Stone Burner

Item from Dune by Frank Herbert

An atomic-adjacent weapon that creates a focused nuclear blast — its most insidious effect is the emission of J-rays that permanently blind everyone within a wide radius.

Also known as: stone-burner, J-ray weapon, the blinding weapon

What They Know

• Technically not classified as an atomic weapon — exists in a legal grey area under the Great Convention
• J-ray emission blinds everyone within a wide radius, far beyond the blast zone
• Paul Atreides was blinded by a stone burner but navigated using prescient vision
• Possession and use carry severe political consequences even if not technically illegal

Connections

• destroys — eyesight

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