Introduction In the year 2016, US diplomats and employees in Havana, Cuba, complained of falling ill after hearing strange sounds. They also claimed to experience odd physical sensations in their homes. Symptoms of this disease included nausea, severe headache, fatigue, dizziness, sleep problems, and hearing loss. While Cuba denied having any knowledge about the disease, the USA claimed that “sonic attacks” were being carried out, causing an increase in tension. More than 24 Americans and 13 Canadians had reported experiencing similar symptoms at that time.
What are microwave weapons? Nearly four years later, scientists have reported “directed microwave radiation” as the plausible cause of this mysterious illness. Microwave weapons are a type of direct energy weapons that aim at the target using forms of highly focused energy, including sonic, laser, or microwaves. Figure 1 illustrates…
