axolotl@socs.uts.EDU.AU (Iain D. Sinclair) (03/01/91)
From: axolotl@socs.uts.EDU.AU (Iain D. Sinclair) I recently read an article based on the writings of Lt. Col. (ret) Thomas E. Bearden, on Soviet "scalar wave" EM weapons systems. "Time-Reversed" waves are used in conjunction with radars to produce a directed-energy weapon. The pulse also causes fission in some material. (apparently.) The development and partial deployment of such weapons is said to account for: - A nuclear accident in the Urals in 1957-8. - The 1963 loss of the USS Thresher, the 1986 losses of an Ariane rocket and the Challenger. (!) - Khrushchev's 1960 statement that "fantastic new weapons could wipe out all life on earth if used unrestrainedly". - Akhromeyev's 1986 statement: "If the US deploys a shield in space the SU will have several options, none of which Washington would wish... The SU will quickly respond in a way which the US has no inkling of as yet". - The dismantling of the Krasnoyarsk radar after years of negotiation. As I don't remember seeing this stuff in the Pentagon's _Soviet Military Power_s, is there any actual basis for these reports? -- Iain Dick // axolotl@socs // University of Technology, Sydney ,', Sinclair // .uts.edu.au // (Research Assistant) +61 2 2812552 ,`
pd@doc.ic.ac.uk (Philip Daniels) (03/05/91)
From: Philip Daniels <pd@doc.ic.ac.uk> In article <1991Mar1.053601.551@cbnews.att.com> axolotl@socs.uts.EDU.AU (Iain D. Sinclair) writes: >I recently read an article based on the writings of Lt. Col. (ret) Thomas >E. Bearden, on Soviet "scalar wave" EM weapons systems. "Time-Reversed" >waves are used in conjunction with radars to produce a directed-energy >weapon. The pulse also causes fission in some material. (apparently.) >As I don't remember seeing this stuff in the Pentagon's _Soviet Military >Power_s, is there any actual basis for these reports? This comes straight off the top of my head, but I believe that the Soviet Union has been developing Em weapons for many years. I once saw a documetary which derscribed how the Soviet Union was bathing most of the world (ie Western Europe, the Amercias and Asia) in EM radiation, in the form of a long wavelength EM pulse. You can pick up this pulse on a standard radio in the open air, inside buildings, even (I've heard) underground. It's called the 'Woodpecker' because of the sound it makes, and is apparently the strongest EM pulse ever generated on earth. The Soviets believe that it has deleterious effects on the health of people subjected to it. If I remember rightly, the Soviets also bombarded the old American embassy in Moscow with microwave radiation from a building across the street. The staff suddenly began to develop mysterious illnesses, and operational efficiency was so reduced that a decision was taken to construct a new building which would be invulnerable to such techniques. I now of no instances of battlefield EM weapons, I think they would be rather impractical, requiring lots of hardware to do generate a pulse of sufficient strength to do any damage in the short time availabe, that is, seconds or minutes on a modern battlfefield rather than the years which were avaliable to the Soviets in the case of the Moscow embassy. Also, if you direct an EM pulse at the enemy then you rather advertise your position and expose yourself to attack from radiation seeking armaments. bugger, I've lost my sig..... Philip Daniels (pd@doc.ic.ac.uk) First Year undergraduate, DoC.
wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) (03/06/91)
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> >I once saw a documetary >which derscribed how the Soviet Union was bathing most of the world (ie >Western Europe, the Amercias and Asia) in EM radiation, <> >It's called the 'Woodpecker' because of the sound it makes, and is >apparently the strongest EM pulse ever generated on earth. <> > If I remember rightly, the Soviets also bombarded the old American >embassy in Moscow with microwave radiation from a building across >the street. > The staff suddenly began to develop mysterious illnesses, and operational >efficiency was so reduced that a decision was taken to construct a >new building which would be invulnerable to such techniques. First off, the Woodpecker is generally believed to be an over-the horizon radar. Our version is called Pave-Paws, I believe. Several radio amateurs, rightfully upset over intrusion of the Woodpecker into the amateur bands, claimed that transmitting back to it with the proper speed CW (Morse) would convince it to slide {up, down} in frequency. As for the microwave bombardment in Moscow, I refer readers to the book "Spycatcher" for a {mostly, I'm told} accurate description of a wholly passive device, powered by external microwave signal. Note that the Great Seal was found a LONG time ago, in the time line of technical espionage. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.....wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu & no one will talk to a host that's close............(305) 255-RTFM Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335 is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335