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A weapon developed for war and designed to inflict intense pain has been approved for loan to federal law enforcement on American soil. The Pentagon authorized the heat ray for DHS. Could ICE get access? Could it be used against migrants or Americans exercising First Amendment rights? Who decides?

10/10/26, 1:51 pm86 reposts177 likes

Olivia of Troye

@oliviaoftroye.com

I spent years working at the Pentagon and on homeland security. The prospect of a military-developed weapon designed to inflict intense pain being operated by DHS on American soil raises serious red flags. What safeguards prevent its misuse by CBP or potentially ICE? Here’s why I’m concerned.👇

livingitwitholiviatroye.comThe Pentagon Just Approved Lending Its “Heat Ray” to DHS. Here’s Why That Should Worry You.The military never used it in combat. Now U.S. Customs and Border Protection may use it at home.

Jackie Leatherman

@jackleath.bsky.social

Pretty horrifying.

bw74.bsky.social

@bw74.bsky.social

Red flags seems an understatement.

ilibeebythesea.bsky.social

@ilibeebythesea.bsky.social

Yep!

A rezistenței

@gregglade.bsky.social

Any use is misuse.

ilibeebythesea.bsky.social

@ilibeebythesea.bsky.social

The original Crazy Swiss Engineer (more like 😡😱)

@crazyswisseng.bsky.social

Facts. This "heat ray" is millimeterwave directed energy. The high power version of the "T-wave" or "Terahertz wave" that strips your clothes away at the airports. It has a very low depth of penetration in skin, a fraction of a millimeter.

The original Crazy Swiss Engineer (more like 😡😱)

@crazyswisseng.bsky.social

It does not penetrate any metal foil, nor metallized goggles like some sun googles. The metal foil must be continous, this electromagnetic energy could slip into tiny cracks a fraction of a millimeter long. Clothes wetted with *salt* water could already be a good protection.

The original Crazy Swiss Engineer (more like 😡😱)

@crazyswisseng.bsky.social

A combination of these protection methods, maybe also using the thin "survival blankets" under salt-wetted clothes. Protect your eyes with googles that have a thin metal layer, many sunglasses or ski goggles should be efficient (the bright colored shiny ones).