brejc8's Journal: Sonic weapons

The Scotsman is reporting on a new sonic weapon currently under development for the pentagon. The "hypersonic sound system" uses two ultrasonic signals to focus on the enemy and not effect friendly troops. The weapon comes with 50 sounds including the most fearsome sounds known to humans: a baby crying.

better than teargas?

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Assuming that eardrums don't start rupturing, I welcome developments such as this. Here in the U.S., a lot of security and police agents are trained to use weapons at nearly the first sign of trouble, and if they can get by with sonic "discomfort field generators" instead of guns, chemicals, and clubs, then I'm all for it.