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August 23, 2010

California Jail to Test Ray Gun on Prisoners
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Authorities in Castaic, California, have announced plans to use
prisoners as test subjects for a high-tech ray gun that fires an
invisible heat beam capable of causing unbearable pain. The 600-pound,
seven-foot-tall "Assault Intervention System" was built by Raytheon for
the military, but it is now being introduced for domestic purposes.
Raytheon is currently working on creating a hand-held version of the ray
gun.



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