Dr. Mercola December 29 2007 46,116 views
A Pasadena, California company has created a device that will destroy a car’s electrical system and stop it dead in its tracks. Just one pulse from this beam disables cars up to 50 feet away.
How does it work? One beam pulsed in a burst lasting just 50 nanoseconds disrupts your vehicle‘s electrical system. The radiation can overload wires, or damage or upset your car‘s central microprocessor.
Their prototype is 5 feet long, 3 feet wide, 1 foot thick, and weighs just under 200 pounds. With proper funding, it may be possible to create a device weighing only 50 pounds that works from 600 feet away.
It operates on the same general principle as a microwave oven, but at a 300 megahertz frequency, rather than your standard microwave oven, which operates at about 2.5 gigahertz. It is said to be non-harmful to humans.
In many ways this is not too different from the Taser system used by many law enforcement agencies and being marketed as “harmless” yet it has killed hundreds of people, and who knows how many tens of thousands of others have been permanently harmed by this EMR insult.
The lines between reality and science fiction are becoming ever more blurred, with all sorts of mind-blowing new high-tech weapons slated for use both within the United States’ borders, and for international defense. Just one other example is the Active Denial System (ADS), which uses a 95 GHz wave to produce an “intolerable heat sensation” that repels the targeted individual away from the beam.
The increasing use of electromagnetic weapons is a double-edged sword; on the one hand they may be less lethal than conventional weapons, but the long-term ramifications of their use are completely unknown. However, with what we already know about the influence microwaves has on the human biology, it is not far-fetched to imagine the price we’ll pay for their use could be higher than expected.
As with the ADS system, unexpected things can, and do happen. Ask the service member who got second degree burns when participating in an ADS demonstration at the Moody Air Force Base in GA whether he believes the system to be completely harmless to humans…
According to Eureka Aerospace’s technology description, the operational range of frequencies will be tunable between 350 to 1350 MHz. They are also planning to transition the technology into 5-km perimeter protection applications, effectively stopping all traffic where the device is employed, such as for highway blockades and setting up safety perimeters around oil rigs.
The main staple argument by those who believe that microwave radiation (such as cell phones, for example, operating in the 800 to 2,200 MHz frequency), is completely harmless, is that these lower frequencies do not emit enough energy to break chemical bonds (non-ionizing radiation).
However, there’s plenty of evidence to contradict the belief that there’s no damage unless you break chemical bonds. For example, extremely low frequencies (ELF’s emitted from appliances and power lines) are known to be carcinogenic.
Used correctly, these weapons could act as an effective tool of protection for police officers and civilians when faced with trying to control situations involving high-speed car chases, for example. My only concern is that these weapons could accidentally fall into the wrong hands and end up being used for all the wrong reasons.
After all the articles I've read concerning advanced technology deployment by the military and law enforcement, I've yet to see it referenced in the correct manner.
Such devices are utilized as methods of torture for compliance by pain. Non-lethal does not equal non-torture!
Who, exactly, is giving these agencies permission to torture citizens for something as simple as a speeding ticket? It doesn't matter if the use of such devices are safe or not... Safety is not the main issue...
If Americans do not begin standing up for their rights and their safety, we will, most assuredly, loose both! With the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention bill coming up for vote next month (01/2008) in the Senate, I will watch as my rights as an American citizen are stripped away forever...
Wake up people! Safety is not the issue! These weapons are used for control by FEAR. If you believe you have nothing to fear if you are not breaking any laws, try telling that to the 12 year old girl that was arrested for EATING in a metro-rail station in Washington D.C. Wake up people! The alarm clock went off over four decades ago!
Keep up the good work Vince, Sad to say but we've already lost our country, most just havn't relized it yet. The hammer has started it's decent and the bang is sure to follow. Exactly when I know not.
Ummm..microwaves do alter the food being cooked in them at the DNA level. This has been understood for a long time which was why it took so long for microwave ovens to be introduced in the US even after they had been in use in Europe for decades.
"The major" apparently didn't realize the obvious sarcasm in mmc88121's comment!
Major... I think she was being a tad sarcastic. ;)
I, for one, would prefer the gun.
Since it is Lethal Force, I would have to pose a severe enough threat. The challenge with Tazers is that their range of usage is so broad.
Choosing between the baton, and the tazer, this is a tough one, as I could be crippled by the baton :-)
"Used correctly..." ?????
These horrendous weapons should not exist, period. They are to be used on you.
knowledgedrivenrevolution.com
Quoting from the above site:
Information Operation Roadmap
When the US military refers to full spectrum domination, they truly mean full spectrum. Information operations or information warfare is a key part of the military battlespace. Recently, a document entitled Information Operation Roadmap was declassified by the Pentagon because of a Freedom of Information Act request by the National Security Archive at George Washington University.
The following series of articles will examine the Pentagon's intention of gaining full spectrum dominance in information warfare. Including the desire to dominate the electro-magnetic spectrum and "fight the net". Also, I will expand on the use of psychological operations or PSYOP as defined by the Information Operation Roadmap and if any limits exist in information warfare.
Information Operation Roadmap Part 1: Full Spectrum Information Warfare
Information Operation Roadmap Part 2: Maximum Control of the Entire Electro-Magnetic Spectrum
Information Operation Roadmap Part 3: "We Must Fight the Net"
Information Operation Roadmap Part 4: Information Warfare Using Aggressive Psychological Operations
Information Operation Roadmap Part 5: Information Warfare Without Limits
These days it's the general public that needs the protection of a Tazer, not only from the criminal element but from "law enforcement" itself.
GOD bless our STUPID Dept. of Homelandinsecurity. What happen if a car traveling 100 or 120 MPH has its
onboard computer shut down????????? That will cutout the total anti-lock brake system,power steering systm,and electronic transmisson controls?????????? What if the driver happens to have a pacemaker????
Welcome to the NEW WORLD ORDER !!!!!!!!!!!!!
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES..............
Why is someone traveling @ 120mph? What threat do they pose to the general public? A way to incapacitate them before they kill or injure an innocent bystander. Remove dozens of law enforcement from a chase. Disruption appears to be an appealing option.