Military shows off new ray gun

This is an interesting new idea for non lethal force protection. Raytheon has apparently developed a ray gun which causes the person targeted to feel sudden intense heat as if their clothes would catch on fire, but does no actual damage. It uses millimeter waves which do not penetrate the skin as far as more traditional microwaves like those used in your home. It could be used for riot control or any other situation where you want to encourage dispersement or convince an enemy to drop their weapon. It looks like it won't be ready until 2010, but they were testing it on volunteers to see the effect. I would be interested to see how effective this would actually be against rioters and/or insurgents. If it was effective, this could really help our troops if they are still over there by then. It doesn't seem to go through walls so that may limit its usefulness to a point. I still think it would help a lot with military and police forces and give them another option besides killing someone. That is bound to make people more cooperative.

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