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.
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