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posted by martyb on Tuesday February 05 2019, @06:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the blinded-me-with-science dept.

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/


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by acid andy on Tuesday February 05 2019, @07:15PM (3 children)

    by acid andy (1683) on Tuesday February 05 2019, @07:15PM (#796851) Homepage Journal

    Peril-sensitive sunglasses?

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  • (Score: 2) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday February 05 2019, @08:40PM

    by nitehawk214 (1304) on Tuesday February 05 2019, @08:40PM (#796895)

    Well that is one way to make sure you Don't Panic.

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  • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday February 05 2019, @11:36PM

    by RS3 (6367) on Tuesday February 05 2019, @11:36PM (#796975)

    I say we collaborate on a business plan and present it to Shark Tank.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @10:59AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @10:59AM (#797122)

    Hell yeah! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photochromic_lens [wikipedia.org]

    If somebody has their dad's cool 70s specs around, push a photo to wikimedia commons. They were not the least bit uncommon.