"Tom Ring" wrote in message
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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,

I have seen the video too. But 1 millimeter penetration depth is still
enough to do serious damage to the eye. I doubt if this weapon ever
makes it into production. Is anyone familiar with the Hague Conventions
in relation to this?

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73, Dr. Barry L. Ornitz WA4VZQ