""Havana syndrome" is a term given to the widely disputed health condition experienced by US and Canadian state department personnel stationed overseas. Though symptoms vary wildly, they tend to center on some combination of dizziness, headaches, visual disturbances, and neurological issues. The first incidents were reported in Cuba, hence the name, although additional cases were also linked by the press to China, Vienna, and the suburbs of Washington, DC."
"New reporting by CNN revealed that the Pentagon has spent the past year dissecting a strange device worth millions of dollars for possible links to the illness. Four sources, speaking to the publication anonymously, said the Defense Department provided some "eight figures" in funding to a division of the Department of Homeland Security called Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which purchased the weapon in an undercover operation."
"A year later, the device is still being studied by government researchers. According to one of CNN's sources, the gadget produces the kind of pulsed radio waves, which some have speculated could be the cause of Havana syndrome. Details are scarce, though the unidentified sources noted it contains "some Russian parts," and is small enough to fit in a typical backpack."
The United States maintains the largest military budget, including proposed multibillion-dollar defense projects. The Defense Department funded an undercover acquisition of a backpack-sized device costing millions and allocated eight-figure support to a Homeland Security division to obtain it. The Pentagon has spent a year dissecting the gadget to evaluate possible links to Havana syndrome. The device reportedly produces pulsed radio waves, contains some Russian parts, and is small enough to fit in a typical backpack. Havana syndrome symptoms include dizziness, headaches, visual disturbances, and neurological issues with no conclusive cause identified since 2016.
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