Forget phasers on stun, American military and police forces are about to set their lasers on daze, with the launch of two new laser guns.
The non-lethal laser weapons emit "eye-safe" (hmmm...) green laser light to temporarily blind people at a range of up to 2400 metres (about a mile and a half).
The Dazer Laser Guardian looks a little like a light sabre, with a 15cm straight design that can dazzle at up to 100 metres from a target. The lithium-ion battery powered laser can be adjusted to create a larger or smaller Dazer Zone that it is claimed instantly "temporarily impairs vision and balance", as well as creating a feeling of motion sickness.
There's light at the end of the barrel
The higher-powered Dazer Laser Defender looks more like your typical sci-fi ray-gun, with a pistol design and a powerful laser that can reach over a mile. Both lasers can be mounted on pistols or shotguns if your target is wearing sunglasses.
Because they can be fired continuously, if the holder misses they can continue to aim the beam at the someone's face until they hit the target, unlike other non-lethal weapons that have to be reloaded and only work at close range.
The laser weapons are intended for use in subduing terrorists, anti-piracy actions and by all branches of the military. Dazer Laser also suggests, more worryingly, that they be used by security guards "in lieu of providing a lethal force weapon" or in police actions where "bystanders may be 'dazed' with full recovery".
Yes, it's certainly about time those pesky bystanders got what's coming to them.
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somebody57
October 17th
7. Some people are afraid to move into the future, but this is our future. This laser can actually prove to save more lives. I read where over 350 people have been killed just by the Stun Guns, but I’m sure they were a much needed defending weapon of choice at the time. We don’t need to always shoot to kill, all the time. The Military, Homeland security, Border patrol, Police and Sheriffs departments can surely use such a device.
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onarun
August 22nd
6. This does exixt and will be marketed for prison guards, airport security, and many other law enforcement sectors. In some other blogs there is new of a contract on the way in the near future. We see what happens.....
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smitter
July 10th
5. Does this really exsist? what is the authors source of information about orders for police and the military. Reading the article it sounds like this is a rant exercise without any concrete evidence to back up any of the claims.
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cowboys1118
June 1st
4. Too bad you can't see a damn thing with laser goggles on. Try to walk around with those things at night time and see how far you get. And this is meant for police and military is it not? I guess they will be blinding pilots and commuters in heavy traffic? From what I have read, it's not being sold to the general public.
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flatearther
May 29th
3. When the cop's use their'non leathal' tazers,they tend to over use them on old grannies and whoops...kill lots of people,once they get a hold of these devices cap't kirk won't be able to restrain them from changing the setting from stun to fun on the general population,buy your shades now before thay are bannad.
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jmace86
May 28th
2. I would have to wonder about the long-term effects of something like this.
A LASER that is designed to temporarily blind and unbalance people probably has some long-term consequences that are not so temporary.
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