▲ 109 ▼ Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome (www.ctvnews.ca) submitted 7 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) Havana syndrome is apparently symptoms of a targeted weapon the Pentagon is using in Cuba. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) I mean that would be a little bit more plausible, although the article claims the opposite—that the device is super mysterious and the Americans don't even know how to use it. It sounds like someone pulled off a sweet scam though, getting "eight figures" for what sounds like a backpack full of cobbled together radio hardware. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hector@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago Reminds me of an old book/movie, Our Man in Havana. This vacume cleaner salesman somehow has the schematics for his vacume found by the cia when he's in havana and the cia thinks it's some weapon schematics and they get all deep into this espianage with him, he's clueless. From what I recall I only was part of it once. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) I mean that would be a little bit more plausible, although the article claims the opposite—that the device is super mysterious and the Americans don't even know how to use it. It sounds like someone pulled off a sweet scam though, getting "eight figures" for what sounds like a backpack full of cobbled together radio hardware. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hector@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago Reminds me of an old book/movie, Our Man in Havana. This vacume cleaner salesman somehow has the schematics for his vacume found by the cia when he's in havana and the cia thinks it's some weapon schematics and they get all deep into this espianage with him, he's clueless. From what I recall I only was part of it once. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago Reminds me of an old book/movie, Our Man in Havana. This vacume cleaner salesman somehow has the schematics for his vacume found by the cia when he's in havana and the cia thinks it's some weapon schematics and they get all deep into this espianage with him, he's clueless. From what I recall I only was part of it once. permalink fedilink source parent