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Comment by Christella Bernardene Krebs on April 13, 2012 at 8:29am

It’s unclear whether the military’s plans to develop a rifle version of the system ever panned out. However, a smaller version of the pain ray called Silent Guardian was developed by defense technology company Raytheon and is currently available for use by law enforcement agencies.

While the ADS reportedly never saw action in the battlefield, it went through 10,000 trial exposures involving real people. The test subjects reported feeling like they were on fire a few seconds after being targeted, but the agonizing pain vanished as soon as they stepped out of the beam’s way. The weapon was only designed to inflict pain and not actually burn anything, but around 0.1% of the test subjects reported blisters caused by second-degree burns. Double ouch!

4. Mind-control gun

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recently admitted that the country’s government created a gun that can put people in a zombie-like state… at least for a short while. Or so we hope. Russia’s mind-control gun attacks a target’s central nervous system with electromagnetic radiation and is designed to be used for crowd control. While the government’s keeping mum about the details, previous studies about the effects of electromagnetic radiation on the brain reveal that one of its possible effects is implanting thoughts and suggestions into a target’s mind.

Good thing these scary zombie guns are confined to Russia and have not yet appeared in the United States, right? Well, in 2008, a U.S. company called Sierra Nevada Corporation announced that it was going to start producing the Medusa ray gun — a weapon that uses rapid microwave pulses that your brain perceives as extremely annoying sounds.

Soon after the company introduced Medusa, independent scientists came out to warn people that the weapon can’t produce sounds annoying enough to disperse crowds unless it shoots strong microwave pulses that can literally fry your brain. Yikes. At least the Russian government was able to successfully test its zombie gun on real people (though to be fair, we’re not exactly sure if any brains got fried in the process).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLwVVYV3_K4&feature=player_embedded

Comment by Christella Bernardene Krebs on April 13, 2012 at 8:28am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNtV_uY7i8E&feature=player_embedded

2. Vomit ray

This weapon could also prevent you from speaking your mind, but it’s because you’re going to be too busy to talk while you’re throwing up your lunch. Back in 2007, the U.S. Navy signed a contract with a company called Invocon to develop a weapon that uses radio frequency (RF) to affect a person’s sense of hearing and equilibrium. Anyone hit by these waves (which, by the way, can pass through walls) is expected to throw up and experience severe motion sickness — effects that were proven when the company demonstrated the weapon on a very unlucky individual.

In the same year, the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology department awarded $800,000 to a company called Intelligent Optical Systems (IOS) to develop the LED Incapacitator. It’s a fancy flashlight that emits rapid pulse of different-colored lights to induce headache and dizziness, with vomiting as one of the possible aftereffects.

Want to make your own puke-inducing weapon? A couple of hardware hackers built one for $250, called it Bedazzler, and even posted instructions you can follow online. Part of Bedazzler’s official page reads: “Yes this project does indeed cause: Nausea, dizziness, headache, flashblindness, eye pain and (occasional?) vomiting! So don’t use it on your friends or pets.” Although if you’re building the Bedazzler because you’re probably an evil overlord in training, we doubt you’re going to take that advice.

3. Pain ray

More formally known as the Active Denial System (ADS), the pain ray is a weapon developed by the U.S. military that can — wait for it — cause excruciating pain by emitting high-powered waves similar to those from a microwave oven. Developed by the Pentagon, the system is composed of huge, vehicle-mounted plates. It was deployed to Afghanistan in June 2010 and pulled back just a month later without having been used.

Comment by Christella Bernardene Krebs on April 13, 2012 at 8:28am

http://bdnews.com/7325
 

Forget the light saber; the flashy sword is but a part of the fictional Star Wars universe.

 

These five crazy, futuristic, and veritably frightening weapons may sound like they come from epic sci-fi flicks, but they’re no mere figments of the imagination — they actually exist.From pain rays to guns that can turn people into zombies, these weapons are no longer the stuff of fiction.

1. Speech-suppressing gun

If there were ever a weapon made to fit Big Brother’s world to a T, this is it. Let’s say someone doesn’t want to hear any more of your opinions. All they have to do is point this weapon at you and pull the trigger. This gun was designed by Japanese researchers to silence people by messing with their heads, but how exactly does it work?

Within a distance of 100 feet, a directional mic perched on top of the gun picks up whatever it is the target is saying. The boxy, directional speaker that makes up the bulk of the weapon then plays the sound back with a 0.2-second delay, effectively inducing delayed auditory feedback, a phenomenon caused by the echo of your own voice that interrupts your thoughts and renders you speechless.

While it’s true that the weapon could be used to ensure silence in places like the library, it could also be used to silence protesters, important political figures, and other people who actually have important things to say. Talk about an Orwellian nightmare come true!

Comment by Vida Smith Compton on April 8, 2012 at 8:23pm

Thanks, Nikki for the appreciative but LOL, reply......It all gets to be so STAR WARISH , and I didn't even get hooked on that crap either! BTW what are the benefits of greek yogurt, dancing like they do? It go from the inaside out.....Thew egg dye has got to me ,absorb through my fingertips,from hiding and peeling,girl! I don't won't to see an egg, other than a white one, yes I"m racial when it comes to egg shells! Stringy plastic grass in all colors but green, dyed baby chicks ,who ever thought that money grab up ,should be drawn and quartered....I have never know a hen that had layed eggs ,let a rabbit in the ccop in the forst place......Somebody is the go between on all this crap ,it was around wat before WAL MART, too! Can't say nothing bad about the Chocolate Bunnies or any other Chocolate for any other festive event of the yr but this , mixing it up with a RELIGIOUS EVENT IN HISTORY ,JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS ! No wonder children are so sacrewed up ,along with the vaccines that James posted about and the Government thew world ias gonna end somewtimew in thew not so disatant future! I'm waiting! Not taking all that much seriousness to the END IF CIVILIZATION over a zapper electric gun A Taser can do the same thing if you leave it their long enough........ I'll bwe in on another discussion wqith ya soon!

Comment by Nikki on April 8, 2012 at 6:11pm

Right on, Vida. Hey, the last time I was under anesthesia the doc said I gave him a long lecture on the benefits of Greek yogurt. The time before that I don't remember exactly what it was, but the doc was hysterically laughing and said I just kept jabbering on and on during the entire procedure.

Comment by Vida Smith Compton on April 8, 2012 at 5:50pm

Nikki, some of this satuff that all of the nations are coming up with are straight out of FLASH GORDON of the 50's ! They would have to just out right KILL me with a bullet, cause nobody can control your mind ,not unless you let them......! Or if they gave me enough PROPOPTHOL to keep my mouth from JAWJACKING THEM TO DEATH FIRST......Which that I could very well do in a pinch for myself and my friends! Yall stay on my goods side, you may need me as a DEFENSE WEAPON of MIND DEMENTIA to the otber Enemy said.....Sorry I hadto make light of the situation, to keep my sanity.....":" LOL

Comment by Nikki on April 8, 2012 at 5:34pm

Downplaying the zombie gun

Ultimate 'zombie' mind control: Myths and facts about weapons of th...

Comment by truth on April 1, 2012 at 10:54am

Russias new wonder weapons: Introducing the 'zombie' gun

Comment by truth on April 1, 2012 at 10:53am

US Navy: We’re 4 Years Away From Laser Guns on Ships

Comment by Lisa K on April 1, 2012 at 2:28am

This shit is messed up.We need to use our minds and realize the power and potential we have and regain it all back. I only have flashes of it,I need it to stick.

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