lol you can't take it word for word... i mean one of those sites says it's giong to be in iraq next year, and the other says it won't even begin production until 2010, which is three years from now...

and personally, i dunno about you but if something is making me hot enough to feel like i'm about to burst in flames, it's painful... you can't very well stick your head in a microwave, but put a lighter to your shirt that's against your skin... and wait til it's just about to light on fire, and tell me it isn't painful... and now it's this... what kinda weapons will be next? deadly or non-deadly...

btw, "it's been reported that participants were told to remove eyeglasses and contact lenses to protect their eyes, and take any coins or other metal objects out of their pockets to keep "hot spots" from developing on their skin." do you think when it's actually being used and not tested they're going to get on a loudhorn and say "take off your glasses and contacts and get rid of all metal objects so we can microwave you!" lol... no?

and personally i feel rubber bullets, pepper-ball guns, mace/pepper sprays, teargas and the like are more than enough to disperse crowds, which is what this is supposed to be designed for... i don't really believe they're developing these types of things for just more options.. i don't honestly know what to make of it yet... but it seems like the military is trying to develop new weapons, when they're not even needed. bleh, now this sounds like a conspiracy theory..