Washington, DC (AHN)-In what would appear to be a non-conventional approach, Air Force secretary Michael Wynne says non-lethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before they are used on the battlefield.
According to Secretary Wynne, domestic use would make it easier to avoid questions in the international community over any possible safety concerns.
Wayne tells the AP, “If we’re not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation. (Because) if I hit somebody with a non-lethal weapon and they claim that it injured them in a way that was not intended, I think that I would be vilified in the world press.”
The Air Force has funded research into non-lethal weapons, but the service isn’t likely to spend more money on development until injury issues are reviewed by medical experts and resolved.
Non-lethal weapons can weaken people if they are hit with the beam, while some of the weapons can emit short, intense energy pulses that also disable some electronic devices. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004847857
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I’ve got a better idea: Test it on the Secretary of the Air Force first. If he survives, then test it on Congress.**
Re: High-power microwave weapons should be used on American citizens
This is the practice that is in affect all over the country. In different events they rollout the acoustics sound weapons that will bring you to your knees and shatter your eardrums.
This is nothing compared to the humvees with huge microwaves dishes on them that cause your skin to actually burn and they can focus the beam down narrowly and actually fry you. Four years ago I learned these have been deployed in every major US city. A large city has dozen and dozen of these waiting ready to rollout and fire at you and your family when you are begging for food and when FEMA will shut down a city and you are starving to death they will just microwave the cockroaches.
Re: High-power microwave weapons should be used on American citizens
The real point is that the "ethics" of weapons are slanted towards weapons that kill. The use of these weapons should have no more effect than tear gas, and are far less likely to effect bystanders. Using these weapons on the perpetual anarchists who follow around the G8 summits would be just fine with me......