Omega-News : Rubrik:Non-lethal weapons

Official Touts Nonlethal Weapons for Use

Starmail — 2006-09-13T16:39:00Z

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-air-force-weapons,1,4148740.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true

By LOLITA C. BALDOR,
Associated Press Writer
2:46 PM PDT, September 12, 2006

WASHINGTON -- Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before they are used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday.

Domestic use would make it easier to avoid questions in the international community over any possible safety concerns, said Secretary Michael Wynne.

"If we're not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation," said Wynne. "(Because) if I hit somebody with a nonlethal weapon and they claim that it injured them in a way that was not intended, I think that I would be vilified in the world press."

The Air Force has funded research into nonlethal weapons, but he said the service isn't likely to spend more money on development until injury issues are reviewed by medical experts and resolved.

Nonlethal weapons generally can weaken people if they are hit with the beam. Some of the weapons can emit short, intense energy pulses that also can be effective in disabling some electronic devices.

On another subject, Wynne said he expects to pick a new contractor for the next generation of aerial refueling tankers by next summer. He said a draft request for bids will be put out next month, and there are two qualified bidders: The Boeing Co. and a team of Northrop Grumman Corp. and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., the majority owner of European jet maker Airbus SAS.

The contract is expected to be worth at least $20 billion.

Chicago-based Boeing lost the tanker deal in 2004 amid revelations that it had hired a top Air Force acquisitions official who had given the company preferential treatment.

Wynne also said the Air Force, which is already chopping 40,000 active duty, civilian and reserves jobs, is now struggling to find new ways to slash about $1.8 billion from its budget to cover costs from the latest round of base closings.

He said he can't cut more people, and it would not be wise to take funding from military programs that are needed to protect the country. But, he said he also encounters resistance when he tries to save money on operations and maintenance by retiring aging aircraft.

"We're finding out that those are, unfortunately, prized possessions of some congressional districts," said Wynne, adding that the Air Force will have to "take some appetite suppressant pills." He said he has asked employees to look for efficiencies in their offices.

The base closings initially were expected to create savings by reducing Air Force infrastructure by 24 percent.

Informant: doug mackenzie

Russian papers on electromagnetic weapons

Starmail — 2006-08-29T09:27:00Z

From L. Milnes:

Dear Don

This new information from Russia on weapons based on electromagnetic principles comes from the California mindjustice group, and can be found at www.mindjustice.org under russian research.

Mindjustice is supported by Cheryl Welsh, who is also a United Nations adviser on electromagnetic weapons.

From your point of view, I think the interest lies in the fact that if bio-electromagnetic weapons exist and are researched at government level (as they demonstrably have been for decades), clearly EM fields must have adverse effects on the human body.

Two articles follow:

The first - a russian science article published this year (2006) - discusses the 2001 russian law on the prohibition of electromagnetic weapons:

BIOELECTRIC TERRORISM: ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE THREAT

Grigoriev O.A.1, Grigoriev Y.G.2, Stepanov V.S.2, Chekmarev O.M.3
1. Center of electromagnetic safety*, Moscow
2. SSC (State Scientific Center) Institute of biophysics, Moscow
3. Center of State sanitary control of administrative department of President of the Russian Federation, Moscow

The principle possibility of the use of biological action of the electromagnetic field (EMF) by terrorist elements is examined, and also the respective possible ways, methods and aims of electromagnetic influence on bio-object, corresponding measures on warning of negative consequences of such influence are analyzed. The article is prepared on the basis of the materials of lecture by authors at the 2nd International conference World association against globalization of criminality and terrorism, held in Moscow on January 20-21, 2004.

BIOELECTRIC TERRORISM: ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE THREAT Grigoriev O.A.1, Grigoriev Y.G.2, Stepanov V.S.2, Chekmarev O.M.3

Published in Russian in Annual of Russian National Committee on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection 2004-5? Moscow, 2006, page 205-216. The following translation to english by UC Davis student, Tatiana Kanare, August 2006.

The book begins in english: The possible threat analysis of the EMF technologies applications in terrorist activity is presented for the first time.

The article ends in english: Analyses of Possibility Threat of The Bioelectromagnetic Terrorism. The possiblity of the bioelectromagnetic terrorism is discussed in this article. It was analyzed main aims, ways and methods of EMF effects for biologics objects. In opinion of authors, EMF will be able to using for bioelectromagnetic terrorism in futures.

