Non-Lethal Directed Energy Weapons (e.g., Active Denial System)

[Ermintruder]

All agreed. Note that the WashPo article begins with a massive caveat, one which NSA human resources and occupational health professionals would already be fully-armed with:

Beck had Parkinson’s disease, the second-most-common neurodegenerative disorder in the United States, behind Alzheimer’s.

And I subjectively-disagree with this statement:

He was only 46 — unusually young for Parkinson’s

I've seen many pre-50 friends / colleagues / comrades either be diagnosed directly with Parkinsons, or display many neurological symptoms that inarguably were precursors to it.

[As a sad aside....I've a good friend who is slowly being afflicted by Guillain-Barré syndrome. And if there is any relative scale of unpleasantness & suffering upon a spectrum of progressive neurological disfunctions, GBS is by far the worst I've seen in terms of intensity and modification of personality. I speak from the perspective of having seen many different varients of conditions and sufferers, some which have been very close to home :-( ]

 

[EnolaGaia]

The Active Denial System (aka "heat ray") is in the news again ...

Report: Feds considered using ‘heat ray’ on DC protesters

A military whistleblower says federal officials sought some unusual crowd control devices — including one that’s been called a “heat ray” — to deal with protesters outside the White House on the June day that law enforcement forcibly cleared Lafayette Square.

In written responses to questions from a House committee, National Guard Maj. Adam DeMarco said the Defense Department’s lead military police officer for the National Capital Region sent an email asking if the D.C. National Guard possessed a long-range acoustic device — used to transmit loud noises — or an “Active Denial System,” the so-called heat ray. ...

DeMarco said he responded that the Guard was not in possession of either device. ...

Use of either the acoustic device or the Active Denial System would have been a significant escalation of crowd control for the Guard members, particularly since the Defense officials ordered that the Guard troops not be armed when they went into D.C.

Law enforcement personnel were armed. And although active-duty military troops were sent to the region, they remained at bases outside the District in case they were needed but never actually entered the District.

The Active Denial System was developed by the military nearly two decades ago, and was unveiled to the public around 2007. It’s not clear that it’s ever actually been used in combat, although there are reports it has deployed.

The system, which emits a directed beam of energy that causes a burning heat sensation, was considered a non-lethal way to control crowds, particularly when it may be difficult to tell the enemy from innocent civilians in war zones. Use of the device appeared to stall amid questions about whether it actually caused more serious injuries or burns than initially thought. ...

FULL STORY: https://apnews.com/d8bc3f74390e844ebde93a14ca02adf9

 

[maximus otter]

CIA investigates claim that Indian troops had been 'cooked alive' by Chinese electromagnetic pulse weapon

There are many hardships facing Indian soldiers posted to the icy Himalayan hilltops along the disputed border with China. But no one expected this.

One moment, they felt healthy and alert, eyes peeled for signs of their aggressive neighbour’s troops. Then, within less than a minute, they began to vomit almost simultaneously, as if struck down by a violent stomach bug.

The soldiers’ bodies grew weak, with some barely able to stand, and they fled, leaving the hilltops open for units of Chinese soldiers to move in and occupy. Not a shot had been fired.

Indian troops being searched by Chinese soldiers at the border in the Himalayan hilltops

This mysterious encounter in August had remained almost completely unknown until last week when – in a lecture to students at Renmin University in Beijing – Chinese professor Jin Canrong disclosed not only the event itself, but the secret weapon responsible.

According to Prof Jin, the Chinese had used a microwave weapon against the Indians. It had targeted them with high-frequency electro-magnetic pulses that heated up the body, causing irritation and pain. The Chinese had effectively turned the hilltops into a vast microwave oven, threatening to cook their opponents alive.

‘We solved the problem beautifully,’ Prof Jin said. ‘They [India] didn’t publicise it either because they lost so miserably.’

The existence of directed-energy weapons (DEWs) has long been known, yet this seems to be the first time such a weapon has been used openly.

The Indian Army dismisses Prof Jin’s claim about the incident in the Himalayas as ‘fake news’. However, one person who believes it is MP Tobias Ellwood, the chairman of the Defence Select Committee.

‘We know the Chinese have been researching and developing these kinds of weapons for some time,’ he told The Mail on Sunday.

https://usagag.com/2020/11/22/cia-i...live-by-chinese-electromagnetic-pulse-weapon/

maximus otter

 

[Mythopoeika]

They keep provoking! This is just nasty stuff.

 

[Kondoru]

Im inclined to believe exploiting the propaganda value of an unfortunate event involving the extreme environment.