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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: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday February 05 2019, @10:24PM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Tuesday February 05 2019, @10:24PM (#796941) Homepage Journal

    But I regard that entire book as being a credible source. I think I bought the book in the mid-eighties but don't clearly recall.

    I do still have it but it's in storage.

    There was just one short paragraph that claimed the US Army had developed a weaponized hallucinogen that would make enemy troops so very paranoid that they would all open fire on each other.

    Given that it's non-lethal, such a chemical weapon might actually be _legal_. What's Your Take?

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