Posts Tagged ‘non-lethal’

Georgia Police Turns Sonic Blaster on Demonstrators | Danger Room from Wired.com

2007/11/26/0922

RTFA: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/11/georgia-poli…

There’s more evidence that the Saakashvili regime in Georgia is using sound weapons against opposition protestors. This English-language footage from Russia Today shows riot police rolling through the streets of Tblisi in pickup trucks, small dishes in hand. A high frequency pulse follows. “Georgian police used an acoustic gun — it’s a non-lethal weapon that disorients people for a period of time,” says one “special weapons expert.”

The best part about non-lethal weapons is that there is no evidence of their illegitimate use.