Marine Corps Testing Maser for Anti-Personnel Use

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Marine Corps Testing Maser for Anti-Personnel Use 315

Posted by michael on Thursday March 01, 2001 @03:19PM from the my-eyes!--the-goggles,-they-do-nothing! dept.

Former1626er writes: "The Marine Corps is testing out phasers or what the military industrial complex calls "non-lethal direct energy weapon." Here's the UPI story, and if you have a subscription to the Marine Corps Times you can read the original story - "The People Zapper" - there. In brief: the Marines are deploying a microwave laser for anti-personnel usage, with the idea basically being: burn people so they run away. So, how many of you have read the sci-fi novella "Press Enter"?

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