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| 2003-10-27 |
| EFL from a longer piece concerning Korea by Ralph Kinney Bennett. Military forensic geologists have been poring over maps of North Korea (the best ones, incidentally, were made by the Japanese back in 1904-5 during the Russo-Japanese War) to look for geological weak points and anomalies. They study multiple radar images to get even more precise pictures of the topography. Is it possible, for instance, to discover fissures in seemingly solid rock, or badly weathered rock formations that might be entry points for earth-penetrating bombs? Another resource that may be employed is HAARP, the High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Project, located in Alaska. HAARP employs 72 huge antennae to send signals that heat the ionosphere, thus creating a "mirror." Extremely long frequency (ELF) and very long frequency (VLF) radio waves are bounced off this temporary mirror to penetrate the earth. Anomalies in the return signals can be processed to "paint" images of underground cavities, including the geometric patterns of man-made tunnels and facilities. HAARP data can be used to direct more focused satellite and spy plane photography and help pinpoint camouflaged or hidden tunnel entrances for future targeting. It may even help precisely target the exact point in an underground complex at which an earth-penetrating warhead should enter. Hopefully tunnel busting will now be easier. We are near to closing the mine shaft gap. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #11 NMM I have seen the same device. The problem with that device for this application is that the tunnels are farther underground. The more depth you desire in any type of probing the lower the frequency and higher the power you have to use. To perform a tunnel search, I speculate that you would need something mounted on in an aircraft at least the size of a C-130. I would expect that we are years away from practical applications. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-28 7:50:48 AM |
| #10 OK you tech guys like SH--don't we now have ground penetrating radar that can look for WMD's and other stuff underground? I recall seeing sledlike things dragged over possible crime scenes..or maybe just watch too much sci fi |
| Posted by: NotMikeMoore 2003-10-28 12:09:50 AM |
| #9 OP, I know you don't watch TV, but this episode of NOVA is something special. Saw it at about three in the morning with my oldest boy. He had to be awake for 24 hours before having a brain MRI. He became a Tesla fan with me that night. We got our picture taken in front of Tesla's statue at Niagara Falls. It is called the Master of Lightning. Probably available on tape from the library. Mark Twain loved Tesla. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-27 4:58:23 PM |
| #8 Colorado Springs hosted Tesla for awhile. Three blocks from my house there's a street named Tesla. The Tesla Museum used to be located down on Bijou Street, before it suffered severe funding cuts. Tesla is a very misunderstood man, and deserves far more credit for far more ideas than he's received. It's a shame so much of his research was destroyed by a deliberately-set fire. Strange man - a Serb, a non-muslim, and a little be more than just a tad crazy, but still a genius who deserves greater recognition. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-10-27 1:03:37 PM |
| #7 Ah, Tesla!!! My absolute favorite genius! What a wild, wacky, and wierd wizard! For pure fascinating reading, Tesla is my favorite science subject! And Death Rays? Ha! Child's play! Can you say ELF? I know you Navy guys can. Well there's still a backlog of Tesla ideas using ELF. Communications to wireless power transmission - hell, weather weapons may be next. The Russians sure found it "interesting" enough. Check out Project Tesla: http://www.skepticfiles.org/mys4/prjtesla.htm He was a trip - and the tiny amount of credit he has received thus far (many of his ideas are still beyond the ken of current science) for what we know and depend upon today in modern life is a crime, IMO. |
| Posted by: .com 2003-10-27 12:34:47 PM |
| #6 Thank you, Steve. Nickolae Tesla died too soon. He would have been quite happy to know that he was right all along. I think he would have like microwave popcorn too. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-27 11:41:15 AM |
| #5 Silly fools, HAARP isn't a radar imaging system, it's a Death Ray! However, a series of patents owned by the defense contractor managing the HAARP project suggests that the Pentagon might indeed have more ambitious designs. In fact, one of those patents was classified by the Navy for several years during the 1980s. The key document in the bunch is U.S. Patent number 4,686,605, considered by HAARP critics to be the "smoking raygun," so to speak. Held by ARCO Power Technologies, Inc. (APTI), the ARCO subsidiary contracted to build HAARP, this patent describes an ionospheric heater very similar to the HAARP heater invented by Bernard J. Eastlund, a Texas physicist. In the patent--subsequently published on the Internet by foes of HAARP--Eastlund describes a fantastic offensive and defensive weapon that would do any megalomaniacal James Bond super villain proud. Bwahahahaha! |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-10-27 10:07:10 AM |
| #4 Rabidfox, I used to work with eddy current and resonance test equipment on applications for bearing rings. I would think you could use this technology in Afghanistan and in the West Bank, eventually. It will take a number of years to perfect. Detailled knowledge of conditions before excavation would be extremely helpful. Tech Central Station has several good articles on Korea. Some are a little older. Here is what I found: also by Ralph Kinney Bennet - It's All in the Delivery. By Lee Harris - How We Called North Korea's Bluff. By Christopher C. Hull - Loved or Feared? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-27 10:07:09 AM |
| #3 Careful SH - Mentioning H**RP brings in Alcoa Chapeau set. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-10-27 10:01:54 AM |
| #2 Can we use this technology to find caves in Afganistan or disturbed areas of desert in Iraq? |
| Posted by: rabidfox 2003-10-27 9:58:26 AM |
| #1 Well, won't this make Turgidson's [Clark] job easier. Speaking of turgid... |
| Posted by: Brian 2003-10-27 9:20:49 AM |