US army to build 7.5 million candle power paralysis beam!

cchurchi · Feb 27, 2007

"The U.S. Army is working on a modified 7.5-million-candlepower strobe light in hopes of creating a paralysis beam."

http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/070227_beam_system.html

Cool, I just need a couple of these and one of those AA sized memory eraser lights from Men in Black to rule the world! Ha Ha Ha Ha! (in evil menacing voice).

DM51 · Feb 27, 2007

This text is copied from that site:

The U.S. Army is working on a modified 7.5-million-candlepower strobe light in hopes of creating a paralysis beam.

Although details are sketchy, it appears that U.S. government acquisition records call for contractor Peak Systems to ...

"...design and fabricate a light-based immobilisation system/deterrent device and integrate it with an unmanned aerial system. This will include any necessary medical research on frequency and amplitude modulation of high-intensity light that will cause immobilisation to all those within the beam."

The Peak Beam Systems device can apparently be pulsed with a strobe effect that has some effect on the human nervous system. The Maxa Beam shown above has quite a range, too. It can illuminate targets as far as 1.5 miles away. The Maxa Beam is small enough to be hand-held, which is a vital factor in the US Army's selection of the device. The ultimate goal is to mount the device on a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) for crowd-control.

Well, how about that! Peak Systems combines with Mad Maxabeam !!!

Lightmeup · Feb 27, 2007

That article about the Maxa-Beam doesn't say anything about paralyzing people, only that it's very bright?

DM51 · Feb 27, 2007

7.5m candlepower doesn't seem all that bright, but the article says it is, er, well, how can I put this delicately.... PULSED. (Pleeeeease don't let this be another strobe thread....!)

Illum · Feb 27, 2007

DM51 said:
7.5m candlepower doesn't seem all that bright..

here it doesnt because cities suffer from light pollution...now if this was in Baghdad, a desert terrain and half the city out of power, I believe 7.5m CP over theres alot of difference...provided this was intended to be used over seas

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