spontaneous human combustion? probably a field created within a sleeping person just to see what would happen. directed energy weapons are no joke. and they probably make for an excellent defense system. assuming they have a state of the art targeting system that can intercept something moving 10x the speed of sound. and also that the emitters are very safely guarded and well defended. im sure theres a very good system im place that ensures the defenses have their own defenses which also defend other defenses on top of other defenses. they just dont want the common slave to realize other countries are trying to bomb the fuck out of them. its better people either not notice or believe oh wow its aliens here to protect us! instead of the fact that.. its our defense system going into effect because danger is imminent. but they dont want the alarm to ring so the alien lie keeps things silent.  you think russia has all this same stuff? i wonder if they can stop the "ufos"
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