Topic: W A R - on January 25, 2007 at 10:52:00 AM CET
US military unveils heat-ray gun
The US military has given the first public display of what it says is a revolutionary heat-ray weapon to repel enemies or disperse hostile crowds.
The gun - called Silent Guardian - projects an invisible high energy beam that produces a sudden burning feeling, but is actually harmless.
The beam can be fired as far as 500m (550 yards), much further than existing non-lethal weapons like rubber bullets.
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