Developing Defensive Plasma Shield

[Dubh Aingeal]

According to an article at New Scientist, DARPA is developing a plasma shield that would allow troops to stun and disorientate enemies. The system will use a technology known as dynamic pulse detonation (DPD), which involves producing a ball of plasma with an intense laser pulse, and then a supersonic shockwave within the plasma using another pulse. The result is a gigantic flash and a loud bang in a the air. 'The company has also pitched a portable laser rifle, which would be lethal, to the US Army. It would weigh about fifteen kilograms, would have a range of more than a mile, and could have numerous advantages over existing rifles - better accuracy and the ability to hit a moving target at the speed of light.

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While we didn't have anything like that we did have, (and I apologise for the lack of info on this), a device similar to an EMP. It was kept under the Highest security but basically there was this huge tent on our camp with a sattelite dish looking thing sticking out of one end of it. Every time they were planning on using it they would have to clear out everyone from it's line of fire claiming that at close range it would fry our insides. They claimed it's use was to set off IED's or disable them. if that's it's real use or not I have no idea, it's just what they said.