Perhaps it has more to do with the personnel wielding the dowsing rod and the commanders who make them sign for the expensive equipment?
Re:ADE 651
by garyfirestorm on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:34AM
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If they haven’t seen one in wild it must be very exclusive and hence expensive.
The stated goal is to make them think it's an expensive high end tool they haven't seen before to make them nervous. By definition if they don't know what it is you just wasted $60,000 to buy a rod they don't know about instead of... a $6 rod they also don't know about.
The only way the buyer was "in" on this being fake is via corruption and kickbacks.
How is a bomber supposed to know how much you payed for your high-tech dowsing rod?