In extreme cases, sonic weapons can cause nausea, dizziness, and even permanent damage. In this case, officials used it to ...

Just as activists have raised their voices demanding justice for George Floyd and the many killed by police violence, the police have met them with their own sound: the LRAD. These audio devices, ...

Originally developed to ward off pirates at sea, one powerful military-grade device has become a favorite tool for U.S. law enforcement. But with no supervision to speak of, these off-label uses are ...

Minnesota State Patrol troopers used a powerful sound system first used by the military in Maple Grove, Minnesota, to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shutterstock At vaccine mandate protests in Canberra last week, police used powerful loud-hailing devices called Long-Range ...

On the night of December 4th, 2014, demonstrators filled the streets in protest of the grand jury's failure to indict Daniel Pantaleo for killing Eric Garner. Anika Edrei, Shay Horse, James Craven, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Mayor Ted Wheeler directed police to not use a device that emits a loud sonic tone for crowd control ahead of another night of protests in Portland. The device is called LRAD, ...

LRAD sound weapons at protests use focused acoustic beams up to 162 decibels that cause permanent hearing damage, but distance and industrial earplugs provide effective protection.

Hours before Azerbaijani activists gathered in Baku last weekend for an unsanctioned protest against military violence, blogger Habib Muntezir sent out a word of warning: "Sonic weapons with a ...

Its effects have been likened to standing in front of a jet engine -- a blast of amplified sound capable of inducing headaches, panic, and potential hearing loss. This is the LRAD, or Long Range ...

Think louder than a jet engine. Think the front row of a Metallica concert. Think of the piercing scream of a smoke alarm – inches from your ear. Now, imagine a bad guy, holed up with hostages, ...