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From: dartvax!batcomputer!eacj@uunet.UU.NET (Julian Vrieslander)
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Subject: Re: Offensive use of Sound possible?
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Date: 22 Jan 91 02:16:19 GMT
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From: dartvax!batcomputer!eacj@uunet.UU.NET (Julian Vrieslander)
I believe that there has indeed been work on techiques for generating
human-lethal sound fields.  I am not aware of any practical weapons that
have come out of this research, and I think this is because there are
some substantial obstacles and limitations to the proposed systems.  One
problem that I recall is that it is difficult or impossible to obtain
a beam of acoustic energy that is sufficiently directional so that the
personnel operating the weapons are not injured.
-- 
Julian Vrieslander 
Neurobiology & Behavior, W250 Mudd Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853    
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