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Wednesday
Apr272011

Nocturnal Ownership, Puke Rays

Here is a Danger Room post on technologies being developed by the Directorate of Science and Technology at Special Operations Command. Among the priorities are enhancements to nightime operations such as heat signature cloaking and advanced battlefield sensors, and also more sub-lethal weapons along the lines of tasers and "puke-rays" -- or what is called “extended duration incapacitation."

I also noticed on the SOCOM site that they have their own dedicated soldier tech program, called SOF Warrior, "a portfolio that includes over 83 programs with an investment budget of over $1.1 billion of MFP-11 funds..." Main areas of development are Ammunition & Demolition, Ground Mobility, Individual Equipment, Weapons Systems, and Visual Augmentation Systems.

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