Re: Lightning Gun To Combat Terrorists - WHERE IS THE RETURN PATH???

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Original poster: Just Justin <rocketfuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


wouldn't a corner reflector be a pretty easy way to wreak havoc on 
this type of "nonlethal weapon"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corner_reflector



> Original poster: stork <stork@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> >Electromagnetic waves induce alternate voltages/currents in what serves
> >as antenna (anything conductive). There is no "ground". Everything is
> >differential.
>
> CORRECT
>
> It's merely a differential and not referenced back to the 
transmitting source.
>
> >That device does not send an electromagnetic wave. It sends a current.
>
> There are many such "nonlethal" devices being tested by the
> department of defense currently.  I have my doubts about any directed
> TC type weapon that shoots a current at a distant target.  I think
> the picture of the device in question is most likely a fake.
>
> There are microwave "nonlethal" weapons like the ones reportedly in
> place, but not activated, at the Republican National Convention last
> year for crowd control.  These are true EM weapons.  They are
> designed to deliver a burning sensation to the targets skin.  The
> weapon shooter can vary the intensity of the EM beam and thus the
> target effect.  Of course, opponents of these microwave systems claim
> that if the target has on metal like a belt buckle then a real skin
> burn may be produced.
> These microwave crowd control weapons are either hand held or mounted
> on small military vehicles.
>
> >Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
> Stork
>
>