Pentagon buys device via undercover operation suspected link to Havana Syndrome
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One the one hand this is a serious concern for U.S. officials on the other hand any modern weapon (guns, etc.) can cause career-ending injuries too. The covert operation is certainly an interesting feature though.
The worrisome part is that it may be easy to conceal and thus one can do this without much of a risk of getting caught.
We will likely have to respond with detectors everywhere, maybe even inside of phones (which would be really convenient and justify an upgrade cycle.)
Edit: ah it's pulsed radio waves, so basically a radar (which itself is really a microwave oven without the door). Really easily detectable with as much as a diode. It could also cause weird effects in electronics. Like ccfl bars glowing on their own. They might have found a frequency or pulse form that the human body is exceptionally sensitive to.
I'm just a bit sceptical. We know radar can be dangerous at really high power but I'm sure this is the very first thing they would have checked for when this syndrome first came to light. I'd be surprised if the whole radio spectrum around embassies in sensitive parts of the world isn't monitored as part of standard counter surveillance.
Wouldn’t that be something that could be detected?