AFP likely deployed the ADS heat ray and the LRAD acoustic device against Canberra protesters
from Popular Science All evidence points to this device Earlier this week, an NPR report uncovered an exchange from June 1, in which a military police officer wanted to know if the D.C. National Guard owned a pain-inducing heat weapon for potentially using on protesters. He also asked about a powerful auditory communication system that’s been compared to the “voice of God.” The Active Denial System in the US as owned by the US military and National Guard probably caused the second degree burns and worse to a number of Canberra protesters on Feb 12. Since when did Australia acquire these deadly weapons? The weapon, the Active Denial System (ADS), is a real thing, as is the sound system, which is called a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD). In documents published by NPR, a member of the National Guard recounted the email thread in which the question was asked, and stated: “I responded that the DC National Guard was not in possession of either an LRAD or an ADS.” The fact that a controversial weapon was floated as a possible means of dealing with
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