The US military is developing a new non-lethal weapon that uses an incredibly loud sound to startle an enemy into retreating.
The Laser-Induced Plasma Effect (LIPE) weapon was designed by the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program (JNLWP), which is part of the US Department of Defense. It works by making use of plasma, a type of matter that isn't a liquid, solid or gas.
In the plasma stage, high doses of energy have pulled electrons from their atomic nuclei, creating ions, and this produces a type of matter that has both electrical and magnetic properties and can take on the form of light.
The idea is for the LIPE weapon's lasers to fire directed high energy in extremely short bursts that last for only a nanosecond (a billionth of a second). The energy creates a blue ball of plasma and further blasts of energy from the lasers manipulate the ball to make a super loud, 130-decibel sound that sounds like a fighter jet has come out of nowhere next to the target.
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