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A comment on How We Reverse Engineered the Cuban “Sonic Weapon” Attack (2018). Parent comment

Re:How We Reverse Engineered the Cuban “Sonic Weapon” Attack... by jameshart on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:26PM (#27922480)
The common denominator here seems to be that it happens in secure US Government buildings. I have to wonder whether it’s related to the security technology itself, like some noise cancellation tech incorporated into the standard SCIF security system interferes badly with the ultrasound sensors of the intruder alarms to create these noise artifacts…
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Re:How We Reverse Engineered the Cuban “Sonic Weapon” Attack... by jonny_eh on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:30PM (#27922526)
From the article:

> We also found electronics stores that carry high- power ultrasonic jammers that cause microphones to malfunction

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Re:How We Reverse Engineered the Cuban “Sonic Weapon” Attack... by gricardo99 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:49PM (#27922726)
and:

  If a signal from that caliber jammer were to combine with a second ultrasonic source, audible by-products could result.
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