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The Ingredients Powering the DOD's New Nonlethal Weapons

Published: Nov. 21, 2018, 7:23 a.m.

We may never know whether Cuba attacked American diplomats with microwave weapons\u2014but we do know similar devices exist. The US Department of Defense\u2019s Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, along with a host of private arms companies, has spent decades testing everything from long-range wireless Taser bullets to sonic guns that can disable a car engine from 150 feet away.