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This depends on a lot of factors like distance, direction, and original intensity. But it can be painful or worse, cause permanent hearing loss.
Source: https://www.acentech.com/resources/long-range-acoustic-devices-lrad-and-public-safety/
God I hate replies like this. We are watching a video. What happens in the video? That's what they are obviously asking.
Edit: I found videos from different perspectives. https://syzito.xyz/@OccuWorld/114172100218871827 That makes it a bit clearer.
I still don't understand. People clear the street very quickly but I don't see anything like a car or teargas. Does the sonic weapon sound like a vehicle or something like that?
It actually really simple. High-pitch, high intensity (around 150 Db) sound projected directly towards your ears causes pain to your ears. If you’re close enough then it can permanently damage your hearing. It can also blow out some microphones so many recordings of this from a victim’s perspective don’t actually contain audio of the actual deterrent sound.
Update: the weapon remains mysterious.
German unfortunately: https://netzpolitik.org/2025/serbien-was-wir-ueber-die-mysterioese-waffe-wissen-die-in-belgrad-gegen-friedliche-proteste-eingesetzt-wurde/
I'm also not sure how about that 🤔