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Sonic attacks on US diplomats likely microwave energy, government study says
- runawaybottle 6y agoI read China used this on the Indian border too. Here’s the fake news version: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/11/20/disputed-claim-that-china-routed-indian-troops-with-microwave-blaster/amp/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/11/20/disput... As this news turns less fake, how does one defend against microwave attacks?
- axaxs 6y agoDepending on the wavelength I guess there exist lightweight mesh fabrics that are pretty efficient at blocking waves. Wonder if that would work for this application.
- runawaybottle 6y agoWhat about the head?
- pacamara619 6y agoThis might be the opportunity to unironically recommend tinfoil hats.
- new_guy 6y agoThat'd be like wrapping a potato in foil, you're just going to make it a lot easier to get your head baked.
- georgeplusplus 6y agoYou could theoretically design a faraday cage full enclosure bed curtain instead of a tinfoil hat.
- dayjobpork 6y agoAnti radiation missile.
- valuearb 6y agoStill skeptical. MRIs aren't that precise and we've seen similar epidemics before that turned out to be fake and driven by mass hysteria. Someone reports an unusual effect or illness and suddenly everyone attributes any weird feelings/illnesses with the same thing. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/1999/jul/06/healthandwellbeing.health https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/1999/jul/06/healtha...
- maxlamb 6y agoThese would be directional microwave weapons, not run of the mill microwaves. The people affected have evidence of neurological damage, so it’s not just psychological.
- valuearb 6y agohttps://apnews.com/article/why-some-scientists-turn-away-brain-scan-b778a88a0b7c781e75e2f8c7c49e9421 https://apnews.com/article/why-some-scientists-turn-away-bra...
- pyuser583 6y agoThe symptoms mentioned in these cases are “fleeting and transient.” That is very much not the case here. People are suffering from long term, serious, physically verifiable injury.
- valuearb 6y agohttps://apnews.com/article/why-some-scientists-turn-away-brain-scan-b778a88a0b7c781e75e2f8c7c49e9421 https://apnews.com/article/why-some-scientists-turn-away-bra...
- PradeetPatel 6y agoSerious question: I'm not a lawyer, but isn't attacks on diplomatic officials considered an act of aggression? Thus can lead to international denouncement and potential UN actions?
- nradov 6y agoYes intentionally harming diplomats could be considered an act of war. The trouble here is they still have plausible deniability; there's no hard proof.
- tt433 6y agoI'm fairly sure I remember the insect science community suggested cicadas or something at one point, I don't think it's impossible. More likely than antagonism honestly
- CyanBird 6y agoYep, it was a specific species of cicadas, but it is not like reality ever stopped US State Department from doing its thing
- nix23 6y agoCan we now start to embed tin-foil-hats into fedoras please?