwave beam device accident

[undergroundpanther]

covered up...read it and be angry,there are psychopaths in the pentagon.
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/11/seven-months-af.html

[gateley]

1. "Mishap Report" "Active Denial System" Newspeak. nt

[hootinholler]

2. Always the master of understatement, aren't you?

"psychopaths in the pentagon."

:rofl:

-Hoot

[Occulus]

3. It occurs to me

that the protesters could split up, bracket the damn emitter, and disable it.

But I've played Command & Conquer, so I realize how simple a tactic that is for a single emitter. How many of them they would deploy in a real Situation would alter those tactics, of course.

Can microwaves be effectively reflected?

[hootinholler]

4. It would be interesting to play with some parabolic shields

Get the focal length right and you could aim them back.

Chain mail might be able to shield an individual, but would probably spark a bit.

-Hoot

[Occulus]

18. Oh. I *like* that idea.

A parabolic shield to send it all screaming right back into their teeth.

Niiiice. :D

[Stuckinthebush]

5. With tinfoil?

:shrug:

It works in my microwave.

:)

[arikara]

11. And they call us tinfoil hatters crazy

We wear them for good reason.

Seriously... I've heard that those tinfoil space blankets might work against the microwave weapons. A little easier to manage than tin foil.

[Stuckinthebush]

16. LOL!

I didn't think of that!

"Dude...your head is sparking. The government must be blasting you right now."

:D

[slampoet]

17. So in other words it can be disabled by a simple Chaff dispenser?

Hell i could make a simple chaff dispenser with $40 in parts.

[eppur_se_muova]

23. Google "retroreflector" -- reflects radiation back to its source

The simplest retroreflector consists of three sides of a cube, with a common corner (i.e. three reflectors meeting at three 90 degree angles). For microwave radiation, this could be wire screen mesh or the sort of perforated screen seen in microwave oven doors. An array of corner reflectors could easily be made by molding wire screen to a form.

on edit: Might make a nice umbrella. Could also use Al-coated Mylar (space blanket) but could not see through it as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroreflector

[bobthedrummer]

6. Patented and manufactured by American Technology Corp. of San Diego

who also got many DoD contracts from Rumsfeld et.al. for other "non-lethal" directed energy systems-primarily acoustic (LRAD)

[hootinholler]

7. LOL

One of the comments:

lol...I assume the "quit symbol" was dropping on the ground and screaming in pain...

Posted by: DS | Nov 7, 2007 9:00:37 AM

[Triana]

8. "there are psychopaths in the pentagon"

youbetcha - tons of 'em. The leader of them all sits in the Oval Office.

Little beady-eyed creep.

[Stephanie]

9. Holy shit. And in the demonstration they test it against protestors.

Unbelievable. And from the article >

The only other interesting detail: the injury cost the military $17,748.00.

[Greyhound]

10. These are the psychopaths that run the world. Is this tolerable to you? n/t

[guruoo]

12. Anyone want to guess what will inevitable reaction will be if they

start using this on the public in general, and/or to stop peaceful demonstrations
in particular? Anybody?

[lostnfound]

14. If you can't stand the heat stay out of the protest?

Or 'it's better than bullets'?
Or 'a small price to pay to prevent a massacre instigated by violent protestors'?

[guruoo]

19. I believe it could likely encite an, aah,

even more violent response.
In other word, if they start using this on American,
they may just be 'lighting the candle'.

[Cronus Protagonist]

13. I'm taking bets on vaporized eyeballs being in the news in future

Does anyone here want to bet against it?

:(

[seemslikeadream]

15. Doesn't this belong in the dungeon?

;) :hi:

[notadmblnd]

21. why the dungeon?

Here is their website. The power point has a couple different views of the weapon.
http://www.atcsd.com/site/content/view/30/44/

[seemslikeadream]

22. I was winking

:hi:

[WA98296]

20. I wrote to all three of my (D) Federal electeds over a year ago. NONE answered.

Jay Inslee, Maria Cantwell, and Patty Murray of Washington state:
ALL Democrats (well, two are DLC, so in my opinion that makes them republican imposters).

I emailed about an AP report that the Secretary of the Air Force had suggested using such weapons (microwave) against U.S. citizens for crowd control, back in September of 2006. It was posted on the website of CNN. I included the links to the article and asked them if those plans were in place.

I emailed them in September 2006, and I'm still waiting for ANY response.