Dr. Barry L. Ornitz wrote:
This can produce cataracts. The effect was seen among many early
experimenters with microwaves and many members of the military.
working with high power radars. So while the new weapon Richard
talks about is non-lethal, it can easily cause blindness. This may
be why the military is not so interested.


I have seen demonstrations of one of these devices on one or another
cable channel. I believe they mentioned a frequency in the 60GHz range.
They also mentioned the penetration depth on skin was something like a
mm. The effect is supposed to feel like instant extremely severe
sunburn. You WILL leave the area immediately. They tested it on one of
the hosts of the show. He moved out of the area of the effect very quickly.

Given the desire of the subjects to get the hell out of Dodge when the
system was pointed at them, I doubt cataracts would be an issue.

Don't take any numbers I stated here as correct, it was a while ago.

tom
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