The National Academies report states that:jimbob wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 12:22 pmIndeed, but I guess that the diplomats would also have sensitive personal electronics - even if they could be more shielded than standard civilian electronics. To expand on your point - it is really hard to imagine some RF attack that manages to subtly harm a human whilst not causing glitches at least, or possibly permanent damage, in electronics that's not specifically designed to withstand it.dyqik wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:12 pmThat only works because drones have sensitive microwave electronics onboard that can be jammed and disrupted. It's not at all relevant to this thread.Woodchopper wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 10:14 am
Yes, indeed. This experimental microwave weapon is designed to shoot down small drone aircraft, and its mounted on a shipping container.
The pacemaker works at 17cm distance because it has a resonant antenna to receive the power. Remove that antenna, and the range would be ~1mm at best.
Appendix C
The absence, however, of electromagnetic disruption of other electronics within the immediate home/office environment suggests an upper bound to the RF energy, with implications for a potential RF system design. The average power densities associated with some of these effects (e.g., Frey effect hearing) are so low that they would not disrupt nearby electronics in a fashion similar to high-power microwaves (HPM) (Hoad, 2007; Jinshi et al., 2008).
http://www.nap.edu/download/25889