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I'm not sure why my sibling is downvoted. See for example page E-17 of this manual > When the radar transceiver is energized, it poses a microwave radiation ha

I'm not sure why my sibling is downvoted. See for example page E-17 of this manual > When the radar transceiver is energized, it poses a microwave radiation hazard to personnel. The hazard distance for the Q-47 is much greater than the distance for the Q-37. The hazard distance for troops extends in front of the radar for 217 meters over the radars full 1600-mil area of scan. The radar also poses a hazard for electrically detonated explosives. Figure E-14 depicts the radar’s radiation hazard area. https://web.archive.org/web/20141226051243/http://armypubs.army.mil/doctrine/DR_pubs/dr_a/pdf/fm3_09x12.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20141226051243/http://armypubs.a...

kragen 6y ago
I think your sibling is [dead]ed (not downvoted) because it is posted by a shadowbanned account (see their comment history of posting a lot of content-free flamebait: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=JarlUlvi&next=16619847 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=JarlUlvi&next=166198...) and not enough people have vouched for the comment. IIRC workers in front of radar antennas noticed chocolate bars melting in their pockets during WWII, and that observation inspired the development of microwave ovens. Not sure how long it took for people to realize that their internal organs were doing something similar to the chocolate bars...