U.S. Army Seeks Paralysis Ray

Technovelgy reports that the U.S. Army is asking Peak Beam Systems to:

“…design and fabricate a light-based immobilisation system/deterrent device and integrate it with an unmanned aerial system. This will include any necessary medical research on frequency and amplitude modulation of high-intensity light that will cause immobilisation to all those within the beam.”

I am not sure how a light, even a 7.5 million candlepower strobe light, will paralyze humans. However, if it does work it will be another non-lethal tool for the Army’s growing OOTW (Operations Other Than War) missions.