parnass@ihuxz.ATT.COM (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (03/17/88)
x According to an Associated Press story in the March 4 Beacon News, the Soviet Union continues to bombard the U. S. embassy in Moscow with microwave signals. The 9-11 GHz and 5-6 GHz signals are typically 0.01 microwatt per square centimeter inside the embassy buil- ding, and ten times as strong outside. The State Department protested the tactic over 4 years ago. Current levels are lower than those in 1980, when the microwave signals were measured at over 1.0 microwatts per square meter. In the past, there was speculation that the Soviet radio waves were either an attempt to induce psychological and behavior changes among U. S. personnel, or had something to do with bugging. [The more likely purpose is to use the beams to excite eavesdropping devices planted within the embassy - BP] -- ===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-=== Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihuxz!parnass - (312)979-5414