Pete Hegseth reportedly authorizes DHS to test ‘heat ray’ at US-Mexico border

Pete Hegseth reportedly authorizes DHS to test ‘heat ray’ at US-Mexico border

The Pentagon’s Active Denial System shoots energy beam that causes ‘sensation of intense heat on surface of skin’

Pete Hegseth , the US secretary of defense, reportedly signed a memo last month permitting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to test a non-lethal “heat ray” for potential use at the US southern border.

The “heat ray”, known as the Active Denial System , is a military-grade weapon that shoots an energy beam causing “a sensation of intense heat on the surface of the skin”, according to a 2009 National Defense University case study on the weapon. Continue reading...

Read the full story at theguardian.com

Recommended

General

France's Macron blames protests on 'ultra-left groups whose aim is to bring down the Republic'

General

Steelers cancel Paris fan event over fears of unrest while NFL pushes ahead with its own event and game

General

Downing Street rejects Witkoff’s description of Putin as a ‘humanitarian’