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| Israel-Palestine |
| Israeli Sound Cannon Deployed |
| 2005-06-14 |
| June 14, 2005: Israel has a new crowd control weapon; a "Sound Cannon" called, "The Scream" (for the effect it has on people, causing them to cover their ears and scream in pain). The new device got its first use (aside from tests on volunteers) against Palestinians and Israelis protesting the security wall. The next major use is expected to be against violent demonstrations by Israeli settlers this August, as the government forces Israeli settlers out of their Gaza settlements. The government won't release technical details on The Scream, but from what has been discussed, it appears to be generate low frequency sound in a focused beam. There have been several "focused sound" devices showing up lately. This one uses low frequency sound to act on the inner ear, and induce nausea, dizziness and pain. The low frequency approach also means that it's probably very difficult to protect yourself from the sound, or its effects. An elaborate (sound dampened) helmet might do the trick, or some kind of sound canceling device. To prevent people from coming up with counter-measures, the Israelis are trying to keep technical details secret. Israel has been trying to develop new non-lethal weapons, to deal with violent Palestinian demonstrators for over five years. There has not been much success in this area. The protestors who are violent, and have to be dealt with non-lethal weapons, tend to spread out and not provide easy targets. Such protesters are also pumped up, and resistant to a lot of the existing "non-lethal weapons." Tear gas and rubber bullets have, at best, partial success in dealing with violent demonstrators. The Scream may have better results, if the effect of getting zapped keeps protestors disoriented for a while. The Scream is truck mounted, and apparently emits a blast of focused sound every ten seconds at a crowd. After less than a minute of this, most people are covering their ears (which doesn't stop the sound), looking dizzy and rather uncomfortable. The demonstration thus changes into a mass sick-in. The Scream appears to have a range of 400-500 meters, and troops in the vehicle, and behind it, appeared un protected from the sound, and unaffected by it as well. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #18 Ohh.. Chinese opera - makes a "cat fight" sound nice. (Opps the wife will kill me if she sees this... As a young girl she considered being a Chinese Opera star...) Eeenah yah! OOOOOOOOOOh Yow! Cymbal noise Gong Fan.nn.nn ... Almost as bad as the sixty's morning wake up soundcasts in every neighborhood in Taiwan.. First - Be kind to your web footed freinds. Next - chun bei ta..ah..min chun bei ta..ahmin...shen bei ta .. ah min.. chun be tah ah min.... (no idea what the h' it was saying but it is seared in my mind....) Third... (I think...) Nat Anthem... San min jue ei ..... (all that bit about... our aim shall be to found a free land world peace be our stand... lead on comrades vanguards ye are hold fast your aim by sun and star. Be earnest and brave your country to save one heart one soul one mind one goal....) Then... Chinese Opera!! No pillows thick enough to block it! It surounds and envelopes you... From all sides the sound comes with cracking speakers, feedback, record players slighted off... Argh! Yes.. the perfect torture! Except maybe the chinese mercury torture. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-06-14 23:13 |
| #17 Nah, Gitmo is using Chinese Opera. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-06-14 20:26 |
| #16 What? They can build a sound cannon but they can't take 1 minute a day to call home? What kinda country are you building over there? I hear some parts aren't clean. Is that true? With all this sound cannon effort you'd think you could clean up a little.... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-14 20:01 |
| #15 What about Christina Aguilera? Or does she have an exclusive contract with Gitmo? |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-06-14 16:12 |
| #14 Mike, you misspelled Deaf. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-06-14 14:52 |
| #13 Personally, I believe the most effective crowd control device to be the flamethrower. I'd say it's certain to end any protest rather quickly and I'm sure with all these new thermobaric weapons, we can find something even nastier than napalm. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2005-06-14 14:21 |
| #12 My God! It's the Zionist Sonic Death Ray! |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-06-14 14:09 |
| #11 bigjim-ky -- Nasty, my friend... But so accurate! |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-06-14 13:16 |
| #10 My money's on Bjork being involved. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-06-14 13:00 |
| #9 So Yoko Ono does have a purpose on this planet. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-06-14 11:42 |
| #8 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, my eyes! Warn people next time, ok? |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-06-14 11:38 |
| #7 To achieve maximum effect, the device has to have a highly trained operator. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-06-14 11:31 |
| #6 Israel has a new crowd control weapon; a âSound Cannonâ called, âThe Screamâ You know we ought to be sure that the Isralei government is paying Ashlee Simpson royalties each time that weapon is used...Its only fair... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-06-14 11:28 |
| #5 We seem to have some homemade versions of this on our streets in Madison, using window-shaking bass and hip-hop. |
| Posted by: James 2005-06-14 11:26 |
| #4 Actually, I think one of the most disruptive things that could be done at Edinburgh would be for the *protesters* to pass around huge amounts of some potent laxative. Imagine what the city would be like if, say, 300,000 people all shit on the streets at once? I think it would send a powerful message to the G8 leaders. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-06-14 11:20 |
| #3 Soon to be deployed to Edinburgh? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-06-14 11:09 |
| #2 The Scream is truck mounted, "For one night only... The Blues Brothers, Rhythym and Blues Review!" |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-06-14 10:40 |
| #1 Anybody want to put a stopwatch on Human Rights Watch? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-06-14 10:05 |