‘Havana syndrome ’ and the mystery of the microwaves

Re:‘Havana syndrome ’ and the mystery of the microwaves by tim333 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @08:08AM (#28468761)

>high levels of radiation were recorded by family members of personnel in Guangzhou using commercially available equipment. "The needle went off the top of the available readings." But she says the State Department told its own employees that the measurements they had taken off their own back were classified.

Some updates on it all.

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Re:‘Havana syndrome ’ and the mystery of the microwaves by sschueller on Thursday September 09, 2021 @01:17PM (#28472115)

Since this seems to be occurring only on US territories I think it may actually be some US installed device from some defence contractor that is "malfunctioning". Maybe some device to find listening devices or a device to block eavesdropping? More expensive wifi setups can aggressive suppress "rouge" access points. A stingray is probably also not very healthy to be around as it has to overpower any cell tower near by.

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Re:‘Havana syndrome ’ and the mystery of the microwaves by tim333 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @02:27PM (#28472959)

I'm inclined to think its the Russians deliberately messing with US intelligence and the like. I'm surprised the US isn't more actively countering it. Like they should install more measuring equipment and try to find the source instead of covering things up.

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Re:‘Havana syndrome ’ and the mystery of the microwaves by MR4D on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:31PM (#28474307)

Maybe the US is. Perhaps they already know, and are working on a big counter-offensive, but waiting for the right time to deploy it.

When you're this deep into national security, it is best to assume the story you are hearing is a lie, most likely of omission.

Note that I'm not saying this is the case, but likely there is much we do not know. If you're interested in this, I'd recommend two things - the first is a book [0] written by a practitioner in the field of counterintelligence; the second, a rather violent, but extremely provoking movie [1]

[0] - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1626166803

[1] - https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4560436/

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Re:‘Havana syndrome ’ and the mystery of the microwaves by adamrezich on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:27PM (#28474266)

what basis do you have for this specific allegation?

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Re:‘Havana syndrome ’ and the mystery of the microwaves by crowtoe76 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @01:42PM (#28472429)

"Mal-function" might well be the intention. Just some classified experimental technology. Defense is just a euphemism after all.

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Re:‘Havana syndrome ’ and the mystery of the microwaves by simonblack on Thursday September 09, 2021 @10:41PM (#28477184)

I agree. There are instances of this syndrome all over the world. The common denominator is the presence of US Government employees.

I call it as 'workplace injuries'. But the Government is more willing to blame 'adversaries' than admit any liability to millions of dollars in Workers' Compensation Claims.

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Re:‘Havana syndrome ’ and the mystery of the microwaves by rurban on Friday September 10, 2021 @12:43AM (#28477896)

Nope. There other nations targeted too.

And besides that they already know which nation state is behind those microwave attacks. They just choose not to publish it, which is fine. Just don't spread silly allegations.

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Re:‘Havana syndrome ’ and the mystery of the microwaves by simonblack on Friday September 10, 2021 @08:46PM (#28488452)

they already know which nation state is behind those microwave attacks. They just choose not to publish it

That'd be a first. The US Administrations are always extremely fast to blame somebody. Usually before any investigations are complete.

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