Pentagon Wants Kill Switch For Planes

The Pentagon’s non-lethal weapons division is looking for technologies that could disable aircraft, before they can take off from a runway — or block the planes from flying over a given city or stretch of land. The Directorate’s program managers don’t mention how engineers might pull off such a kill switch. But, however it’s done, they’d like to have a similar system for boats, as well. They’re looking for a device that can, from 100 metres away, safely stop or significantly impede the movement of vessels up to 40 feet long, with minimal collateral damage — via Slashdot