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It's widely acknowledged and understood that Russia is deploying some kind of acoustic weapon: the damage among multiple Cuban embassy staff has been quantified

It's widely acknowledged and understood that Russia is deploying some kind of acoustic weapon: the damage among multiple Cuban embassy staff has been quantified and described in medical journals. All these recent attacks on the CIA and other government officials by Russians in Russia and elsewhere in Europe have just confirmed that they were behind the Cuba attacks, and some originally suspected. Edit: Looking into the research, there are dissenting voices who believe that explanations other than a weapon are possible. But the authors of the two studies I saw published leaned toward some type of offensive weapon. After WMD debacle, I should be more careful with my conclusions.

acqq 6y ago
> It's widely acknowledged By whom? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/science/sonic-attack-cuba-crickets.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/science/sonic-attack-cuba... “a recording of one “sonic attack” actually is the singing of a very loud cricket, a new analysis concludes.”
- klipt 6y ago
  The brain damage is real though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome > Subsequent studies of the affected diplomats in Cuba, published in the journal JAMA in 2018, found evidence that the diplomats experienced some form of brain injury, but did not determine the cause of the injuries. The crickets may have just happened to be singing at the time. Or some person had the brilliant idea of making a brain damaging weapon also produce cricket noises to send investigators down the wrong track.
- rishabhd 6y ago
  Still very localized to cause real damages, difficult to reproduce (and get volunteers for). Then we have these report from China and Russia as well.
  - sjg007 6y ago
    You could do animal experiments and there should be medical literature on known microwave exposure cases.
ianhawes 6y ago
Do not assume it is Russia. It could very well be China. It’s not likely to be an adversary _other_ than those two.
FpUser 6y ago
>"It's widely acknowledged and understood that Russia is deploying some kind of acoustic weapon" Reading this makes me think we might have victims right here.
- monoideism 6y ago
  Please be clear. What are you insinuating?

acqq 6y ago

> It's widely acknowledged By whom? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/science/sonic-attack-cuba-crickets.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/science/sonic-attack-cuba... “a recording of one “sonic attack” actually is the singing of a very loud cricket, a new analysis concludes.”

klipt 6y ago
The brain damage is real though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome > Subsequent studies of the affected diplomats in Cuba, published in the journal JAMA in 2018, found evidence that the diplomats experienced some form of brain injury, but did not determine the cause of the injuries. The crickets may have just happened to be singing at the time. Or some person had the brilliant idea of making a brain damaging weapon also produce cricket noises to send investigators down the wrong track.
rishabhd 6y ago
Still very localized to cause real damages, difficult to reproduce (and get volunteers for). Then we have these report from China and Russia as well.
- sjg007 6y ago
  You could do animal experiments and there should be medical literature on known microwave exposure cases.

ianhawes 6y ago

Do not assume it is Russia. It could very well be China. It’s not likely to be an adversary _other_ than those two.

FpUser 6y ago

>"It's widely acknowledged and understood that Russia is deploying some kind of acoustic weapon" Reading this makes me think we might have victims right here.

monoideism 6y ago
Please be clear. What are you insinuating?