The Department of War gave the Department of Homeland Security permission to test a military-grade heat ray weapon that could be used to burn human skin at the border.
A memo signed by War Secretary Pete Hegseth last month, obtained by CNN, details the new heat ray, officially known as the Active Denial System. It's a nonlethal weapon that shoots an invisible beam of electromagnetic waves that can reach a little over half a mile away, the U.S. military says.
The energy beam causes a burning sensation when it hits human skin, which the Pentagon compared to the sensation of opening a hot oven.
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- by: Jeremiah Hassel
- 2026-10-21
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https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/218335/trumps-department-war-dhs-heat-ray-border
- 10/22/2026
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