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Why in the world did the US not put monitoring equipment in place after discovering the first incident months ago? I can't imagine a broadband SPL meter or micr
by colanderman 9y ago
Why in the world did the US not put monitoring equipment in place after discovering the first incident months ago? I can't imagine a broadband SPL meter or microwave detector to be THAT expensive to protect the health of the diplomats who remained, or at least rule those out as possible causes. Did they think the attacks - or perhaps accidents - would not reoccur?
- enkid 9y agoDid they know it was actually an attack months ago?
- colanderman 9y agoThe US expelled Cuban diplomats in May, after the initial attacks. Granted, the attacks weren't made public, and a reason for the expulsion assigned, until August, so that could just be the administration trying to look proactive.
- shelbyfinally 9y agoWhat makes you think they didn't? This kind of thing is very much a political game. Regardless, I'm not aware of any official release from the US government that this was actually a targeted attack with some kind of device (not that they would, in most cases). It's a union representing diplomats that's saying it. Further, there's debate about whether a subsonic device exists that is capable of doing this. Certain viruses could do something like this.