Electromagnetic weapons

Anything using EM fields or radiation to damage or destroy including damage of normal psychic or social processes can be referred to as an electromagnetic weapon. Among such weapons are known laser and microwave weapons as a part of the Strategic Defense Initiative ( !"#$. %eviews on EM weapons may be found in many sources& for e'ample ((iebig and others& !""$. Another known type of powerful EM radiators& which might be used as weapons ()almer& !!*$& is related to the pro+ect ,AA%-& or ,igh )re.uency Active Auroral %esearch -rogram ( !!#$. It is the pro+ect aimed to control ionospheric processes that might alter the performance of communication and surveillance systems (/ordon& !!0$. (ocated in the remote country of Alaska& ,AA%- antennas& "1 pieces in all& are organi2ed in a so called phase array antenna& which can focus EM power& a few megawatts in the given case& in a relatively small volume of the terrestrial ionosphere and temporarily modify its physical properties. -ossible influences on the biosphere are widely debated. A relatively recent concept of non3lethal weapons is aimed at minimi2ing civilian casualties (/iri& 4115& 6iss& 411*$. 7hese are weapons not intended to kill or to cause great bodily in+ury to a living target. Electromagnetic non3lethal weapons use EM radiations to cause pain& fear& or similar reactions in personnel& to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals and groups& which finally could destroy military operations. Such technologies are now considered to be useful also in civilian operations to suppress illegal marches and strikes. Apparently& most commonly known are microwave guns& which produce pain from sudden heating of the skin of humans it is directed on. 8urrent knowledge of biological effects from short microwave pulses is very limited9 underlying biophysical mechanisms are not identified. ,owever& available results of military funded studies& e.g. (-akhomov et al.& 411#$& on the effect on neuronal functions in rat brain slices are consistent with the concept of heating of the tissue and provide no indication of any specific effects. EM heating is the only type of EM biological effects& so called EM thermal effects& that are recogni2ed by most of the scientific community. 7here are also less known non3thermal EM biological effects. In these effects& EM fields and radiations do not appreciably heat tissues9 however they carry information which is assimilated at a biophysical:biochemical level and leads to a biological endpoint. It is these effects that constitute a potential scientific ground for mind control. 7herefore& also discussed in literature is a possible use of EM microwaves or %) facilities at low powers that cannot produce perceivable reactions like a pain or fear& but nonetheless directly affect the cognitive aspects of an individual. E'ternally applied EM fields are thought to be capable of implanting information in an individual;s brain.

<ecause an EM e'posure can be carried out secretly& such facilities are often associated with a special type of electromagnetic weapons by which secret groups or institutions might control minds of people. Some conspiracy theories are known to be based on the e'istence of such EM facilities. 7here is a general term for these in %ussia= >psychotronic weapons?. In the most e'treme cases& according to conspiracy theorists& even simple innocuous laboratory EM generators became psychotronic generators that could bring people in a changed state of mind& driven by a malefactor. ,owever& sometimes& it is actually hard to distinguish truth from falsehood or error. @ne more aspect of EM mind control is worth mentioning. 7he fact is that EM mind control as a method of mind reading& let alone mind intrusion& may not be accessible to all levels of people. If in use by everyone& mind reading would .uickly destabili2e the society. 6nowing precisely what an individual is thinking would allow complete power over their personality. 7his means that EM mind control is a sort of >absolute weapon? that will ever be represented either by the uni.ue ability of some esoterics or by e'tremely secret engineering achievements and technological breakthroughs. In addition to this problem& relating to the society;s viability& a variety of ethical implications to the issue of mind control have been considered in (Moreno& 411A$. Be can see that science& as a method for knowledge3mining& together with moral and ethics are intricately intertwined with each other thus securing global society;s stability and development. 8ontents C 7op