| Life imitates Trek again: The USAF PHASR [message #175562] |
Mi, 30 November 2005 23:43 |
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Weren't we recently discussing real-life inventions that ape Trek tech?
Bo Raxo
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"An unjust peace is better than a just war." - Marcus Tullius Cicero
http://www.janes.com/security/law_enforcement/news/jdw/jdw05 1125_2_n.shtml
US Air Force unveils hand-held laser gun
By Michael Sirak JDW Staff Reporter
Washington, DC
The US Air Force has unveiled its first hand-held laser weapon that gives
security forces a non-lethal option for controlling crowds and protecting
areas like checkpoints, according to service officials.
While only in prototype form and years away from fielding, the weapon, known
as the Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response (PHaSR) system, holds
great promise, they said.
The PHaSR is about the same size and weight of a fully loaded M60 machine
gun - around 9 kg - but shoots a low-power beam of laser light instead of
bullets. The light it generates is capable of temporarily impairing an
individual's vision, much like the disorienting glare one sees when looking
into the sun, said the officials.
Upon completion of testing, one prototype will be handed over to the
Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD) and the
second to the National Institute of Justice (NIJ): the law enforcement arm
of the US Department of Justice. Both organisations support the programme,
with the latter interested in its civil applications.
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| Re: Life imitates Trek again: The USAF PHASR [message #175566 ] |
Do, 01 Dezember 2005 01:11 |
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Awesome!
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| Re: Life imitates Trek again: The USAF PHASR [message #175582 ] |
Do, 01 Dezember 2005 10:14 |
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:43:57 GMT, "Bo Raxo"
<invasions_r_us [at] thepentagon.removethis.com> wrote:
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>Weren't we recently discussing real-life inventions that ape Trek tech?
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>Bo Raxo
>--
>"An unjust peace is better than a just war." - Marcus Tullius Cicero
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> http://www.janes.com/security/law_enforcement/news/jdw/jdw05 1125_2_n.shtml
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>US Air Force unveils hand-held laser gun
>
>By Michael Sirak JDW Staff Reporter
>Washington, DC
>
>The US Air Force has unveiled its first hand-held laser weapon that gives
>security forces a non-lethal option for controlling crowds and protecting
>areas like checkpoints, according to service officials.
>
>While only in prototype form and years away from fielding, the weapon, known
>as the Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response (PHaSR) system, holds
>great promise, they said.
>
>The PHaSR is about the same size and weight of a fully loaded M60 machine
>gun - around 9 kg - but shoots a low-power beam of laser light instead of
>bullets. The light it generates is capable of temporarily impairing an
>individual's vision, much like the disorienting glare one sees when looking
>into the sun, said the officials.
>
>Upon completion of testing, one prototype will be handed over to the
>Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD) and the
>second to the National Institute of Justice (NIJ): the law enforcement arm
>of the US Department of Justice. Both organisations support the programme,
>with the latter interested in its civil applications.
Great. Now Bush doesn't need to throw Americans into ovens.
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