Audio as a weapon


I would like to deviate a bit from the normal audio equipment conversation and delve into the phenomenon of the recent audio "weapon" that appears to have been deployed in Cuba upon State Department employees and now, it appears, in China. I know that very low frequency can be dreadful to listen to but anyone out there have any ideas with regard to how audio could be used as a weapon? It is not my intention to draw speculation of a political nature, I am only interested in the technical aspect of audio as a "weapon". Anyone have any thoughts?
falconquest

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I agree the fact is our government could easily use equipment to detect any sort of sound wave weapon. The problem though, is bureaucracy First someone has to ask for it. The diplomat corp is not a high priority though,.. Then they have to make specifications, then bids. After ten years they will have a non working model that needs a least ten more million to get it working..And then find out it cannot reach the actual frequencies involved, Since no diplomats had any clue what it was anyway. So then they contract to modify the equipment for another $30,000,000By this time.....   You get the picture. There is no 'guy' who can just go there, set up his own stuff and find out
The main problem is the diplomats. Look at the end of Vietnam. The exodus was total chaos, Why 100% the idiot American Diplomat.""Graham Martin was technically the field commander for any evacuation since evacuations are part of the purview of the State Department. Martin drew the ire of many in the Pentagon by wishing to keep the evacuation process as quiet and orderly as possible "" yeah idiot.Then look at Barbara Bodine and USS Cole/Yemen. Another diplomat for whom protocol was all that mattered.So the usual sensible things the military would normally do never happen anywhere around Diplomats. Too much who's in charge stuff. Usually all that matters to a diplomat is protocol, looking good. Sort of a Royalty thing x10.
I want to see that double slit experiment with bowling balls please....I can't wait!