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National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Non-lethal Weapon Readied for Battlefield A directed energy weapon that causes a sensation tantamount to a "bee sting all over the body" to those unlucky enough to be on the receiving end could be deployed by the Air Force before the end of this year.  |
National Defense June 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Researchers Fill Data Gaps for Less-Than-Lethal Weapons Understanding the effects of non-lethal weapons is critical both to their development and the doctrine that will govern their use. Gaining that knowledge, however, is no easy chore, according to military and law enforcement experts.  |
National Defense February 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Lasers Seen as Solution to Checkpoint Safety When it comes to stopping people and vehicles at checkpoints and during convoys, the Pentagon wants something more effective than "shouting, waving hands and shooting." A "laser dazzle" may be the solution, at least for the short term.  |
National Defense March 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Directed Energy Weapons Face Hurdles Directed energy weapons used by Stryker crews are on the verge of being deployed, but there are several hurdles program directors and policymakers must overcome if these new systems are to make an impact in urban battlefields.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 John McHale |
Raytheon Delivers Active Denial System 2 to U.S. Air Force Raytheon's Active Denial System is designed to use millimeter wave technology to repel individuals without causing injury.  |
National Defense February 2008 Breanne Wagner |
Directed Energy: Low Power Weapons on the Rise As a result of growing demand in Iraq for handheld lasers, the Defense Department is reevaluating its long-term funding priorities for non-lethal weapons.  |
National Defense January 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
Nonlethal Weapons: Help or Hinder? A series of successful tests have boosted chances that a new nonlethal crowd-control weapon will be deployed to Iraq next year. But it appears doubtful that nonlethal weapons will become pervasive in combat zones in the foreseeable future.  |
National Defense March 2004 Geoff S. Fein |
Non-Lethal Weapons Find Their Niche in Urban Combat Weapons that once were meant only for police use increasingly are finding their way into military units in Iraq and elsewhere.  |
National Defense September 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Unconventional Weapons Can Help U.S. Troops Fight Insurgents in Iraq While researchers in the U.S. ponder how to advance from rubber bullets and tear gas to such cutting-edge technologies as directed energy, troops on the ground are demanding quick non-lethal alternatives for peacekeeping and crowd-control operations.  |
Popular Mechanics December 2006 David Hambling |
Tech Watch: Forecasting Pain Forget lasers, phasers and other beam weapons; radiofrequency devices are here, and they're set to "sting."  |
National Defense August 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Weight, Size Issues Stymie Fielding of Directed Energy Weapons Currently, if soldiers or Marines want to bring these directed energy, non-lethal weapons into a battle zone, they will need an entire truck to haul one system there.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2005 Ben Ames |
Air Force tunes nonlethal directed-energy weapons The U.S. Air Force wants the Active Denial System, which fires painful but nonlethal, energy, to be more portable. And U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels may get a smaller version of the Long Range Acoustic Device, which generates a focused beam of sound to dissuade attackers.  |
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005 |
Non Lethal Directed Energy Weapons Anti-personnel nonlethal directed energy weapons include lasers, high power electro-magnetic pulse and directional acoustic weapons.  |
Popular Mechanics February 2010 David Hambling |
Special Ops Gunships To Get Pain-Inducing Weapons The Air Force is now trying to install pain rays on Special Operations gunships, which are 98-foot-long AC-130 aircraft originally designed to haul cargo.  |
National Defense June 2006 Stew Magnuson |
High-Tech Weapons Mix Targets Urban Hazards As the Pentagon continues to invest in technologies to neutralize roadside bombs, rocket propelled grenades remain a potent threat. More than 100 soldiers have been killed since operations in South East Asia began.  |
National Defense October 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Needs Nonlethal Weapons To Disable Hostile Vehicles and Boats The Defense Department's nonlethal weapons organization is seeking technologies that can help disable motor vehicles and halt small boats.  |
The Motley Fool July 20, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
When to Sell Taser Embattled would be a great word to describe non-lethal weapon manufacturer Taser. The latest battle is with the New York Times. When is the right time to sell the stock?  |
National Defense July 2011 Eric Beidel |
Military Investigates Killer Drones That Can Fit in Rucksacks Troops are demanding smaller unmanned aerial vehicles on the front lines, sparking efforts to develop lighter weapons for the aircraft. Now there are plans to make weapons out of the drones themselves.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010 Courtney Howard |
Marine aviators complete operational assessment of advanced Precision Kill Weapon System The operational assessment provides Marine aviators the opportunity to "test drive" the system before it is deployed, and to confirm that the laser-guided, 2.75-inch rocket will meet their needs in combat.  |
National Defense September 2011 Eric Beidel |
Lasers to Aid Machine Guns Aboard Ships Sailors soon may have a new weapon to use on the high seas, one that combines the precision of directed energy with the lethal power of a machine gun.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006 |
Coast Guard orders nonlethal antiterrorism weapon from Foster-Miller Inc. The Boat Trap system offers an alternative to the use of firepower in defense against a perceived threat in a crowded harbor, without posing a threat to bystanders and infrastructure.  |
National Defense November 2009 |
Pentagon Wants Non-Lethal Weapons to Incapacitate Friendly Civilians The effects on the targeted personnel should last long enough for friendly forces to enter and secure the structure and its occupants, states the document.  |
AskMen.com Aaron Broverman |
Top 10: Future Weapons In the wrong hands, these weapons could pick entire civilizations clean, but thankfully when used with striking precision and tactical strategy these weapons mean more of the good guys survive, while all that evil never stands a chance.  |
