The author of “Imaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon’s Scientific Underworld,” Weinberger is an expert on directed energy weapons and has argued that known microwave weapons are far too large to operate covertly and unable to penetrate walls.
She is right, but the way this quote is structured understates her point. It's not "known microwave weapons," it's all microwave weapons. As the name suggests, microwave weapons transmit microwaves, and we have a good grasp on how microwaves interact with materials, including humans. Whatever is causing this isn't just heating the outermost layer of skin to produce the symptoms described.
It's a common "debunking" tactic. Say that it can't exist but for a totally unrelated reason. That way the issue is dropped instead of leading into the natural question of "What other wave based attacks could it be?" In many cases they would have been the ones to insinuate that it was a microwave to begin with I would assume.
I believe that the US government has had wave based weapons for a while. I would not be surprised at all if they tested them on people as a method of assassination, considering everything else they've done already.
If it's a weapon the obvious first guess would be sonic, rather than some other directed energy weapon that produces a sonic effect indirectly.
Of course the US government has wave-based weapons - she literally has a photo of one in her rebuttal - but microwave weapons are not subtle. You could use one as a weapon of torture, but as an assassination tool you'd have to amp up the power to the point where you're either burning a hole through someone or cooking them alive.
Exactly this. You can shield yourself from microwave energy really easily. Just look at the door on your microwave oven, it's not thick, reinforced lead.
IIRC this is about people getting sick within certain rooms and buildings. You wouldn't need to penetrate far through walls if you could plant a device somewhere within the room itself.
Also people think "microwaves" mean heating waves used in ovens. That's a wrong impression, microwave ovens use very specific frequencies that resonate with water and fat molecules in food. But the spectrum is much wider than that, for example WiFi signals are also in the microwave range.
She is right, but the way this quote is structured understates her point. It's not "known microwave weapons," it's all microwave weapons. As the name suggests, microwave weapons transmit microwaves, and we have a good grasp on how microwaves interact with materials, including humans. Whatever is causing this isn't just heating the outermost layer of skin to produce the symptoms described.
It's a common "debunking" tactic. Say that it can't exist but for a totally unrelated reason. That way the issue is dropped instead of leading into the natural question of "What other wave based attacks could it be?" In many cases they would have been the ones to insinuate that it was a microwave to begin with I would assume.
I believe that the US government has had wave based weapons for a while. I would not be surprised at all if they tested them on people as a method of assassination, considering everything else they've done already.
If it's a weapon the obvious first guess would be sonic, rather than some other directed energy weapon that produces a sonic effect indirectly.
Of course the US government has wave-based weapons - she literally has a photo of one in her rebuttal - but microwave weapons are not subtle. You could use one as a weapon of torture, but as an assassination tool you'd have to amp up the power to the point where you're either burning a hole through someone or cooking them alive.
Well sound waves are still waves!
Exactly this. You can shield yourself from microwave energy really easily. Just look at the door on your microwave oven, it's not thick, reinforced lead.
IIRC this is about people getting sick within certain rooms and buildings. You wouldn't need to penetrate far through walls if you could plant a device somewhere within the room itself.
Also people think "microwaves" mean heating waves used in ovens. That's a wrong impression, microwave ovens use very specific frequencies that resonate with water and fat molecules in food. But the spectrum is much wider than that, for example WiFi signals are also in the microwave range.