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  2. Sonic weapon - Wikipedia

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    Sonic and ultrasonic weapons (USW) are weapons of various types that use sound to injure or incapacitate an opponent. Some sonic weapons make a focused beam of sound or of ultrasound; others produce an area field of sound. As of 2023 military and police forces make some limited use of sonic weapons.

  3. Long-range acoustic device - Wikipedia

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    An NYPD LRAD on top of a police humvee An LRAD operator wearing hearing protection LRAD on a navy ship. A long-range acoustic device (LRAD), acoustic hailing device (AHD) or sound cannon is a specialized loudspeaker that produces sound at high power for communicating at a distance.

  4. Directed-energy weapon - Wikipedia

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    A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams. Potential applications of this technology include weapons that target personnel, missiles, vehicles, and optical devices. [1] [2]

  5. List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    Within the Table of Organization and Equipment for both the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps, these two classes of weapons are considered as crew-served; the operator of the weapon has an assistant who carries additional ammunition and associated equipment, acts as a spotter, and is also fully qualified in the operation of ...

  6. Hypersonic weapon - Wikipedia

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    A hypersonic weapon is a weapon capable of travelling at hypersonic speed, defined as between 5 and 25 times the speed of sound. [ 1 ] Below such speeds, weapons would be characterized as subsonic or supersonic , while above such speeds, the molecules of the atmosphere disassociate into a plasma which makes control and communication difficult.

  7. A superyacht captain deployed sonic weapons and 'pain rays ...

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    The captain deployed the weapons as armed pirates sped towards him on inflatable boats, an industry insider wrote in The Times of London.

  8. MEDUSA (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio) is a directed-energy non-lethal weapon designed by WaveBand Corporation in 2003-2004 for temporary personnel incapacitation. [1] The weapon is based on the microwave auditory effect resulting in a strong sound sensation in the human head when it is subject to certain kinds of pulsed/modulated ...

  9. List of equipment of the Turkish Land Forces - Wikipedia

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    Can detect air targets in the most accurate and fast way in order to protect critical military and civilian facilities. [268] Aselsan SURALP Weapon detection radar ASELSAN Weapon Detection Radar is a high-tech radar system that detects mortar, artillery and rocket fires by enemy elements and precisely calculates the drop and drop location. [269 ...