Secretary of War Pete Hegseth authorized a seven-month loan of the military-grade Active Denial System (ADS) to the Department of Homeland Security for use by civilian border officials, with the option for an extension.
The ADS fires an invisible beam of 95 GHz millimeter-wave energy up to half a mile away, causing a burning sensation described as similar to opening a hot oven and creating an irresistible urge to flee.
The weapon has a checkered history, including never being fired in combat during a 2010 deployment to Afghanistan and causing second-degree burns to an airman during testing in 2007.
Internal discussions about using the heat ray at the southern border occurred in 2018 but were rejected by then-Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, as treating migrants like enemy combatants was considered inhumane.
Critics warn the weapon could inflict severe tissue and neurological damage, while former officials also caution that driving people back toward the Rio Grande risks drowning.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has authorized the temporary transfer of a military-grade heat ray weapon to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – handing civilian border officials a non-lethal crowd-control system the Department of War (DoW) developed two decades ago but never used in combat, according to a September memo recently made public.
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