Yes, But also read this which rules OUT a "microwave weapon" doing this:
Also, note the lack of logic here. The Frey effect does not mean RF can do ANYTHIUNG other than that.
In 2003–04, WaveBand Corp. had a contract from the
U.S. Navy for the design of an MAE system they called
MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio) that was intended to temporarily incapacitate personnel through remote application.
[8] Reportedly, Sierra Nevada Corp. took over the contract from WaveBand.
[9] Experts, such as Kenneth Foster, a
University of Pennsylvania bioengineering professor who published research on the microwave auditory effect in 1974, have discounted the effectiveness of the proposed device. Foster said that because of human
biophysics, the device "would kill you well before you were bothered by the noise". According to former professor at the
University of Washington Bill Guy, "There’s a misunderstanding by the public and even some scientists about this auditory effect," and "there couldn’t possibly be a hazard from the sound, because the heat would get you first".
[10]
Which I want to reiterate:
ALL EM weapons to date use HEAT as deterrence. Not sounds, not Havana syndromes.
HEAT.
And an interesting factoid: They RAISED the frequency in EM crowd deterrence weapons because the higher frequency warmed ONLY THE OUTER SKIN. Earlier lower frequency weapons would cause blistering.