[HN Gopher] US investigating attacks with hallmarks of 'Havana s...
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       US investigating attacks with hallmarks of 'Havana syndrome' near
       White House
        
       Author : adventured
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2021-04-29 19:00 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.cnbc.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cnbc.com)
        
       | truxten wrote:
       | The Wikipedia article[0], has some interesting speculation about
       | this. Main ideas behind the cause seems to be either some
       | directed energy pulse or potentially a ultrasound weapon. These
       | kind of invisible weapons are utterly terrifying to me and I feel
       | that they'll just become more prevalent in the coming decades.
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       | [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome
        
         | viro wrote:
         | So this a super hot take, but someone is asking for an ass
         | whooping. This is basically an act of war. I'm going to just
         | leave it at that. This isn't some random hack, kinetic attack
         | demands kinetic response.
        
           | atat7024 wrote:
           | US won't do a thing if it interrupts the revenue revenue
           | streams of the Elite.
        
             | w0de0 wrote:
             | This is a sophomoric understanding of our complex nation
             | and its many power centers. Cynicism is an easy masquerade
             | for wisdom, but don't fool yourself too.
        
           | nickkell wrote:
           | Who exactly would you like to go to war with? The martians?
        
             | viro wrote:
             | Who ever is intently committing war crimes against
             | diplomats on American soil. did you not read the brain
             | damage part?
        
               | atat7024 wrote:
               | Attribution is hard with digital attacks.
               | 
               | In hacker communities, it's considered best practice to
               | avoid making enemies -- a good policy.
        
         | nomel wrote:
         | It seems like some wideband audio and RF sensors would be able
         | to easily detect this. If it's skull penetrating, I doubt you
         | would even have to place them that densely to detect something
         | out of the ordinary, regardless of the directionality of the
         | source.
         | 
         | There's probably a government contract opportunity for a
         | wearable detector here.
        
         | floam wrote:
         | The recent National Academies study for the Department of State
         | seemed to not think it is ultrasonic:
         | https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Ha...
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         | Some kind of pulsed RF/microwave seemed to be the most likely?
        
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