Re: It's now called "Active Denial Technology"...

[Brian McDonald <brian_mcdonald@xxxxxxx>]

Roger Burton West wrote:

>On Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 02:56:02PM -0700, Brian McDonald wrote:
>
>>wash it across the front of a mob for instance thus encouraging them to 
>>take up knitting or other socially redeeming activities.
>>don't think its designed for use on a battlefield.
>>
>
>So, considering game relevance, how does your well-equipped operative
>deal with one of these things when it's turned on him? With a
>searchlight you can shoot it out, but putting a few bullet holes in the
>antenna won't impair it that much. Anyone got any data on the
>frequencies involved? Doesn't sound much like microwave (specifically
>surface pain only). Maybe a conductive mesh in one's clothing, plus a
>face-mask ditto?
>
from the description of the item i would imagine some inspired cussing 
and movement out of the area of effect would be in order.  worst comes 
to worst you could probably tough it out long enough for them to move it 
along.