Think you are hearing voices?
Well, maybe you are.
With LRAD, you just aim it at a member of the crew, and have an interpreter “speak” to the sailor. It was noted that the guy on the receiving end was sometimes terrified, even after he realized it was that large American destroyer that was talking to him. This apparently gave the army guys some ideas, for there are now rumors in Iraq of a devilish American weapon that makes people believe they are hearing voices in their heads.
Of course the market has now picked up on the idea.
an American advertising firm recently used an LRAD unit to support a media campaign for a new TV show. LRAD was pointed at a sidewalk in Manhattan, below the billboard featuring the new show. LRAD broadcast a female voice providing teaser lines from the show.
But its uses on the battlefield are the most fascinating
Islamic terrorists tend to be superstitious and, of course, very religious. LRAD can put the “word of God” into their heads. If God, in the form of a voice that only you can hear, tells you to surrender, or run away, what are you gonna do?
Ahhh that still, small voice. It told me to chill out many, many years ago.
NPR’s “On The Media” covered this Sunday morning… The only thought that kept running through my mind (whether it was my own or put there, I don’t know) was “BAD idea”.