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A new weapon installed on Russian warships can make enemy soldiers miss targets by blinding them, while also causing hallucinations and making them want to vomit.
Two Russian frigates were fitted with the new non-lethal dazzler-type weapon, the 5P-42 Filin (eagle-owl), the manufacturer’s representative told RIA Novosti. The weapon is designed to temporarily blind the enemy.
It creates a strobe-like effect that disrupts eyesight, seriously hampering the soldier’s ability to aim at night, Ruselectronics (which produces the weapon) stated.
During testing, volunteers used assault rifles, sniper rifles, and machine guns to shoot targets placed up to 2km away and protected by the device. They all had trouble aiming because they “couldn’t see the target.”
Forty-five percent of the volunteers reported feeling dizzy, nauseous, and disoriented. Twenty percent are said to have experienced hallucinations, described as “a ball of light moving in front of [our] eyes.”
https://www.rt.com/russia/450489-russian-navy-system-hallucinations/
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 05 2019, @07:09PM (3 children)
*gruff military voice* Bring out the bedazzler!
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday February 05 2019, @07:40PM (2 children)
*fairy voice* Bring out the glitter!
The people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work should be kicked out of congress.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday February 05 2019, @08:43PM (1 child)
I just want a flashy thingy
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday February 05 2019, @10:03PM
(most) Guys at a gay bar want that same thing.
The people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work should be kicked out of congress.