https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_pressure#Examples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_pressure#Examples Threshold of pain: 120-140 dB(SPL) Risk of instant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_pressure#Examples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_pressure#Examples Threshold of pain: 120-140 dB(SPL) Risk of instantaneous noise-induced hearing loss: 120dB(SPL) A sonic weapon must cause pain to be effective. Any sound that reliably causes pain is capable of causing instant hearing damage. Therefore any sonic weapon is necessarily a maiming weapon and is designed as such. There is no hyperbole.