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8 Modern Weapons: Possibilities and Limitations
Nearly all non-lethal weapons today are based on the following principles of
effect: mechanical, acoustic, chemical, electrical, electromagnetic, or optical.
The works to create such weapons are performed in Russia as well. In particular, scientists of one of the research institutes of the Department of Defence developed a non-lethal electromagnetic weapon with extremely high-frequency (EHF)
electromagnetic radiation used as the main destructing factor.
Microwave weapon “Active Denial System”
The directional beam of this unit [14] causes the victim to experience unbearable
pain; the extremely powerful beam generated by the unit starts interacting with the
moisture contained in upper layers of the human skin and penetrates only a few tenths
of a millimeter, and the effect on internal human organs is completely prevented.
A person irradiated with this beam begins to experience a serious burning of the
skin, which can even cause heat shock. Victim of the beam produced by the unit
instinctively tries to hide from the invisible beam.
It should be noted that this development was presented in the USA earlier under
the name of Active Denial System (ADS); this development is also known as the ray
of pain. The existence of the ADS program first became known to wide public in
2011. American development of the non-lethal weapons is also aimed at disrupting
meetings. Due to high-frequency electromagnetic rays, it can hit targets at a distance
of up to 1 km (Fig. 8.9).
Fig. 8.9 Active denial system
8 Modern Weapons: Possibilities and Limitations
Nearly all non-lethal weapons today are based on the following principles of
effect: mechanical, acoustic, chemical, electrical, electromagnetic, or optical.
The works to create such weapons are performed in Russia as well. In particular, scientists of one of the research institutes of the Department of Defence developed a non-lethal electromagnetic weapon with extremely high-frequency (EHF)
electromagnetic radiation used as the main destructing factor.
Microwave weapon “Active Denial System”
The directional beam of this unit [14] causes the victim to experience unbearable
pain; the extremely powerful beam generated by the unit starts interacting with the
moisture contained in upper layers of the human skin and penetrates only a few tenths
of a millimeter, and the effect on internal human organs is completely prevented.
A person irradiated with this beam begins to experience a serious burning of the
skin, which can even cause heat shock. Victim of the beam produced by the unit
instinctively tries to hide from the invisible beam.
It should be noted that this development was presented in the USA earlier under
the name of Active Denial System (ADS); this development is also known as the ray
of pain. The existence of the ADS program first became known to wide public in
2011. American development of the non-lethal weapons is also aimed at disrupting
meetings. Due to high-frequency electromagnetic rays, it can hit targets at a distance
of up to 1 km (Fig. 8.9).
Fig. 8.9 Active denial system