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NEWSCIENCENEWSCIENCE the gap between the Earth and the this is provided by that enigma of a ionosphere acts as a waveguide for VLF man, Tesla, and this is perhaps the rea- (very low frequency) radio wave propa- son why the CIA was so interested in gation—the principle on which the his work. For by using his famous Omega VLF submarine global position- invention that bears his name, the Tesla ing system works—and electromagnetic Coil, he did in fact resonate the Earth- waves can travel along this waveguide, ionosphere system in 1899. This was just as waves travel across the ocean. probably the first and only time that this The Earth-ionosphere system is thus a__ was done, for to do so since the inven- resonant cavity, and can be resonated by tion of the transistor would cause, at any transmitter operating at the correct certain points on the Earth's surface cor- frequency, provided its power output is responding to the anti-nodes (maxi- sufficient to offset dissipative losses. mums) of oscillation, variations in field The fundamental resonant frequency of strength that would be so great as to the earth-ionosphere system is easily cause the catastrophic effects hinted at worked out—at this frequency, an elec- above. tromagnetic wave must be of the same —_ Ag the simplest example of locating wavelength as the circumference of the nodes and anti-nodes, if the frequency Earth, thus: of transmission were the fundamental, this can be achieved by the so-called EMP or electromagnetic pulse. It is thought that the only way to achieve an EMP of sufficient magnitude to cause destruction of transistor junc- tions would be to explode a nuclear . weapon in the ionosphere. What I sug- gest here, is that by resonating the earth- ionosphere system, the same result as the EMP can be achieved, using tech- nology that is nearly a century old, and freely available to almost any nation on earth, I have called this concept, rather unfortunately, ‘ABORTION'— Apocalypse Based On Resonating The IONosphere. The consequences of any one nation having such an ABORTION weapon, are of course, too great to bear thinking about. To operate such a weapon would immediately cause all computer systems and electronic equip- ment which was not adequately shielded to fail within certain areas, indeed irreparably, if the field strength was high enough. In fact, the affected areas of the world would be immediately plunged into chaos—and back into the pre-transistor age. So what is resonance, and how would one resonate the earth-ionosphere sys- tem? As the simplest example of locating nodes and anti-nodes, if the frequency of transmission were the fundamental, and the transmitter were at, for argu- ment's sake, the south pole, then there would be an anti-node at the transmitter, another anti-node at the north pole, and a node, or region of zero field strength, along the equator. To locate nodes and antinodes of the higher frequency har- monics requires knowledge of the gen- eralised solution to the spherical wave- guide, and a visit to your local physics library. One important point to note: the transmitter and its power supply would have to be very well shielded, or else it would destroy its own electronics. By Keith D. Gillespie, B.Sc. (Hons. Physics) Frequency = (Speed of light in ionos- phere)/2 x pi x (Radius of the Earth) This works out to be about 7.5 Hertz. The higher frequency harmonics of this fundamental are not related by any sim- ple mathematical formula, but are the solutions to the generalised spherical waveguide problem, which has undoubtedly been worked out by some- one, somewhere, probably some time ago. But what form of transmitter could achieve the required very high power output, and is there any proof that it would be successful? The answer to Resonance is the process by which small impulses can be made to construc- tively interfere with each other so that the result is a build-up of the oscillation amplitude until something fails. The classic example is that of troops march- ing in step across a bridge—if the bridge has a resonant harmonic close enough to the frequency of the troops’ footsteps, then it will begin to bounce up and down in time with the footsteps until the oscillations build up enough to cause structural failure of the bridge. This is why troops break step when crossing a bridge. Another example is the Tacoma Narrows bridge in Washington, USA, which was destroyed by a resonant oscillation in 1940, in this instance caused by a wind at the correct speed. The ionosphere can be considered to be a reflecting surface for radio waves of sufficiently low frequency. At the same time, the surface of the Earth, mostly covered by a conductor (seawa- ter), is also a reflector. The result is that 50°NEXUS AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1993