It seems the burning skin sensation is used in "Active Denial System" weapons researched and tested by the US (mainly for "crowd control"): https://www.dvidshub

It seems the burning skin sensation is used in "Active Denial System" weapons researched and tested by the US (mainly for "crowd control"): https://www.dvidshub.net/video/304622/solid-state-active-denial-technology#.Umk9zsvD-pp https://www.dvidshub.net/video/304622/solid-state-active-den... The Soviets focused on the non-thermal applications of microwave radiation which can cause a variety of symptoms making them plausibly deniable. A 1976 report by the Pentagon reviewed Soviet research: https://www.dia.mil/FOIA/FOIA-Electronic-Reading-Room/FOIA-Reading-Room-Nuclear-Biological-and-Chemical/FileId/39946/ https://www.dia.mil/FOIA/FOIA-Electronic-Reading-Room/FOIA-R... This article from few days ago has a lot more info than the CNN post: https://www.gq.com/story/cia-investigation-and-russian-microwave-attacks https://www.gq.com/story/cia-investigation-and-russian-micro... from the GQ article: > "The report detailed Moscow’s investigation of the effects of microwaves on the nervous system. Soviet, and later Russian, scientists found that exposing an animal’s brain to microwaves changed the frequency at which neurons fired. Neurons also became suddenly out of sync with one another. Some brain cells in mice were found to have withered. Nerves became damaged. The radiation also showed the potential to disturb the sacrosanct blood-brain barrier and, according to the DIA, resulted in “the alterations of brain function.” The most common symptoms reported in humans who had been exposed to microwaves for long periods of time sounded familiar: headache, fatigue, perspiration, dizziness, insomnia, depression, anxiety, forgetfulness, and lack of concentration. > Like Frey, Soviet researchers found that turning the intensity of the beam up or down could produce differing effects in its target. A target’s unique physiology—a slightly different curvature of the skull, for example—also determined how this directed energy would affect them. A weapon that created an ever-changing kaleidoscope of neurological symptoms would have a powerful psychological dimension. If everyone’s symptoms are all slightly different, victims might question whether they’d all been exposed to the same thing—or if they’d been hit at all."