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Electromagnetic Implications Of Modern Warfare Technology
Confirmed
in thousands of scientific studies, the 1990 Environmental Protection Agency
study “An Evaluation of the Potential Carcinogenicity of Electromagnetic
Fields (ELF)” showed significant links between exposure to ELF, and cancer in
humans. The early draft recommended that ELF and EMF be classified as probable
human carcinogens. Unfortunately the final and published draft showed no link
between the two. Perhaps this is because of the implications this news would
have on new Warfare technology and ionosphere research.
In
both cases the main danger lies with the ionosphere, 35 miles above the earth.
The gas is so thin that free electrons can exist for short periods before they
are captured by nearby ions. The ionosphere provides long-range capabilities for
commercial ship-to-shore communications, aircraft links and for military
communications and surveillance systems. It is to the ionosphere that Voice of
America (VOA) and the BBC reflect signals back to earth, transmitting their
programs around the world.
The
sun has a major affect on the ionosphere. For days before any solar activated
magnetic disturbances, all organic life forms are affected (livingcosmos, p.5).
Solar flares and coronal mass ejection can cause a worldwide communication
blackout on short-wave bands. Incoming solar radiation is absorbed by atoms.
But the sun is not the only thing that can cause disturbances in the ionosphere.
It is this discovery that has largely fueled the research on the ionosphere and
the quest for warfare technology based there.
Research
on the ionosphere began in the 1950’s. To support this research, a
five-country consortium operates the European Incoherent Scatter Radar site for
ionospheric research in Norway. Other facilities include Moscow, Peru and
Tadzhikistan. The U.S. has two ionospheric research sites in Puerto Rico and
Alaska. The facility that has raised the greatest concern is the one in Alaska.
Chosen for its geomagnetic location, the High Frequency Active
Auroral Research Program was initiated in the early 1990’s. The capability of
HAARP is more
advanced than other facilities because of its unusual research tools. It
provides electronic beam steering, wide frequency coverage and high effective
radiated power. Under the Department of Defense, it is run by the Air Force and
Navy Research Laboratories. The instruments employed include high frequency
phased array radio transmitters and ionospheric research instruments.
High
frequency phased array radio transmitters stimulate well-defined volumes of the
ionosphere. Ionosphereic Research Instruments use the ionosphere to measure
electron densities, electron and ion temperatures, Doppler velocities, high
frequency, HF, electromagnetic low frequency, ELF, very low frequency, VLF
receivers, magnetometers and light and optical infrared spectrometers. This
transmits a narrow beam of high power radio signals in the 2.8 –10 MHz range.
With 30 transmitter shelters including six pairs of transmitters at 10kW each
produces 3600kW. The signals spread outwards and upwards and are partially
absorbed at an altitude determined by HF. The balance of signals transmitted
reflect back towards earth or pass through the ionosophere into space (HAARP
#1, p. 1,2). On the HAARP website, the Department of Defense states that
the research is to “ensure the development of the knowledge, understanding and
capability to meet national defense needs in the Arctic (HAARP #1, p.3).
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However,
the U.S. military’s white paper “Weather is a Force Multiplier; Owning the
Weather in 2025” states, “U.S aerospace forces can ‘own the weather’ by
capitalizing on emerging technologies and focusing development of those
technologies towards fighting applications. Such a capability offers the war
fighters tools to shape the battle space in ways never before possible. In the
U.S., weather modification will likely become a part of national security policy
with both domestic and international applications” (Fitrakis, p.1). This
contradicts the statement that the HAARP project is purely for educational
purposes.
When
the Natural Resources Defense Council filed a suit against the Department of
Defense last August, it was to aim for a new environmental impact statement
(Lazaroff, p.1). Before NRDC, a hearing of the Alaskan States Affairs Committee
took place in 1996 in response to Alaskan fears awakened by evidence published
in “Angels Don’t Play This HAARP” (Begich, p.3). Documentation stated
intentions to disrupt portions of the ionosphere by heating it with powerful
pulse radio frequency beams. The radiation that bounces back to the surface of
the planet would be in the long-wave ELF range. It would:
a)
Communicate with submerged submarines with ELF radiation
b) Penetrate the land to find hidden tunnels or sites of military interest
c) Shield a territory from intercontinental ballistic missiles
d) Fry satellites, discriminate between incoming objects
e) Enhance communications
f) Disrupt communications over an expansive area
g) Change the chemical structure of the upper atmosphere
h)
Affect human and ecological health.
