Defense Tech: U.S. Army Building Paralysis Beam
A paralysis beam based on a 7.5 million candlepower strobe light from Peak Beam Systems is under development by the US Army.More here.
Although details are sketchy, it appears that US government acquisition records call for Peak Systems to:
"...design and fabricate a light-based immobilisation system/deterrent device and integrate it with an unmanned aerial system. This will include any necessary medical research on frequency and amplitude modulation of high-intensity light that will cause immobilisation to all those within the beam."
The Peak Beam Systems device can apparently be pulsed with a strobe effect that has some effect on the human nervous system. The Maxa Beam shown above has quite a range, too. It can illuminate targets as far as 1.5 miles away.
posted by Fergie @ 2/27/2007 11:17:00 AM
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