Pain Ray Test Subjects Exposed to ‘Unconscionable Risks’
Posted by: admin in Police State, tags: "Active Denial System"Source: Wired.com
The Active Denial System, or ADS, is a less-lethal weapon that uses directed energy — millimeter waves — to heat up the top layer of skin. It is specifically designed not to cause any injuries, such as burns. There have been several incidents of blistering, however, and the most serious accident took place last April, when the Air Force revealed that an airman taking part in a test of ADS had been injured severely enough to be treated at a burn center. Few details were made available about the incident.Of course, we did know about that accident, but the officials at Quantico that day assured us that the system had been tested thousands of time with no ill effects, and we were promised that details on that accident would be forthcoming soon — just not until after we had been zapped. We also didn’t know at the time — even though the Air Force had by that point fully investigated the accident and issued a mishap report — that the accident was the result of missing safety equipment and a near farcical lack of operator training.
You wouldn’t, however, know these facts based on a heavily redacted version of the accident report, released to DANGER ROOM shortly after that press day. That version of the report did reveal that the accident took place after the weapon accidentally flipped to full power, giving a much-too-strong dose to the unlucky volunteers. What was missing was why this happened. While the Air Force, in its letter to me, claimed that release of the full report would have a “stifling” effect on open discussion, the deletions were so broad and arbitrary that it rendered the entire report almost incomprehensible.
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