Recently, the British "Times" hyped the People's Liberation Army in the Bangong Lake area of the China-India border "using microwave weapons to force the Indian army to retreat and not regain the mountain top", which attracted the attention of foreign media. On the 18th, the Indian military quickly made a denial on Twitter, criticizing the report as "unfounded" and "fake news", which was reposted by the Indian media.
The Times published an article on the website on the 17th local time with the title "China Turns Ladakh China-India'Battlefield' into'Microwave Oven'". The article quoted a well-known Chinese scholar in a recent speech saying that at the end of August this year, the People's Liberation Army used microwave weapons to recapture two hilltops illegally occupied by Indian troops on the south bank of Pangong Lake in the western section of the Sino-Indian border.
"The Times" said: China turned the battlefield in the Sino-Indian border area into a "microwave oven." Z3z
reported that the People's Liberation Army was ordered to retake the mountain top from the Indian army at that time, and based on the consensus of the two sides in the border area, the superiors asked not to shoot. The frontline troops thought of the "curious trick" of microwave weapons. "Putting a microwave under the mountain turned the top of the mountain into a microwave oven."
"The Indian army on the top of the mountain began to vomit after a quarter of an hour, unable to stand up, and ran away. In the end, the People's Liberation Army took the top of the mountain back." The working principle of a microwave weapon is similar to that of a microwave oven. When irradiating the human body, it heats the water molecules under the skin and causes severe pain. The range of this weapon can reach close to 1,000 meters. According to public information, microwave weapons are also called radio frequency weapons or electromagnetic pulse weapons. They use high-energy electromagnetic wave radiation to attack and damage targets. They usually interfere with military targets and the photoelectric equipment of weapons at long distances, and implement them at short distances. It has the power to kill, detonate various charges or directly destroy the target. In addition to China, the United States and Russia have also developed similar non-lethal microwave weapons. The Defense Research and Development Organization of India revealed in September this year that it plans to conduct research on directed energy weapons using high-energy lasers and microwaves.
The US Army deployed the Active Denial System (ADS), a microwave weapon for group control and patrol in Afghanistan, but did not actually put it into use.
After the “Times” article was issued, it was obtained from The Australian and the United Kingdom Many foreign media such as "Daily Mail", "The Sun" and other reprints, many of which are exaggerated and discredited, and sparked discussions among foreign netizens. A reporter from the Australian "News" website described in the subtitle that microwave weapons are "equivalent to cooking people alive." The British "Daily Express" even exaggerated in the title that this was "World War III" and China used "terrible weapons". Gordon Arthur, editor of Shephard News, a British defense news website, believes that although the Indian government denies that it has been attacked by microwave weapons in the border area, China "unquestionably has" the capability to use microwave weapons. He believes that if the report is true, it will most likely be the first time microwave weapons have been used in actual combat.
However, the Indian military quickly denied this statement on the 17th, local time, and it was reprinted by Indian media including New Delhi TV, "India Express" and Times Now. The Times of India reported that a high-ranking Indian military official at denied the media's claims. The Indian Army Twitter account also criticized the report as "fake news" and "unfounded." There are also Indian officials who claimed that this statement was "Chinese psychological warfare operations."
source|observer network
