Vehicle-Mounted Active Denial System (V-MADS)

[norml]

Vehicle-Mounted Active Denial System (V-MADS)
Non-Lethal Weapons



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Active Denial Technology is a breakthrough non-lethal technology that uses millimeter-wave electromagnetic energy to stop, deter and turn back an advancing adversary from relatively long range. It is expected to save countless lives by providing a way to stop individuals without causing injury, before a deadly confrontation develops.

The technology was developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate. Approximately $40 million has been spent on this technology over the past ten years.

This non-lethal technology was developed in response to Department of Defense needs for field commanders to have options short of the use of deadly force. Non-lethal technologies can be used for protection of Defense resources, peacekeeping, humanitarian missions and other situations in which the use of lethal force is undesirable. The system is intended to protect military personnel against small-arms fire, which is generally taken to mean a range of 1,000 meters. The system is described as having a range of 700 yards.

Countermeasures against the weapon could be quite straightforward — for example covering up the body with thick clothes or carrying a metallic sheet — or even a trash can lid — as a shield or reflector. Also unclear is how the active-denial technology would work in rainy, foggy or sea-spray conditions where the beam's energy could be absorbed by water in the atmosphere.

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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/v-mads.htm

[democracyindanger]

1. does "millimeter-wave" mean microwave? nt

[norml]

2. Yes

It is a microwave weapon, one of many new microwave weapons.

[norml]

3. I hope someone can repost some of the pictures of it.

I don't know how to post graphics. I'd not seen pictures of the finished system before. It looks so sci-fi!

[FlemingsGhost]

4. Would the presence of a powerful magnet disrupt PEPs?

Like I said in the other thread, you seem to be the one to ask.

Thanks.

[brokensymmetry]

5. No...

Microwaves are photonic - and so wouldn't be affected by magnets any more than would a beam of light.

They could be reflected though - screen wire (the real wire kind) should work. So would aluminum foil.

Jokes about tinfoil hats aren't obligatory... :)

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. Great now we can hurt even more unidentified people

from even further away.

Shot first, ask questions later.

Oh that's right, this weapon is not lethal. Just like tasers. Yeah right.

[Locut0s]

7. You asked for these images?

All you need to do is type the url to the images directly, no HTML tags needed.

[norml]

8. Type the URL to the images directly. Thanks! That sounds simple.

Thanks for posting these pictures for me, while I figure that out. That unit looks like something from a 50s sci-fi movie, ready to take on Godzilla.

[pnorman]

9. And as I just learned from another DU thread,

checking the little box at the upper left ("Check here if you want to format your message in plain text") will BLOCK the image from appearing instead of the URL. And as I also learned on DU a while back, 'right-clicking' on the desired image, will yield the URL (look under "properties").

pnorman

[norml]

10. Thanks much for your help also.

Tomorrow is my day off. I'll experiment with this then.