Advances in Riot Control

[Kevin Robert Dean]

Sound defence
WEAPONS that fire high-intensity "sonic bullets" could
be used by sky marshals to incapacitate terrorists who
try to hijack passenger aircraft. The US Department of
Defense is assessing the technology following the
attacks on 11 September. 
Elwood Norris, chairman of American Technology
Corporation in San Diego, California, says the
Department of Defense approached him about a device
the firm has patented that produces narrow but
high-power beams of sound. Norris says the device
could be used on hijackers to inflict pain and
possibly disorientation. "They wanted to know, could
you use this without any destruction to fuselage walls
and windows? And the answer is yes," he says. A key
defence contractor, cruise missile maker General
Dynamics of Falls Church, Virginia, is funding
development of the system and is helping AT to brief
the Army and the Pentagon on its capabilities. 
Full Story:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2001-11/ns-sd111401.php

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Kevin Dean
Buffalo, NY
ICQ: 8616001
http://www.yaysoft.com

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