In digesting his comments it becomes quite clear that the idea is to add yet more weapons, to already proliferated, and saturated weapons markets. Weapons with serious question marks concerning the outcome of their use. Weapons that upon Alexander's own admission are not totally nonlethal. Hide with Civilians 5. Short Duration Objectives.
Death is desirable.
Close examination of one of these group of weapons, as an example, provides a frightening scope of what Alexander has in mind for the enemy, as well as the American people. Also, in tests made on aircraft carriers, it was found that there exists an impulse to get away from the sound. This effect occurred at a sound pressure level of only 130 to 140db. Tests on animals showed guinea pigs and rats died in 8 minutes at sound pressure levels of 150db and that mice died within one minute at 160db. Chronic stimulation causes formation of Purkinje cells, indicator of failing functional capacity of enzymes.