US Air Force Readies ADS

Gizmodo is reporting that the USAF has readied a non-lethal weapon for possible crowd control use in Iraq.

It’s called Active Denial System, and hurts like a mofo.

The ADS shoots a beam of high intensity millimeter waves, which in plain English means if you get in the beam’s way, it’ll feel like you’re being dipped in lava. In fact, the pain is so intense, that the longest any human test subject could withstand the beam was 5 seconds, and a very small number of them walked away with redness and blisters from the beam’s intense heat.

I love new gadgets. heh.