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Jan 30, 2018 · The apparent sonic attacks on the US embassy in Cuba rekindled decades-old fears about a different kind of secret weapon. In 1965, at the height of the Cold War, the Pentagon discovered that the Soviets were blasting the US embassy in Moscow with extremely low-frequency (ELF) microwave radiation.
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Sep 7, 2021 · The U.S. Air Force has a top-secret space weapon and is preparing to show it to the world. For months, the service has been preparing to declassify the "black" weapon, but wants to get the...
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- Directed Energy Weapons. The principle of directed energy weapons is just like it sounds, the weapon focuses energy in a single beam toward a target. Depending on what kind of energy or the amount of energy being focused, the beam may be invisible and is most likely fired without a sound.
- Railguns. While Russia was busy creating missiles and missile systems capable of flying at multiple times the speed of sound, the United States put some of its hypersonic weapons testing on hold.
- PHASR Rifles. The PHASR is a directed energy weapon that gets a special mention because it’s carried in rifle form. Before any Star Trek nerds get excited about ordering their men how to set their PHASRs, these weapons are always set to stun.
- The Laser Avenger. While it’s only number four on this list, the name puts it at number one in our hearts. The Laser Avenger is a truck-mounted anti-aircraft system that uses infrared lasers to knock out drones and other small aircraft.
- Project 1794. In late 2012, the U.S. Air Force declassified a trove of documents, including records of a secret program to build a flying saucer-type aircraft designed to shoot down Soviet bombers.
- Project Iceworm. In the 1960s, the U.S. Army embarked on a secret mission to build a series of mobile nuclear missile launch sites under the Greenland ice sheet.
- Project MK-ULTRA. During the Cold War, the CIA initiated Project MK-ULTRA, a secret and illegal human research program to investigate potential mind-control systems.
- Area 51. Almost no other site has garnered as much attention from conspiracy theorists and UFO-enthusiasts as Area 51, a remote desert tract near Groom Lake in Nevada, roughly 83 miles (134 kilometers) northwest of Las Vegas.
- Directed Energy Weapons – Laser Weapons System. Various different laser weapons have been in development for years. These weapon systems don’t operate in the way movies often depict—where they evaporate the target they are being used against.
- Long Range Acoustic Device. These systems use high-pitch audio waves to temporarily incapacitate their targets. This is a non-kinetic way to disperses a crowd or make an attacker think twice about continuing their current course of action.
- Stealth Bombers. Advanced fighter bombers like the U.S. Air Force’s F-117 Nighthawk have been designed with a series of stealth technologies that make them difficult to detect by enemy anti-air defense systems.
- Mind Control. Although not specifically a weapon, various countries have attempted to develop capacities to control the minds of individuals. Mind control is more of a scientific experiment than it is a military weapon, as no modern-day military has advertised the ability to control another human being with technology.
Mar 13, 2024 · Signs point to the U.S. Air Force conducting an important hypersonic weapon test in the Pacific. A B-52 bomber armed with a live ARRW missile was photographed on Guam this week.
Sep 6, 2021 · Skunk Works is the legendary research and development arm of Lockheed Martin, producing top-secret aircraft such as the U-2, SR-71 and F-117. The facility in Palmdale, Calif., is a massive complex of 58 buildings, 85 percent of which are classified, and showcases its history and innovation.