Source: http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/index.php?p=544

New Non-Lethal Weapons Systems May Be Used Against US Citizens

Starmail — 2006-08-23T20:33:00Z

http://www.rense.com/general/nonleth.htm

Needless Deaths by Stun-Guns on The Rise

Starmail — 2006-04-26T07:26:00Z

http://www.newswithviews.com/Ryter/jon134.htm

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Death raises questions about stun guns
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_on_re_us/taser_deaths

Informant: Susan Clarke

"Non-lethal" Weapons May Violate Peace Treaties

Starmail — 2006-01-12T17:02:39Z

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/grn/omega231.htm

"Safety" of EMP/Microwave weapons

Starmail — 2006-01-07T16:09:19Z

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/grn/omega150.htm

More on Non-Lethal Weapons

Starmail — 2006-01-05T22:50:27Z

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/grn/omega102.htm

Army's secret 'people zapper' plans

Starmail — 2006-01-05T13:22:30Z

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/grn/omega67.htm

Using RF "non-thermal" effects for "non-lethal"weapons

Starmail — 2006-01-05T12:49:21Z

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/grn/omega66.htm

Marchers Protest Inmate Death, Urge End to Use of Stun Guns

Starmail — 2005-11-14T10:59:06Z

About 200 protesters marched through this Atlanta suburb Saturday, urging police to stop using stun guns like the one that shocked an inmate who later died.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB1Y20MYFE.html

From Information Clearing House

Sound-Laser

Starmail — 2005-09-22T20:12:26Z

Neue Lärmwaffen werden im Irak eingesetzt, aber auch in Katastrophenregionen wie in New Orleans, um über weite Entfernung Botschaften zu übermitteln oder durch schmerzhaft laute Geräusche Menschenmengen aufzulösen.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/20/20992/1.html

Kammerflimmern durch Taser-Waffen

Starmail — 2005-09-06T11:43:55Z

HLV INFO 140/AT
6-09-2005

Deutsches Ärzteblatt

2. September 05

Chicago. Die so genannte Elektroschockpistole Taster ist nach Aussage des gleichnamigen Herstellers die "effektivste aller nichttödlichen Waffen". Dem widersprechen jetzt Kinderärzte aus Chicago. Im New England Journal of Medicine dokumentieren sie den Beinahetodesfall eines Teenagers, der nach dem Einsatz von Tasers in ein Kammerflimmern rutschte.

Der junge Mann war von den beiden Nadeln des Geräts getroffen worden, das einen Stromschlag von 50 000 Volt mit einer Stromstärke von etwa 3,6 Miliampere versetzt, wenn die Angaben des Herstellers zutreffen. Der Strom erreicht die Nadeln über zwei Drähte, die nach dem Schuss mit dem Schussgerät verbunden bleiben. Das Ziel der Waffe ist die rasche Immobilisierung des Gegners.

Der Stromstoß führe zu einem unmittelbaren Verlust der "neuromuskulären Kontrolle" heißt es in den Gebrauchsanweisungen. Für einen Moment sei der Angreifer wehrlos und könne von der Polizei überwältigt werden. Der Hersteller betont die hohe Sicherheit der Waffe und beruft sich dabei auf mehrere Gutachten der britischen und amerikanischen Polizei, die die Waffe seit 2001 einsetzten.

Aus kardiologischer Sicht sind Elektroschocks jedoch nicht unbedenklich, da sie, wenn sie in der vulnerablen Phase des EKGs appliziert werden, ein Kammerflimmern auslösen können. Dieser Fall ist jetzt erstmals medizinisch dokumentiert worden. Der junge Mann kollabierte nach dem Taser-Treffer, konnte aber von den anwesenden Sanitätern wiederbelebt werden. Die Reanimation begann innerhalb von zwei Minuten nach dem Taser-Treffer. Erforderlich waren vier Stromstöße aus dem Defibrillator. Außerdem erhielt der Patient Noradrenalin, Atropin und Lidocain. Ohne die sofortige Reanimation wäre der Patient verstorben, behauptet Wayne Franklin vom Childrens`s Memorial Hospital. Er rät deshalb der Polizei, automatische Defibrillatoren bei ihren Einsätzen mitzuführen, um auf diese Komplikationen vorbereitet zu sein.

Nach Recherchen von Amnesty International vom Dezember 2004 sind in den USA seit der Einführung der Taser-Waffen mehr als 70 Menschen nach dem Einsatz der Modelle M 26 oder X26 ums Leben gekommen. Der Hersteller bestreitet bisher einen kausalen Zusammenhang - auch in dem jetzt vorliegenden Fall, obwohl ein Kammerflimmern eindeutig vorlag. Der Zusammenhang sei rein spekulativ und wissenschaftlich nicht erwiesen, schreibt Richard Luceri von Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in einer E-Mail, die der Hersteller an die Presse weiterleitete.

Dr. Claus Scheingraber 5-09-05

Police toy with 'less lethal' weapons

Starmail — 2005-05-03T15:50:06Z

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7326

Informant: Kelly Taylor

Die Waffen der Zukunft erobern den Alltag

Starmail — 2005-05-01T06:48:46Z

http://crop.mur.at/g7/bigbrother/

Zukunftswaffen erobern den Alltag

Starmail — 2005-03-20T21:23:59Z

http://tinyurl.com/46jaw