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To: steve harris who wrote (693247)	7/22/2005 8:17:24 AM
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Burning Questions Test results of a US microwave weapon have been made public under the Freedom of Information Act. Called the Active Denial System, the weapon fires a 95-gigahertz microwave beam which is supposed to heat skin but leave no physical damage. Designed with crowd-control in mind, the beam causes pain in moments and becomes intolerable in under 5 seconds. To protect their eyes, test "rioters" were asked to remove contact lenses and glasses before being fired upon. They were also relieved of their loose change - everyone knows what happens to metal left in microwaves. But some experts wonder exactly how the amount of radiation a target receives can be controlled: what if someone in the crowd is unable to move away from the beam? ...MORE newscientist.com