Pentagon still wants better stun guns

Pentagon Tests Technology for New Stun Gun

updated 2010 report


A Pentagon office that helped develop microwave weapons that cause intense pain,
lasers that temporarily blind people, and devices that emit intolerable levels of sound,
is now working on a technology that uses electrical pulses to incapacitate people.

If the research proves successful, it could lead to a new, more effective type of wireless stun gun.





Nanosecond electrical pulses may have applications for nonlethal weapons, but this rapidly developing
area of biological research has also attracted interest because of its potential medical applications,
including as a treatment for cancer.

Though the Joint Nonlethal Weapons Program Office did not respond to questions about what researchers
have been supported by their funding, the Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics at Old Dominion
University in Norfolk, Virginia has emerged as the leading player in this field.

The Joint Nonlethal Weapons Programs Directorate has spent just short of two million dollars on the
research over the past few years, and is currently reviewing funding for the next year and beyond.

Other Defense Department offices, such as of the Office of Naval Research and the Air Force Research
Laboratory, have also been involved in the research.

But how soon, if ever, the research will lead to a weapon in unclear; Pentagon officials working
on the program declined to speculate on the time line.

"This technology is not yet mature enough for human testing," wrote Dr. Wright.



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and the american people still want better politicians, healthcare and pizzas

we really are heading to star wars

"This technology is not yet mature enough for human testing," wrote Dr. Wright.

I wonder what they test it on then?


"...this rapidly developing area of biological research has also attracted interest because of its potential medical applications, including as a treatment for cancer."

java wrote:

"This technology is not yet mature enough for human testing," wrote Dr. Wright.

I wonder what they test it on then?


"...this rapidly developing area of biological research has also attracted interest because of its potential medical applications, including as a treatment for cancer."

they need something to replace waterboarding

Used to call it electro-shock "therapy" ...

java wrote:

"This technology is not yet mature enough for human testing," wrote Dr. Wright.

I wonder what they test it on then?


"...this rapidly developing area of biological research has also attracted interest because of its potential medical applications, including as a treatment for cancer."

it's not like that's stopped them before

c/thru wrote:

java wrote:

"This technology is not yet mature enough for human testing," wrote Dr. Wright.

I wonder what they test it on then?


"...this rapidly developing area of biological research has also attracted interest because of its potential medical applications, including as a treatment for cancer."

it's not like that's stopped them before

They think they're "mature enough" now...

Hell, I would like a better stun gun too.

Joebert wrote:

Hell, I would like a better stun gun too.

use them often do you?

I want one with variable settings from "stun" to "disintegrate."

java wrote:

I want one with variable settings from "stun" to "disintegrate."

Test that one on Nancy Pelosi.

I think stun guns should be for everyone !!! seriously, EVERYONE, instead of guns with bullets

They are legal in many states

c/thru wrote:

I think stun guns should be for everyone !!! seriously, EVERYONE, instead of guns with bullets

They are legal in many states

we have one, and some guns with bullets. never had to use them though

I have a paintball gun and if you ever played, you know they smart

phluffy wrote:

I have a paintball gun and if you ever played, you know they smart

some of those things, especially the green gas ones sting

phluffy wrote:

I have a paintball gun and if you ever played, you know they smart

Izzat what they call a "smart weapon?"