The ALPHA-1 searchlight - which functions as an extremely powerful flashlight - can shine up to 1.6 miles and be used in a variety of missions as a nonlethal weapon, its European distributor said. The system is made by Japan Cell Ltd. and is sold in Europe through a partnership with PROCentrum, a Dutch company. Eric Sanders, CEO of PROCentrum, said the system could be used in border and crowd control missions by SWAT teams and by militaries for a variety of purposes. "It's a nonlethal weapon," he said during an industry conference in London. "If I would enter a building and there's a person over there watching me I could ... put this in his eyes and he would be blind for the next 20 minutes."
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