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Moochy

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Thu Nov-01-07 10:31 AM
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NPR: Non-Lethal Weapon Emits Invisible Rays of Pain

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15739254

The Pentagon's research arm has come up with a weapon that can neutralize an individual — or a crowd — from a distance of more than 500 yards.

It's not intended to kill. It emits an invisible beam of high-energy radio frequency that causes a person to recoil and flee. The weapon has been 12 years in the making, and now it's ready.

NPR's defense correspondent gets zapped by the Active Denial System.

NPR's embedded-military-reporter-guy, Guy Raz asks his pals in the military to "Tase me Bro"

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