can you guess what this is :P

It's a Mobile Spike Strip System.

no but good guess

GPS cannon. Officers shoot it onto fleeing cars. So they can track them, without dangering the public with a pursuit. 

no but good guess

A tracking device if officers have to call off the pursuit.

Correct! the official name is StarChase

GPS cannon. Officers shoot it onto fleeing cars. So they can track them, without dangering the public with a pursuit. 

GPS cannon. Officers shoot it onto fleeing cars. So they can track them, without dangering the public with a pursuit. 

You ninja'd me sir, GG.

Kinda looks like a ballsack.

Kinda looks like a ballsack.

It really does. 

Why is it brown?

Why is it brown?

It's not. The outside of it is black and the launcher tubes are gray. I created it based off the model my local department uses. The actual pic is the only one I could find online. It could just be my ENB though.

Why is it brown?

Colour distortion on import.

Is that control panel actually associated with that "thing"? 

Is that control panel actually associated with that "thing"? 

Yes it is

Yes it is

interesting... I've never seen anything like this before. Is this fairly new tech or has this been around awhile?

For those who don't know what this is:

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/08/21/gps-technology-helping-texas-police-capture-criminals/

Now, my question is: Will this actually work? :D