The
HAARP system has been tested since 1994 (Begich, p.1, 2). At the hearing of the
State Affairs Committee, military representative, Dr. Hecshaw, testified the
full-scale version has 3,600 kilowatts capability as on the website. Dr.
Flanagan revealed the inconsistency with the statement given on the T.V program
“Sightings.” He quoted, “HAARP can punch holes through the ionosphere and
these holes would heal shortly after the HAARP system was turned off.” He
continued, saying, “To punch a hole takes more than 3,600 kilowatts plus
another disturbing possibility of ‘maser amplification’ of that energy by
charged particles in the ionosphere the energy is powered by the sun’s energy
– charged particles in the ionosphere can be caused to ‘mase’ so that puts
out more energy than HAARP is putting in.”
MASER
is an acronym for Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of
Radiation.
Atoms or molecules are raised to a higher energy level and then allowed to lose
this energy by radiation emitted at a precise frequency like a laser
(Hutchinson, p. 3). Under certain conditions it is thought that the effect can
tap into the background energy of space with an unknown affect.
“And
when the heaven has its covering removed, and when the hell is kindled up, And
when the garden is brought nigh, every soul shall (then) know what it has
prepared” (Surat ul Takwir 131:11-14).
HAARP
has the potential to trigger floods, droughts, hurricanes and earthquakes.
World-renowned scientist Dr. Rosalie Bertell confirmed, “U.S. military
scientists…are working on weather systems as potential weapons. The methods
include the enhancing of storms and the diverting of vapor rivers in the
earth’s atmosphere to produce targeted drought or floods” (Third, p.1).
When
the European Parliament heard about HAARP, a public hearing took place in
Brussels, in February 1998. The Motion in January 1999 “Considers HAARP…by
virtue of its far-reaching impact on the environment to a global concern and
calls for its legal, ecological and ethical implications to be examined by an
international independent body… [The Committee] regrets the repeated refusal
of the United States Administration…and to gives evidence to the public
hearing…into the environmental and public risks of the HAARP program.”
Regardless,
the program seems to continue and ignore the “Convention on the Prohibition of
Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques.”
This agreement, signed by Russia and the U.S., it became effective in 1972, long
before HAARP.
In
preparing for war, President George W. Bush’s revised version of the National
Defense System last May announced a multi-layered shield for the U.S. and its
allies (Kettle, p.1). Other methods of war are also being explored. They include
the spraying of barium salt, polymer fibers, aluminum oxide as in the crater
bombs employed in Afghanistan and other chemicals. Why? The abstract statement
on patent 6315213 filed last November states: “The polymer is dispersed into
the cloud and the wind of the storm agitates the mixture causing the polymer to
absorb rain. This reaction forms a gelatinous substance, which precipitates to
the surface below. Thus, diminishing the cloud’s ability to rain” (Fitrakis,
p.1, 2).
Global
governancy only considers the right to have not the right to be. One sometimes
wonders what possesses us to do the things we do, but in this instance one is
horrified at the small-minded schemes, which emphasize how far some people are
willing to go regardless of the consequences.
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Nick & Manning, Jeanne. “Ground-Based Star Wars.” Earthpulse.com.
10/22/01.
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Cat. “Star Wars Plan Violates Environmental Laws, Suit Charges.”
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Simon. “Electromagnetic Cover-Up.” The Ecologist. 21:1(1991) 33.
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Bob. “When the Army Owns the Weather” AlterNet.org. 02/09/02.
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10/10/01.
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Martin. “Bush to Forge Ahead with Star Wars 2.” Guardian Weekly.
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World Network. “Climate Change – An Integral Part of US Star Wars’
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Mark. “Star Wars: The Sequel.” Time Magazine. 153:7(1999) 48-49.
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