National Defense June 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Homeland Defense Plan Favors Non-Lethal Technology The Pentagon is devoting increasing attention to non-lethal weapons programs, providing baseline requirements for future equipment, senior officials said.  |
National Defense November 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Pentagon Publishes New Safety Guidelines For Unmanned Vehicles These comprehensive safety guidelines cover the design and operation of joint-service unmanned vehicles -- including unmanned aircraft and ground- and sea-based vehicles.  |
National Defense June 2007 Breanne Wagner |
Soldiers Need More Non-Lethal Weapons, Better Knock Down Power Non-lethal weapons are needed for crowd control and mob situations.  |
PC Magazine March 6, 2007 Seth Porges |
Tasers: A Shock to the System Tasers may be safer than guns, but new evidence suggests that they're far from harmless. Can technology offer a safer alternative?  |
National Defense July 2015 Ariel Robinson |
Directed Energy Weapons: Will They Ever Be Ready? Despite promising test results and decades of research and development, it could be many more years before the military is ready to bring directed energy weapons into the mainstream.  |
National Defense November 2004 Robert H. Williams |
Troops Can Have a Cool Drink in Chem-Bio Attack A portable reservoir hydration system that can be used during chemical and biological weapon attacks recently entered the marketplace.  |
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005 |
No Longer Science Fiction Military and security forces have been using less than lethal weapons for many years.  |
National Defense September 2009 Magnuson & Breitbach |
Tech vs. Terrorism For every threat to the homeland, there's a business that has a technology waiting in the wings to counter a would-be terrorist's moves.  |
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005 |
Non Lethal Weapons Programs in the US Among the programs currently under development at the USMC Non-Lethal Weapons Program are multi-sensory devices aimed to disable individuals within structures.  |
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005 |
Non Lethal Electrical Shock Weapons Electrical shock weapons are designed to cause Electro Muscular Disruption (EMD) which, when affecting an unprotected human completely overrides the central nervous system and directly control the skeletal muscles.  |
National Defense July 2014 Dan Parsons |
Nonlethal Weapons Could Gain Ground in Future Missions Nonlethal weapons are tailor-made for many of the potential scenarios Marines will encounter in unsettled regions of the world where firing live rounds could spark major conflict.  |
Popular Mechanics February 9, 2009 Glenn Reynolds |
Can Obama Ban Space Weapons Successfully? Soon after President Obama took office, the White House Web site stated that the administration would seek a worldwide ban on weapons interfering with military and commercial satellites.  |
IEEE Spectrum March 2005 DeBlois et al. |
Star-Crossed Should the United States, or any nation for that matter, weaponize space? From orbiting lasers to metal rods that strike from the heavens, the potential to wage war from space raises startling possibilities---and serious problems.  |
Popular Mechanics June 2009 Roxana Tiron |
Microwave Missiles: High-Energy Weapons in the Air Force U.S. Air Force's newest directed-energy weapon program, the Counter-Electronics High-Powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project, would create a weapon that fires powerful bursts of HPM, frying the electronics of multiple targets without harming people.  |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
What to Make of Taser? It's easy to question but hard to predict Taser's long-term potential.  |
National Defense June 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Must Measure True Cost of Fuel, Says Ashton Carter The Pentagon must factor the additional transportation and security costs associated with each weapon system, said the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.  |
National Defense March 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Poor Intelligence Hampers Precision Weapon Performance Despite the widely publicized success in precision strike operations during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the U.S. military lacks the intelligence and sensor capability to assess its targets and battle damage, according to a top Defense Department weapons expert.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 Ben Ames |
Military Warns Contractors About Pitfalls of Joint Weapons Design Pentagon planners are pushing the different service branches to share equipment and split the cost of customized-weapons development. This joint operation will help transform the American military into a lighter, faster force, they say.  |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
As the Taser Turns This is a rough day, but Taser is still up 5,000% over the last 52 weeks.  |
National Defense February 2016 Ashley Johnson |
Naval Energetics Research Needs Renewed Focus While other nations are making strides in energetic material development, the United States has remained dormant.  |
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Seeking Funds to Connect Weapons in Flight The Air Force expects to get approval later this year to begin a two-year $30 million program to evaluate the use of communication devices aboard precision-guided missiles and bombs.  |
National Defense August 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Navy Aiming for Laser Weapons at Sea The Navy expects to incorporate lasers onto most ship classes in its surface fleet, including amphibious ships, cruisers and destroyers.  |
National Defense March 2011 Eric Beidel |
Microwave Weapon Designed to Render Electronics Useless The Air Force wants to disable enemy electronics without harming nearby buildings or people.  |
World War II Max Gadney |
Weapons Manual - Birth of the Bazooka Want to know how bazookas in World War II worked? Check out this Weapons Manual.  |
National Defense June 2009 Erwin & Magnuson |
7 Deadly Myths About Weapons of Terror Seven noteworthy misconceptions associated with weapons of terror.  |
National Defense July 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Urban Fighting Highlights Need for Smaller Weapons The U.S. military services spend billions of dollars on precision-guided bombs, missiles and artillery shells, which, for the most part, have proved inadequate for urban fighting in Iraqi cities.  |
The Motley Fool October 19, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
To Those Who Hate Taser The weapons company reports another stellar quarter.  |