From:	Chris McKinnon <cmckinno@********.CA>
Subject:	Re: SHADOWLORE: TanglexTM
Date:	Fri, 18 Nov 1994 16:41:21 -0400

On Fri, 18 Nov 1994, Alex van der Kleut wrote:

> I've seen something like this before, which is where I'm assuming he got
> it. About four months ago Popular Science did a series of articles on
> non-lethal weapons that the army was working on. Along with nausea gas
> and ultrasonics was this stuff that sounds like Tanglex (no TM). It
> started out as a static defense for nuclear weapons labs (don't want any
> bullets in there). Basically, whn triggered it saturated the area with
> this goop that made it impossible for anybody to move. This supposedly
> works fine. Then they tried to convert it to a hand weapon. To get it to
> fly they had to change the formula slightly. It worked great and totally
> would imobilize(sp?) the target, but the solvent wouldn't work anymore.
> Especially sucks when it gets on the face :) Great series of articles.
> The stuff you can get from Pop. Science and Mechanics:) :)
>
This is really interesting. I have never seen this article, but I just
thought that it was a really cool idea. Isn't it great how life mimics ART.



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