>>I saw a tv show on them. There was a guy who volunteered to be a test subject (in order to get the story). Very cool. Of course in a military action, it only prevents close up fighting (preventing the enemy from moving forward or temporarily incapacitating the enemy, and I mean very temporary), and just about every state (or non state) has the ability to fight from a distance now.
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>Yep, when they get the bigs ones they should be put it in space, where they can be the proximate cause of isolated global warming - over poppy fields and the cocao bushes, and a few dictators.<g>

How about we put the White House and Downing Street on that list. We could hook the ray up to the internet and if enough voters are unhappy with their government they get a non lethal roasting from space. A kind of "hey we are unhappy with you " wake up call.