Navy Researches Vomit Beam

[Mercury]

This is just nasty!

You never know what's going to land in your mailbox. Last night, I found a weapon that shoots an invisible wall-penetrating beam that makes people so dizzy they fall over. (It can make them puke, too, but I'll get to that in a moment.)

Okay, okay... it was only a description of the device that I came across, going through my (mostly junk) mail. The less-lethal weapon was one of many novelties described in an invitation to the "Navy's 07 'Opportunity Forum" for small businesses.

Invocon, Inc., one of dozens of companies expected to showcase their wares at the forum, says it'll be there to display its "non-lethal, stand-off weapon for military and law enforcement personnel that could ultimately work through walls and other non-metallic structures."

They've even got a Navy contract to develop the thing. I looked up Invocon's contract in the Navy's Small Business Innovative Research database and found this slightly more detailed description of the work:


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[Will.Spencer]

The Army must be nicer people, they are building a paralysis ray.