If a U.S. agency purchased a backpack‑portable pulsed‑radio device tied to health incidents, then the technology plausibly exists in a compact, transportable form and may have already spread beyond one developer or state. That implies an urgent, concrete proliferation problem: multiple actors—state and non‑state—could now field devices that inflict neurological harm, requiring immediate audit, export‑control review, and forensic attribution protocols.
— A discovered portable directed‑energy device that may cause brain injury transforms a decade‑old mystery into a pressing policy and security issue—forcing new rules on procurement, testing, export controls and medical/legal responses.
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2026.01.14
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CNN/Splashdot sources say Homeland Security Investigations bought an eight‑figure pulsed‑radio device (with some Russian components) that fits in a backpack and is now being examined as a possible cause of Havana Syndrome.
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