The 8 most painful non-lethal weapons

When the military doesn't want to kill anyone but really needs to make sure they stay away, they turn to nonlethal weapons. Some of these weapons are painful enough that a gunshot might seem preferable.SEE ALSO:From 1860-1916 the British Army required every soldier to have a mustache1. The non-lethal claymoreTwo M5 modular crowd control munitions are mounted on theside of this M-113 armored personnel carrier in Camp Bucca, Iraq, in 2008. Photo: Capt. Jason McCreeThe M5 modular crowd control munitionis described as a non-lethal claymore. It works about the same as a normal claymore in the sense that a small explosion propels hundreds of small balls.The M5 uses 600 rubber balls instead of steel pellets, and so just hurts like Hell instead of killing people.2. Pulsed Energy ProjectileThe Pulsed Energy Projectile is a beast. It fires a short laser burst that creates plasma on the surface of the skin and then fills the plasma with laser energy that explodes with a loud flash and bang. Basically, it turns small patches of skin into mini flashbang grenades.3. Pain RayYoutube Embed:http://www.youtube.com/embed/u9p5naCkz2wWidth: 840pxHeight: 473pxThe Active Denial System is commonly called a pain laser, but its actually a pain ray that uses millimeter waves to heatwater under a targets skin. This gives a sensation of burning, like theyve opened a blast furnace. The target usually flees immediately andno one lasts more than a few seconds.China has its own versionof the weapon.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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