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Air Force chief: Test weapons on testy U.S. mobs

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/12/usaf.weapons.ap/index.html
 
 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices
should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before being
used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday.

The object is basically public relations. Domestic use would make it easier
to avoid questions from others about possible safety considerations, said
Secretary Michael Wynne.

"If we're not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we
should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation," said Wynne.
"(Because) if I hit somebody with a nonlethal weapon and they claim that it
injured them in a way that was not intended, I think that I would be
vilified in the world press."

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