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Are electric shock weapons set to go wireless?

By David Hambling

24 May 2003

A WEAPON that delivers a debilitating electric shock to its victim without the need for wires is being developed in Germany.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ has seen video stills of a prototype of the “Plasma-Taser” in action during firing-range tests. The pictures were shown at the European Symposium on Non-Lethal Weapons in Karlsruhe two weeks ago. In the first image, a spray of dark gas is seen approaching a human-size target. In the next, taken a fraction of a second later, there is a lightning-like flash of electrical discharge intended to incapacitate the targeted person.

The Plasma-Taser, developed by defence company Rheinmetall…

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