Tag: Raytheon
Posted on Mon Aug 23, 2010 at 11:34:00 PM EST
Tags: Raytheon, Active Denial, Pain Ray (all tags)
Unbelievable, but true. At 7.5 feet tall, the
"Assault Intervention Device" is the hottest new non-lethal weapon out there. And it's coming to a jail in LA.
What does it do? It shoots out rays that cause extreme, unbearable pain.
The 7½-foot-tall Assault Intervention Device emits a focused, invisible ray that causes an unbearable heating sensation in its targets – hopefully stopping inmates from fighting or doing anything other than trying to get out of its way, sheriff's officials said.
The device, unveiled Friday at Pitchess Detention Center, will be mounted near the ceiling in a dormitory housing about 65 prisoners, according to Commander Bob Osborne of the Sheriff's Department Technology Exploration Program.
It's intended use: To break up fights between inmates.[More...]
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