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not 'invite' terrorists?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIf the #stress_limits of a material is known,\u003cbr\u003e\r\nand if an entire city is constructed of the #same material,\u003cbr\u003e\r\nthen in theory an entire city would now be at #risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIf glass can be #shattered by using #noise, i.e., via its #resonant_frequency,\u003cbr\u003e\r\nthen,\u003cbr\u003e\r\nhow difficult would it be for terrorists to modify a fleet of drones with speakers,\u003cbr\u003e\r\nto fly near the city's wall and\u003cbr\u003e\r\nuse noise to destroy the glass of a city?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAnd thereafter destroy even the cement of the city?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIf you study the psychology and the 'hunger' of terrorists,\u003cbr\u003e\r\nthen\u003cbr\u003e\r\nI believe the answer to be very straight forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut why the #weaponization of sound?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAsk yourself this 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#safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMy #reference_list is fresh and extensive,\u003cbr\u003e\r\nit is NOT science fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nFrom the loopholes in #political_funding, #military_strategy #drones etc., it is all there.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eNB: My book does NOT enable terrorism!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eI initially wanted to interview a drone #expert-for obvious reasons,\u003cbr\u003e\r\nand a military nuclear physicist who has a background in understanding sound science,\u003cbr\u003e\r\nboth for the purpose of an academic article.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBUT!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the course of my research and with #meditation,\u003cbr\u003e\r\nseveral things soon emerged...\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMy research could by #NO means explore the #precise technical minutiae that would actually #enable the weaponization of noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eNor could or would I conduct actual experiments 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