The debilitating device was used earlier this month in Venezuela to capture Nicolás Maduro on drug trafficking charges. Trump first made mention of it earlier this week.

US President Donald Trump revealed a secret weapon Discombobulator, used in Operation Absolute Resolve to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from Caracas without US casualties, ignigting a new race to own direct energy weapons.

Eyewitnesses describe guards collapsing with nosebleeds and "an intense sound wave" during the capture of Maduro.