Pete Hegseth reportedly authorizes DHS to test ‘heat ray’ at US-Mexico border

October 22, 2026 · 3:40 pm 1 sources

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• Pete Hegseth reportedly authorizes DHS to test ‘heat ray’ at US-Mexico border
  The Guardian · October 22, 2026 15:40
  The Pentagon’s Active Denial System shoots energy beam that causes ‘sensation of intense heat on surface of skin’ Pete Hegseth , the US secretary of defense, reportedly signed a memo last month permitting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to test a non-lethal “heat ray” for potential use…