Exclusive: Top military police considered using a “heat ray” that makes the skin feel like it’s burning on D.C. protesters in June, according to a military whistleblower.
Military police hold a line near the White House as demonstrators gather to protest police brutality on June 1, 2020 in Washington, D.C.Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
The ADS was developed by the military some twenty years ago as a way to disperse crowds. There have been questions about whether it worked, or should be deployed in the first place. It uses millimeter wave technology to essentially heat the skin of people targeted by its invisible ray. The email went on to say that the ADS can direct a beam toward a group and that"provides a sensation of intense heat on the surface of the skin. The effect is overwhelming, causing an immediate repel response by the targeted individual."that U.S. border officials weighed deploying the so-called"heat ray" against migrants a few weeks before the 2018 elections.
NPR made multiple calls and sent multiple emails to the Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region for comment, but has not heard back.
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