Mystery of sonic weapon attacks in Cuba deepens

Re:Mystery of sonic weapon attacks in Cuba deepens by FreeFull on Friday September 15, 2017 @03:14AM (#15255261)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_auditory_effect It's definitely possible for electromagnetic radiation to cause audible sounds. The thing that's confusing me is what sort of motive one would have to do this.

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Re:Mystery of sonic weapon attacks in Cuba deepens by rotrux on Friday September 15, 2017 @12:50PM (#15258610)

Several small devices with low-powered microwave-beams might be able to do interesting things at beam-intersection points: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...

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Re:Mystery of sonic weapon attacks in Cuba deepens by cat199 on Saturday September 16, 2017 @06:07PM (#15267023)

though I'm very weary of the russian boogeyman theory which seems to be behind everything these days..

there is actually a case here assuming russian-cuban ties are still strong after the USSR - e.g. if USA is trying to clean up shop entirely, it could be a warning that such activity will not be taken lightly..

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Re:Mystery of sonic weapon attacks in Cuba deepens by baq on Friday September 15, 2017 @06:19AM (#15255942)

those passive bugs need power to operate

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Re:Mystery of sonic weapon attacks in Cuba deepens by SolarNet on Friday September 15, 2017 @03:29AM (#15255325)

As another person posted. It's probably a surveillance attempt gone awry.

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