Don’t microwave me, bro! airman was burned in a test of the nonlethal heat beam

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Don’t microwave me, bro!Published on Sunday, November 11, 2007.http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=4762Source: Wired Seven months after an airman was burned in a test of the nonlethal heat beam, the Air Force has released a heavily redacted version of the mishap report (available in PDF here) that reveals few details about what happened.The military has bent over backwards to demonstrate to the public that the Active Denial System (ADS), a millimeter wave directed energy weapon that heats up the top layer of skin, is a well-tested nonlethal weapon, and not a scary microwave weapon with unknown health effects. For example, last month, they staged demonstrations of ADS for reporters at Quantico.