![]() ![]() In the shorter term, there are projectile-based weapons, which are similar to the Sticky Shocker - but with clever twists to make them safer or more effective. ![]() Some weapon-makers are even trying to ionize the air with short-pulse lasers – man-made lightning. The StunStrike which uses a Tesla coil to generate a stream of electricity. Then there's the Plasma Taser, which creates a conductive channel of particles in the air. In its simplest form you have Diehl's Liquid Taser – basically a water pistol or water cannon with added electricity. The far-out thinkers have looked to transmit electricity through the air, one way or another. But a maximum range of just ten meters - and a risk of impact injury at close range - prevented it from being adopted.ĭevelopment has since proceeded along two tracks, with and without projectiles. More recently, in the 90s, there was the Sticky Shocker - a projectile, fired from a grenade launcher, which stuck to the target with barbs or glue (both were tested) and gave them a series of shocks. Long-range electroshock has been a Holy Grail for years. It features "groundbreaking flight stabilization and microprocessor-controlled intelligent electrode selection technologies." And it was developed for military use with funding from the Office of Naval Research, with the largest contract in the company's history. Its effects are similar to the latest Taser, the X26 – it will bring down anyone instantly, however tough, fanatical or drugged-up. ![]() 1 cubic inches and has a range of at least thirty meters. We already know that the projectile weights just 14 grams (half an ounce), is less than. Taser's XREP will be the first out of the box, with the weapon being released for field testing starting this fall for 6-12 months followed by full production in 2008. And if it lives up to the considerable hype, the XREP (and its many, many competitors) could be qualitatively different from any less-lethal weapon we've seen before the projectiles could require new tactics and maybe new laws. It's a shocking projectile, fired from a 12-gauge shotgun, called the XREP. Taser International is about to roll out its new, wireless weapon in Chicago on Monday. Stun guns have been limited, since their birth, by the length of their wires and barbs. ![]()
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