{
  "id": 15868929,
  "title": "Pentagon grants DHS permission to test heat ray weapon for potential use at border",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/pentagon-grants-dhs-permission-to-test-heat-ray-weapon-for-potential",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T09:16:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Egypt Independent",
    "slug": "egypt-independent",
    "url": "https://www.egyptindependent.com/pentagon-grants-dhs-permission-to-test-heat-ray-weapon-for-potential-use-at-border/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Pentagon has given the Department of Homeland Security permission to test a military-grade heat ray and develop tactics to potentially use it in operations at the southern US border, according to a memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last month and obtained by CNN. The heat ray, officially known as the Active Denial … The post Pentagon grants DHS permission to test heat ray weapon…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}