Multiple Adversary Suppression System (MASS)

Abstract

The Multiple Adversary Suppression System (MASS) is an integrated, digitally controlled nonlethal weapon system designed to disable unshielded humans and interfere with susceptible materiel. MASS emits photic and audio stimulation at intensities designed to cause distress. MASS shields its users from direct photic and analog audio stimulation, instead processing that data digitally and filtering out the disruptive stimuli MASS emits. The physical components of MASS consist of a computer controlled headset with digital visual and audio processing equipment, and a computer controlled emission rig with high intensity photic and audio emission equipment.

Description

BACKGROUND[0001]Military and police forces confronting violent civilian populations or military or para-military groups embedded within civilian populations face difficulty in finding appropriate levels of force that minimize civilian injuries and fatalities while protecting the lives of military and police personnel. Objectives such as restoring civil order or suppressing attacks originating within an area populated by non-combatants may be compromised or abandoned if the risk of casualties on both sides appears by some standard prohibitive. As a result, military and police forces have sought to employ non-lethal means of suppression. Military forces may also seek to employ non-lethal means to reduce non-combatant casualties while employing lethal force against an embedded adversary that is heavily armed.SUMMARY[0002]Multiple Adversary Suppression System (MASS) is an integrated, digitally controlled photic and audio stimulation system that temporarily disables unshielded human as w...

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Benefits of technology

[0002]Multiple Adversary Suppression System (MASS) is an integrated, digitally controlled photic and audio stimulation system that temporarily disables unshielded human as well as susceptible mechanical targets. Users are shielded from all direct (analog) photic data and from high-decibel audio data while receiving digitally recreated information. MASS provides a means of non-lethal suppressi

Problems solved by technology

Systems created under prior art have encountered two related problems.

Narrowly targeted light (laser) solves the second problem, but it risks permanent injury to the targets and is illegal under certain international protocols.

Use against civilian or military targets is therefore unfeasible.

Broadly disseminated light can be projected at sufficient intensity to disorient and disable targets, but the light affects users as well as targets.

Because the systems rely on mechanical timing devices, any failure to maintain the devices' calibration risks exposing users to disabling photic (light) data.

At certain levels “high-intensity” photic stimulation may cause psychological or physical harm.

High-intensity audio stimulation may cause distress, disorientation, fear, pain, or psychological or physical harm to targeted persons.

Like “high-intensity” photic stimulation, “high-intensity” audio stimulation has been shown to disrupt the brain's ability to process information and organize activity, rendering target individuals incapable or less capable of resisting attack, launching counterattack or communicating.

None, however, employs currently available technology for the digital reprocessing of environmental data as part of a system protecting the user from the effects of the photic stimulation.

Outside of controlled conditions, such as on a battlefield or during a riot, it is reasonable to believe that ADS would have increased potential to cause lasting harm in the form of significant burns.

ADS also causes pain, rather than disorienting and confusing

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