The Pentagon and law enforcement agencies are clamoring all over themselves to obtain the absolute latest in what is being classified as non-lethal weapons. Like boys with new toys on Christmas morning our government (the very people who are charged with protecting us) is stockpiling weapons for the sole purpose of controlling us.
These “non-lethal” or “less-lethal” weapons are designed to control crowds, clear streets, subdue and restrain individuals and secure borders, they are the 21st century's version of the police baton, pepper spray and tear gas. The result is what appears to be the first arms race in which the opponent is the general population.
One can only surmise that our leaders are preparing for the backlash from the American population that is sure to result from the coming global economic collapse. Coupled with the unpredictable and increasingly catastrophic consequences of climate change and resource scarcity, along with a new era of austerity defined by rising unemployment and glaring inequality that have already led to massive protests in Spain, Greece, Egypt, and even Madison, Wisconsin, our elected officials are scared ‘shitless’ of the ‘common people’ that goes to make up these United States of America.
From the progressive era to the Great Depression to the civil rights movement, Americans have a rich history of taking to the streets to demand greater equality.
As a result of tens of millions of dollars invested in the research and development of more “media-friendly” weapons for everyday policing and crowd control, law enforcement and military personnel have traded-in old school weapons for more exotic and controversial technologies. The following are six of the most outrageous "non-lethal" weapons that will define the future of crowd control.
1. The Invisible Pain Ray: The 'Holy Grail of Crowd Control'
The Active Denial System, or ADS, works like an open-air microwave oven, projecting a focused beam of electromagnetic radiation to heat the skin of its targets to 130 degrees. This creates an intolerable burning sensation forcing those in its path to instinctively flee.
2. The Laser Blinding 'Dazzler'
The Personal Halting and Stimulation Response rifle, or PHaSR, is a massive laser shooter. PHaSR technology is being co-funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program (JNLWP), and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and is being developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory. While JNLWP is interested in the technology for military applications, NIJ is focusing on its law enforcement use.
3. The Taser on Steroids
The Albuquerque Police Department now has Taser shotguns in its arsenal. Most of us are familiar with hand-held Tasers and understand that they only work if the police are standing pretty close to you (about 20 feet).
4. Calmative Agents for Riot Control
Calmatives are chemical or biological agents with sedative, sleep-inducing or similar psychoactive effects. Although the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention prohibits the use of riot control agents in warfare, JNWLP and NIJ have long considered calmatives for both military and law enforcement applications, such as dispersing a crowd, controlling a riot or calming a noncompliant offender.
5. Screaming Microwaves That Pierce the Skull
Researchers are in the process of developing the Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio or MEDUSA (that's right, from Greek mythology), which uses a beam of microwaves to induce uncomfortable auditory sensations in the skull. The device exploits the microwave audio effect, in which short microwave pulses rapidly heat tissue, causing a shockwave inside the skull that can be detected by the ears.
6. Ear-Splitting Siren
The Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, built by American Technology Corporation, focuses and broadcasts sound over ranges of up to hundreds of yards. LRAD has been around for years, but Americans first took notice when police used it in Pittsburgh to ward off protesters at the 2009 G-20 summit. It is generally used in two ways: as a megaphone to order protesters to disperse; or, if they disobey, as an “ear-splitting siren” to drive them away.
As a result of the creation of these “non-lethal” weapons we the people are in fact being warned that our right to protest for political change is being severely weakened. The intimidation factor of bearing these weapons against us is itself a “non-lethal” weapon.
This is our tax dollars at work here people. Take note and remember our rights are dissolving right before our very eyes.
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