A Herkimer Battle Jitney?! That's the finest nonlethal combat vehicle ever made!
I guarantee you when the giant space robots are our masters, the will use this new super-keen future-is-now nonlethal pain ray technology to keep us from escaping their tungsten mines.
Why, oh why do our military men insist on making it easier for our enemies, the robots?
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"The waves are calibrated to
"The waves are calibrated to slightly penetrate the skin, which in turn stimulates the body's pain receptors creating 'a heating sensation that within seconds becomes intolerable and forces the subject to flee,' according to an official military fact sheet."
This sounds like what would happen if someone were stuffed into a big microwave.
Ultimately, is there a difference between "causing a heating sensation" and being cooked from the inside out?
I imagine that there is a
I imagine that there is a difference. Though there are some, no doubt, who will get some joy from imagining scruffy protestors' heads exploding a la scanners. Not me though, not me.
That's why we need our own
That's why we need our own human-piloted giant fighting robots. Preferably with a '66 Chevelle SS or a '68 Hemi Cuda (or, for the true conoisseur, a '69 AMX) for a head.
And a fleet of Herkimer Battle Jitneys.