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Russian demonstrators hold anti-American posters outside the U.S. Embassy in 2015. From the 1960s through the 1980s, the U.S. said the Soviet Union beamed microwave signals at the U.S. Embassy in an attempt to collect intelligence.

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Long before Havana Syndrome, the U.S. reported microwaves beamed at an embassy

11:18am October 21, 2021

by Greg Myre

In the 1970s and '80s, U.S. officials routinely referred to the Soviet use of microwave radiation against the American Embassy in Moscow. The Soviets were believed to be seeking intelligence.

The Amana Radarange was born of a happy accident caused by an engineer who was working for the defense contractor Raytheon in the 1940s.

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3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Beeeep! Your Microwave's 50th Anniversary Is Ready

5:10am September 04, 2017

by Barry Gordemer

No self-respecting cook would admit to using the food-nuker for anything more than heating up last night's pasta, but it's hard to deny the influence this little machine has had on American life.