Microwave-Weapon Goodbye: 'Heat Ray' Crowd Dispersal Cannon Unveiled

09 March, 2012

The American military have presented the world with a new weapon, informally named the heat ray or microwave cannon. The "Active Denial System" is a non-lethal weapon primarily designed for crowd control.

A video was uploaded on YouTube by USFORCESTV channel of the US military testing a new super high frequency (SHF) weapon. Rumors have long been spread about a "cannon", which can be mounted on a military vehicle to disperse crowds with the help of a high-powered beam of electromagnetic radiation.

Hearsay still causes the US Department of Defense deny it has spent $120 million on a mobile microwave oven.

The Active Denial System (ADS) beams a high-frequency, man-sized electromagnetic wave 1,000 meters....

http://rt.com/news/weapon-us-microwave-cannon-363/