Pentagon Lets DHS Test Heat Ray Weapon for Possible Border Use

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The Pentagon has given the Department of Homeland Security permission to test a military heat ray and develop ways to use it in operations along the southern US border. The approval comes from a memo signed last month by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

When the beam touches human skin, it causes a burning sensation. Pentagon officials have compared it to the rush of heat you feel when you open a hot oven. Military officials say the “tingling effect” lasts 10 to 15 minutes and creates an instinctive, irresistible urge to run away.

Instead, DHS alone is responsible for how the system is employed and for building the tactics, techniques and procedures around it. Once the seven months are up, DHS can ask for more time with the system for border operations, depending on need, a defense official said.

Putting it to use there would be a first, even for the Trump administration, which has made border security and cracking down on immigration a top priority.

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