Pentagon Develops Handheld version of the Beam of Pain
October 2, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Handhelds
Since 2005, US military research has worked on the Thermal Laser System (TLS), technology designed to cause enough pain to “repel individual adversaries”, but not enough to cause lethal or permanent damage. The TLS beam aims to do this by causing a burning sensation on the target’s skin.
The latest development? A handheld version the Pentagon hopes will end up in the hands of law enforcement officials in the US. Apparently the only kink to work out is developing an eye-safe beam, which produces the desired effect without blinding anyone unlucky enough to catch the beam straight into their own eyes.
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