1. Military and police forces already have dozens of weapons designed not to kill, including rubber and plastic bullets, electric stun guns, sticky foam and tear gas. 2. Stink bombs and sticky foam have been tested, as well as sonic weapons whose high-intensity sound waves disrupt internal organs. 3. Sticky foam might help to capture intruders by blocking exits with large bags filled with the substance through which an intruder would have to pass in order to escape. 4. The sticky foam inside would do the rest. 5. Versions of the sticky foam tested in Somalia are also alive. 6. With sticky foam, the foam can be shot through the food slot with no injury to the guards. 7. For example, Miyoshi said, sticky foam could protect a safe. 8. Instead of using bullets, the soldiers respond by shooting a sticky foam. 9. In the segment broadcast today, Elian sprayed Sawyer with streams of colorful sticky foam and reminded her repeatedly to clean up the mess. 10. Others have experimented with a pump-like device that coats suspects in a sticky foam. |
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