GoKawiilPentagon lends DHS microwave 'heat ray' weapon for border testing
CNN reports the Pentagon has authorized the Department of Homeland Security to test and develop operational tactics for an 'active denial system,' a military-grade directed-energy weapon that can cause intense burning pain on skin from over half a mile away. The device, previously deployed but never used in combat by US forces in Afghanistan, has been loaned to DHS for seven months, with the Pentagon disclaiming responsibility for any resulting harm.
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The loan suggests the Trump administration is willing to consider crowd-control weapons with a documented risk of severe injury or death against migrants, according to a former DHS official cited by CNN who contrasted this administration's approach with prior ones. Civil liberties advocates have previously warned, as the ACLU did in 2010 regarding a similar device in a California jail, that such weapons can inflict not just pain but lethal harm, raising questions about oversight and accountability given the Pentagon's disclaimer.
- DHS has Pentagon approval to test an 'active denial system' heat-ray weapon along the border
- The weapon can cause burning pain on human skin from more than half a mile away
- The loan runs seven months, with the Defense Department disclaiming liability for consequences
Source: futurism.com — Joe Wilkins, 2026-10-23
Published there as: “Trump Admin to Blast Immigrants With Heat-Ray Gun”
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