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Microwave-a-Mullah Electromagnetic Pain Weapon
2005-03-03
Hat Tip DRUDGE

US developing 'pain from a distance' weapon
By Nic Fleming, Science Correspondent
(Filed: 03/03/2005)

The US military is developing a weapon that delivers a bout of excruciating pain from afar to use against protesters and rioters.

Not to mention use on Mullahs meetin' in Tehran



Documents released under the US Freedom of Information Act show that scientists have received funding to investigate how much pain can be induced in individuals hit by electromagnetic pulses created by lasers without killing them.

Twitching is good too! After the mullahs are out, citizens will line up to "PUSH THE BUTTON" on the "MEN OF GOD" who made them suffer over the years since 1979.

Due to be ready for use in 2007, the Pulsed Energy Projectile weapon is designed to trigger extreme pain from a distance of one-and-a-quarter miles. It fires a laser pulse that generates a burst of expanding plasma - electrically charged gas - when it hits something solid. Tests on animals showed it produced "pain and temporary paralysis".

TWANG - ZAP...

Pain researchers told today's New Scientist magazine that the technology could end up being used for torture and that it was unethical. Andrew Rice, a consultant in pain medicine in London, said: "I am deeply concerned about the ethical aspects of this research."

Obviously Andy never lost anyone in a terrorist attack.
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