a reply to:
DronesandUFOs
Well, not exactly. Many of the most harmful DEW's take a while (i.e. days, weeks, and months) to do permanent or long term damage. They need to be
able to operate in small bursts over long intervals of time so people can't really realize they are there.
The other thing about directed energy weapons is, they have to be used against the same group of people over long periods of time. Again, for these
weapons to create any lasting damage. This is known in the industry as victims with long "dwell" times at the same location.
Conversely, if higher energy / shorter duration weapons are used, they leave easily understandable signatures behind after their use as evidence.
This is never done. Specifically, I am referring to telltale signatures like burns, mechanical damage and/or surface anomalies which are left behind.
Additionally, the use of weapons such as thermal, spectral, or ultra/sub-sonic weapons is not a long distance endeavor, and in order for people to
react, or succumb, to weapons like this the signal strength must be strong which translates into short distance. Yes, some of these can be used over
longer distances, but the power requirements to generate these signals becomes exponentially greater to the point were the logistics of employing
something like these becomes impractical.
Plus, as noted earlier by myself, these weapons are fairly easy to detect with basic detection equipment which is readily available. What has allowed
these things to remain hidden in the past is simply the fact that no one was actively looking for one. There are both large area and wearable
'dosimeter' type monitoring devices (similar to those worn in nuclear work) which are easily able to detect unhealthy levels of any of these
technologies, and these devices are not new. These devices remove the person from the affected area preventing long-term exposure; then it is just a
simple matter to find the source, and this is also easily done.
Bottom line, these types of weapons have been around in various forms of development since the turn of the 20th century well over 100 years ago. And,
as also noted previously, their 'stealth' is really only a function of the fact that they are rarely widely used and therefore people are not looking
for them.
As to your assertion about Faraday cages and grounding, etc.; technologies such as these may protect from selected electromagnetic type devices, but
it does nothing to defend against sonic and/or spectral type devices as these are in an area of the spectrum unaffected by something like a Faraday
cage. However, there are much easier and less involved ways to detect and remove personnel from affected areas before any longer term damage is
done.
edit on 5/15/2024 by Flyingclaydisk because: (no reason given)