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22. Some of the responses show an igrnorance of the possibility of phased-array beamforming ...

Sat Oct 9, 2021, 12:32 AM

Oct 2021

Closeup of some of the 2677 crossed dipole antenna elements that make up the plane array. This antenna produced a narrow "pencil" beam only 2.2° wide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phased_array
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamforming

The technique is applicable, in principle, to any sort of RF or acoustic (including ultrasound) energy, as long as the relative phases of the sources can be controlled.

I've been told the Navy has been using this for decades to create chaff-burning radar beams but can't find a single reference .... hmmmmm ...

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U.S. investigators increasingly confident directed-energy attacks behind Havana Syndrome [View all] reACTIONary Oct 2021 OP

never heard of dea, not drug inforcment agency, untill last year. AllaN01Bear Oct 2021 #1

Sometimes I don't think the CIA knows what they know stillcool Oct 2021 #2

Thanks for the article! Interesting! I remain... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #3

I am clueless about the science of stillcool Oct 2021 #10

Like something "Q" came up with in a James Bond movie. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #11

A UK Dragonfire laser directed energy weapon system Goonch Oct 2021 #36

Whoa ! reACTIONary Oct 2021 #37

So does the US have one too? n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #4

From the article linked in the reply above... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #5

That's a standard type of microwave device that produces an effect like that of a microwave oven... PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #7

The sound in the head.... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #12

I've seen a DIY directed sound project before Sapient Donkey Oct 2021 #42

Any article using Havana Syndrome is bullshit Voltaire2 Oct 2021 #6

Things are often named after where the first known occurance happened... PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #9

Like China Flu? Voltaire2 Oct 2021 #38

That was originally "Wuhan virus", named for it's first apparent outbreak location... PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #39

Traumatic brain injury doesn't happen by mass hysteria. Ford_Prefect Oct 2021 #8

I'm not an expert... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #14

What about extremely loud ultrasonic or infrasonic sound waves? ("loud" if they could be heard) LudwigPastorius Oct 2021 #21

I grant you the physics are problematic to say the least. Ford_Prefect Oct 2021 #23

The problem is, that some sort of "Havana syndrome" is so unlikely as to defy belief. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #13

That's my thought also, if you run across... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #17

It was probably longer ago than I'm thinking. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #19

There was a recent article in the nypost that said it was crickets. (link below) Gore1FL Oct 2021 #15

A state department report did.... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #16

Thank you for posting that. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #20

Ever since at least the BushCheney era, we civilians in the US have been regaled with stories of... Hekate Oct 2021 #18

Given all this... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #28

Some of the responses show an igrnorance of the possibility of phased-array beamforming ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 #22

You are right, beam forming is possible... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #25

Even a crude weapon has more than a 10 foot range. infullview Oct 2021 #27

You could do that... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #29

Exactly. I'm sure it hasn't been made public. infullview Oct 2021 #30

If it's on the other side of your apartment's wall... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #32

If only people inside US Embassy buildings get ill ... TomWilm Oct 2021 #24

As a lot of you have already said, this is old science and is not difficult to build infullview Oct 2021 #26

Thanks! Great video and very informative! nt reACTIONary Oct 2021 #31

Directed Energy Weapon Historic NY Oct 2021 #33

I read some reports that said some instances could be pesticide poisoning womanofthehills Oct 2021 #34

Energy can be measured. dalton99a Oct 2021 #35

I thought they'd just concluded it was psychological-- mass hysteria viva la Oct 2021 #40

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