Pain Rays

Flash Gordon would be proud:

After years of testing, the Active Denial System -- the pain ray which drives off rioters with a microwave-like beam -- could finally have its day. The Army is buying five of the truck-mounted systems for $25 million. But the energy weapon may face new hurdles, before it's shipped off to the battlefield; a new report details how the supposedly non-lethal blaster could be turned into a flesh-frying killer.

SWEEET! A death ray! Man, I've been waiting forty years for this... We'll give them Martians what-for! (Or for that matter, snot-nosed little liberal pansies like the sniveling brat who wrote this article for Wired Magazine and felt the need to sprinkle snippets of his thinly-veiled self-righteousness throughout.)

Meanwhile, the National Institute of Justice is still has [sic] a reported interest in a "hand-held, probably rifle-sized, short range weapon that could be effective at tens of feet for law enforcement officials."

Uh, honey...? I know what I want for Christmas. Forget about stopping home intruders with the ol' scattergun. That might damage valuable furnishings. Now we can fry them inside their own worthless hides! No muss, no fuss... just bake and serve.