Pentagon grants DHS permission to test heat ray weapon for potential use at border
The seven-month loan lets Homeland Security develop tactics for a nonlethal weapon that officials have long weighed for crowd control.
- Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized Homeland Security to test a military-grade heat ray, the Active Denial System, for potential use at the southern border.
- Customs and Border Protection officials have internally discussed using the directed-energy weapon for crowd dispersal along the US-Mexico border for years, though previous administrations have historically rejected the tool.
- Military officials describe the beam as creating a 'tingling effect' that 'lasts between 10 and 15 minutes but also generates' an urge to flee, with electromagnetic waves reaching over half a mile.
- The Pentagon memo grants a 'temporary loan' of the system for seven months, stating it 'shall not be operated by DoW personnel' and DHS is solely responsible for employment, tactics, and development.
- Some Border Patrol agents have recently questioned the need for the technology amid low border crossings and increased personnel, while critics warn against treating migrants like enemy combatants.
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Homeland Security to Test Heat Ray Weapon at Border
“The Pentagon has given the Department of Homeland Security permission to test a military-grade heat ray and develop tactics to potentially use it in operations at the southern U.S. border,” CNN reports. “The heat ray, officially known as the Active Denial System, is a nonlethal weapon that shoots an invisible beam of electromagnetic waves that […]
Pentagon grants DHS permission to test heat ray weapon for potential use at border
By Zachary Cohen, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon has given the Department of Homeland Security permission to test a military-grade heat ray and develop tactics to potentially use it in operations at the southern US border, according to a memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last month and obtained by CNN.The heat
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