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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 MostCynical on Tuesday February 05 2019, @10:05PM (5 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday February 05 2019, @10:05PM (#796933) Journal

    Disco warfare?

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by sjames on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:02AM (4 children)

    by sjames (2882) on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:02AM (#797093) Journal

    If it just made the troops want to boogie down and get funky, it might fly. But alas, it gave them an irresistible urge to re-do their barracks in harvest gold and avocado while singing in falsetto, and that's a war crime.

    • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday February 06 2019, @09:09AM (1 child)

      by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday February 06 2019, @09:09AM (#797103) Journal

      Is it all three, or any two, to make it a crime?

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      • (Score: 2) by sjames on Wednesday February 06 2019, @06:52PM

        by sjames (2882) on Wednesday February 06 2019, @06:52PM (#797314) Journal

        I believe that question is still the subject of some controversy.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by gawdonblue on Wednesday February 06 2019, @10:23AM (1 child)

      by gawdonblue (412) on Wednesday February 06 2019, @10:23AM (#797110)

      Why was the disco dude the only one in the squad to get shot?

      Cause when the sergeant told them to "get down" he got up and boogied.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @11:41AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @11:41AM (#797126)

        :D