Libs melted down over ICE’s shock gloves. Wait until they see the heat ray at the border.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth approved a temporary loan of the military’s Active Denial System (ADS), a non-lethal “heat ray” to DHS for testing and tactics development at the southern border.
The ADS fires an invisible 95 GHz millimeter-wave beam that heats the surface of the skin, producing an intense burning sensation comparable to opening a hot oven. It creates a strong instinctive urge to flee and has a range of over half a mile. Effects typically last 10–15 minutes. It is non-lethal by design and was previously sent to Afghanistan without combat use.
This comes after ICE’s $16.7 million purchase of thousands of electric shock gloves (G.L.O.V.E. devices) that deliver painful contact shocks for rapid compliance. Army testing showed the gloves quickly stopped resistance, with participants reporting that just seeing them was enough to induce compliance. Democrats and civil-rights groups strongly opposed the gloves.
The heat ray authorization is for testing and procedure development only, one system, seven-month loan starting in September 2026, operated solely by DHS personnel. No operational deployment has been confirmed.
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Taser Gloves
Taser gloves are another smart step forward in less-lethal technology for law enforcement.
These specialized gloves let officers deliver a controlled electrical charge on contact, giving them a safer way to gain compliance and complete an arrest when a suspect is actively resisting. It reduces the need for higher levels of force while still protecting the officer and those around them.
Better tools mean better outcomes. Our officers deserve every advantage that helps them do a dangerous job professionally and come home safe at the end of their shift.
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Compliant Technologies (a veteran-owned company based in the Lexington, Kentucky area) developed the product after its founder encountered an earlier rudimentary low-voltage concept around 2014. The company itself was founded in October 2018, and the gloves entered the market that December. Early real-world use followed quickly, including donations and training with local agencies by early 2019, with broader adoption growing in the years after.
Note that these are not an official Axon/TASER-branded product. “Taser gloves” is the informal media and public nickname for these conductive distraction/de-escalation gloves.
They deliver a lower-voltage shock on direct skin contact (typically maxing around 380 volts) as a hands-on compliance tool, distinct from traditional probe-firing TASER devices.