Abstract

The present invention provides a nonlethal weapon for delivering an electrical current to a remote biological target for the purpose of incapacitating the target. The weapon includes a reservoir of metallic or metallic alloy material which is solid at ambient temperatures but which is maintained in molten or liquid form by a heater within the weapon. The molten metal or metallic alloy is ejected from the housing of the weapon by a trigger which applies hydraulic pressure to the material within the weapon. The hydraulic pressure propels two separate and isolated liquid streams of the molten material at the target through suitably provided nozzles. The streams, which solidify as a result of ambient temperature after ejection from the housing, provide electrical conductors which couple the weapon to the target. A source of electrical potential within the weapon is applied to the ejected conductive streams to complete a circuit between the weapon and the target for causing an incapacitating electric current to flow through the target.