Pete Hegseth reportedly authorizes DHS to test ‘heat ray’ at US-Mexico border
The Pentagon’s Active Denial System shoots energy beam that causes ‘sensation of intense heat on surface of skin’
TL;DR
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may test a non-lethal weapon called the Active Denial System (ADS) at the US southern border.
- The ADS is a military-grade weapon that projects an energy beam causing an intense, temporary heat sensation on the skin.
- US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reportedly signed a memo authorizing a seven-month loan of the system to the DHS.
- The system was previously considered for use by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) but was never deployed.
- The ADS was initially brought to Afghanistan by the US military nearly 20 years ago but was not used.
- The DHS will be solely responsible for the system's employment and use, with no Department of Defense personnel operating it.