• Awoo [she/her]
    ·
    edit-2
    4 years ago

    That's bullshit and a cursory look at the wikipedia page shows that people exposed for more than a few seconds come away with 2nd degree burns.

    It's literally right there on the wiki.

    Give these to cops and they will 100% burn the shit out of people with them while cackling to themselves maniacally. They have no concept of limited use or responsible control.

    After shooting loads of people with microwaves is definitely going to be one of those things where 40 years later we hear about strange increases in cancer among certain sections of the population too. I don't trust their research claiming their war weapon is safe one bit.

    • Darkmatter2k [none/use name]
      ·
      4 years ago

      Great, so someone basically invented a less than lethal flamethrower, what an amazing time to be alive. This sounds exactly like the stuff we should be spending money on, not silly stuff like preventing the climate apocalypse.

      • BeamBrain [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        It's the stuff that will be used on the people fleeing the climate apocalypse

    • culdrought [he/him]
      ·
      4 years ago

      From that same wiki:

      According to Wired, the ADS has been rejected for fielding in Iraq due to Pentagon fears that it would be regarded as an instrument of torture.

      Deploying it against civilians is all good though. Cool cool cool.