[sci.electronics] Soviets continue microwave zapping of US embassy

parnass@ihuxz.ATT.COM (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (03/17/88)

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   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]
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