6: Sound as a Weapon

Mike Rugnetta and Atlas Obscura‘s Dylan Thuras have a fascinating discussion on the use of sound in war and at what point sound becomes a weapon. Among the topics covered:

- World War I “sound mirrors” (giant concrete parabolas that ineffectively tracked incoming planes)

- Project Disperse

- The Mosquito

- “Tunnel chicken”

- LRAD

- So-called “less than lethal” technology

- Humankind’s unintentional sound war on the animal population