We fire a high-speed projectile directly into a block of Silly Putty and slow-motion film what happens when the impact meets the putty's strange properties.

A SWAT officer suffered a serious injury Wednesday morning when a large projectile launcher exploded in his hands, officials said.The officer of the Middleborough Police Department, who was not ...

A Los Angeles police officer aims his "less-lethal" weapon at a demonstrator in June 2020. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press) Los Angeles police officers fired 40-millimeter projectiles intended to stop ...

Police call it a “40-millimeter Less-Lethal Launcher,” but to those who have found themselves on the business end of the weapon during recent protests, the wounds feel deadly serious. And unjustified.

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge Monday issued orders restricting the Los Angeles Police Department’s use of 40mm and 37mm projectile launchers against crowds of protesters, allowing their use only ...

LAPD officers were caught in a bizarre shootout at an apartment when a man emerged from his unit and began shooting with a projectile launcher that fired .50 caliber rubber balls. Recently released ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Madison police used a projectile launcher to subdue a man who they said was threatening to harm people with a knife on State Street Wednesday evening. Officers found the man in the ...

A Glens Falls man is accused of firing a pepper projectile launcher into a vehicle. Police say it was a case of road rage. Joshua P. Alexander, 43, was involved in a dispute with another driver while ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Los Angeles police officer aims his "less-lethal" weapon at a demonstrator in June 2020. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press) Los ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An LAPD officer holds a less-lethal launcher as fellow officers take a protester into custody during recent demonstrations in the ...