The hypothesis that both China and Cuba used the same weapon targeting US diplomats seems incredibly unlikely.
https://www.eetimes.com/eavesdropping-using-microwaves-adden...
Doesn't RF spectrum analyzers exist that could be employed for this purpose?
This also reminded me of a paper I read about some years ago, seems like a great use case for it:
- Drawing inspiration from nature to build a better radio: New radio chip mimics human ear, could enable universal radio
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)