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posted by janrinok on Monday April 30 2018, @10:28PM   Printer-friendly

Popular Mechanics reports

Pioneered by the defence department's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program (JNLWD), the new direct energy weapon has the ability to stop a cart in its tracks without harming the vehicle or its driver.

"The jammer works by targeting the car's engine control unit causing it to reboot over and over, stalling the engine. Like an invisible hand, the microwaves hold the car in place." David Law, who leads JNLWD's technology division, said in March: "Anything that has electronics on it, these high-powered microwaves will affect. As long as the [radio] is on, it holds the vehicle stopped."

[...] "The RFVS system uses high-power magnetron tubes to generate intense RF pulses that interfere with a vehicle's electronics, rendering it temporarily inoperable. The engine cannot be restarted while the RF is on but is readily restarted once the RF is turned off. Thus, the RFVS system allows for the maintenance of a safe keep-out zone in situations that might otherwise require the use of lethal force. The defined measure of success for this system is a demonstrated, effective capability against more than 80% of the candidate target-vehicle-class list, which includes passenger cars and large vehicles."

A video shows demonstrations of the weapon against cars and boats.


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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday April 30 2018, @11:08PM (7 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Monday April 30 2018, @11:08PM (#673964) Journal

    It'll stop your CART as long as the radio is on: what music has to be playing? AC/DC?

    ;)

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday May 01 2018, @12:12AM (6 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 01 2018, @12:12AM (#673970) Journal

    You can't stop AC/DC, they are TNT and they'll win the fight mate.
    Maybe it will work with the Electric Light Orchestra

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    • (Score: 3, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday May 01 2018, @12:50AM (3 children)

      Plus they've already been thunderstruck by high voltage and stayed hard as a rock, shot down in flames but kept a stiff upper lip, and they've got the war machine with the big gun.

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      • (Score: 2) by coolgopher on Tuesday May 01 2018, @01:20AM (2 children)

        by coolgopher (1157) on Tuesday May 01 2018, @01:20AM (#673985)

        Clearly these guys haven't realised it's a long way to the top.

        • (Score: 2) by Mykl on Tuesday May 01 2018, @01:37AM (1 child)

          by Mykl (1112) on Tuesday May 01 2018, @01:37AM (#673990)

          Regardless, those warmongers are on a Highway to Hell.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 01 2018, @01:48AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 01 2018, @01:48AM (#673997)

            Hell ain't a bad place to be but this could give them brain shake with a flick of the switch.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Tuesday May 01 2018, @03:07AM (1 child)

      by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday May 01 2018, @03:07AM (#674021) Journal

      I dunno: they're a long time gone and as a matter of fact, and believe me now, they're caught in a trap. There's confusion and the destination's unknown, but Julie don't live here and I've stopped getting to the point....
      ---Mr. Blue Sky

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      • (Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday May 01 2018, @05:14AM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 01 2018, @05:14AM (#674050) Journal

        That's bringing me down. Don't! :)

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