Pentagon deploys array of non-lethal weapons

[Judi Lynn]

Pentagon deploys array of non-lethal weapons
By Steven Komarow, USA TODAY
43 minutes ago

......Some of the new, non-lethal weapons are in Iraq, and more are coming in a matter of months, says Raymond Grundy, deputy director of the non-lethal weapons program of the Marine Corps, based in Quantico, Va. Among them:

• Nets that pop up remotely from the road and ensnare the wheels and suspensions of oncoming vehicles.

• Instant oil slicks that cause vehicles to skid and crash and pedestrians to fall down.

• Military paint-ball guns that coat windshields to blind drivers of oncoming cars. Some troops are trying small lasers to temporarily blind opponents in cars or on foot.

• Venom, a system of small mortar-like tubes that fire rounds that explode like fireworks at a range of up to 200 yards away. The pyrotechnics keep suspect vehicles or people away. Although the rounds are still in testing, the Marines have committed $14 million to buy 250 units.
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[nookiemonster]

1. INSTANT OIL SLICKS! ROFLMAO!!

Man, that shit is rich. Me thinks that someone is watching way too much "Speed Racer".

No offense to Speed Racer.

[rooboy]

3. That's only for cars. Pedestrians get the "instant banana peel." n/t

[Swamp Rat]

2. "Instant oil slicks that cause vehicles to skid and crash" = non-lethal???

"Some troops are trying small lasers to temporarily blind opponents in cars or on foot." = non-lethal???

How about "non-lethal" wacks with a hammer on the head? :banghead:

[Ian David]

4. So, is The Ruckus Society working on counter-measures yet? n/t

[Rose Siding]

5. Watch me pull a torture device out a my hat, Rocky

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A ray gun closer to deployment is a millimeter-wave radar beam that causes fiery pain when it hits the skin. (Related story: Beams over bullets)

The first working prototype on a custom Humvee truck, called the Active Denial System, will be unveiled this summer. The command in Iraq has asked the Pentagon for 14 more vehicles with millimeter-wave weapons, under a program called Project Sheriff, as soon as possible.

Payton says she's confident that the technology is safe and that there will be strict rules to avoid any chance the gun will be considered a torture instead of an alternative to gunfire.

[LizW]

7. "strict rules to avoid ...torture"

Mother of god. I hadn't even thought of that.

How will they keep this device out of the hands of torturers and sadists everywhere?

[Supersedeas]

6. Karen Hughes PR campaign of disinformation kicking in already?