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Pentagon authorizes Homeland Security to test "heat ray" for possible use at the border

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo last month authorizing the Department of Homeland Security to test the Active Denial System, a non-lethal weapon known as a "heat ray" that emits 95-gigahertz electromagnetic waves and causes a painful burning sensation, according to CNN. The permit provides for the temporary loan of one unit for seven months starting in September and states that Pentagon personnel will not operate the system. Its possible deployment at the Mexican border would mark an unprecedented step.

In 40 seconds

  • Hegseth authorized in a memo the testing of the Active Denial System by Homeland Security, according to CNN
  • The weapon emits an invisible 95-gigahertz beam that raises skin temperature to 55 degrees and causes a painful burning sensation
  • The permit provides for the loan of one unit for seven months starting in September, and the Pentagon will not operate it
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