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Is The U.S. using new experimental "Tactical High Energy Laser" weapons in Iraq?
“Star Wars in Iraq” is a new investigative report
by Maurizio Torrealta more...and Sigfrido Ranucci.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13129.htm
According to official Pentagon sources, military vehicles equipped with this laser device have been used in Afghanistan to explode mines. According to two reliable military information sites – Defense Tech and Defence Industry Daily - at least three such vehicles are being used in Iraq as well and some people report having seen them.
us microwave & lazer weapons Operation The ADS works by directing electromagnetic radiation at a frequency of 95 GHz toward the subjects. The waves excite (see Excited state) water molecules in the epidermis (skin) to around 55 C (130 degrees Fahrenheit), causing an intensely painful burning sensation. The focused beam can be directed at targets at a range of approximately one kilometer. A higher radio frequency is chosen because, as a property of electromagnetic waves (known as "skin depth"), they are unable to penetrate the body as deeply as lower frequency waves, thereby affecting external organs only, such as skin. The United States military states the effect "penetrates the skin to a depth of less than 1/64 of an inch." A spokesman for the Air Force Research Laboratory described his experience as a test subject for the system: "For the first millisecond, it just felt like the skin was warming up. Then it got warmer and warmer and you felt like it was on fire.... As soon as you're away from that beam your skin returns to normal and there is no pain." The ADS is currently only a vehicle mounted weapon, however, U.S. Marines and police are both working on portable versions. less
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