Seismic Weapons
September 21, 2002 –
Completed
March 1, 2006
The whole story begins with a statement by William Cohen, U.S. Secretary of Defense, dated April 2, 1997 (brought to my attention by my old friend from Poitiers, researcher Gérard Morin):
Others [terrorists] are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves. So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations. It's real, and that's the reason why we have to intensify our [counterterrorism] efforts.
Secretary of Defense William Cohen at an April 1997 counterterrorism conference sponsored by former Senator Sam Nunn. Quoted from DoD News Briefing, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, Q&A at the Conference on Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and U.S. Strategy, University of Georgia, Athens, Apr. 28, 1997.
Translation:
Others are involved in an ecological form of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, trigger earthquakes, and remotely activate volcanic eruptions using electromagnetic waves.
Many ingenious minds are currently working to devise ways of terrorizing entire nations.
This is real, and that's why we must intensify our counterterrorism efforts.
U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen, April 1997. Conference on counterterrorism organized by Senator Sam Nunn. Reported by the Department of Defense (DoD). "Conference on Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and U.S. Strategy," University of Georgia, Athens, April 28, 1997.
Clear translation:
We know this works because we've been experimenting with it for a long time. The technological means required remain affordable and vastly less demanding than nuclearization efforts.
One should note the mention of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. This may sound crazy, but ultimately a minor, localized trigger can cause a catastrophe if the system is already primed to collapse. Earthquakes are caused by slippage along tectonic plate boundaries, along fault lines. We know an earthquake is inevitable along the San Andreas Fault in California, and its effects would be devastating. We don't know exactly when it will happen, which also means we don't know in advance how much energy would be needed to trigger the event. The closer the trigger point, the less energy required. The technology allows action deep within the Earth's crust using electromagnetic waves. The Russians had built a massive generator called "Pamir" in the 1970s, which I saw photos of in 1983 in Chicago during an MHD conference, capable of being mounted on a large truck. It was one variant of Sakharov's flux-compression generator. It had the shape of a six-meter-diameter camembert cheese. These generators, later found to equip the Russian ground-based electromagnetic cannons, are also known as Pavloski generators. Their operation, based on "flux compression," is analogous to Sakharov's MK1 system, now widely known. A chemical explosive is detonated at the center, interacting with a powerful solenoid (for specialists: in a regime of high magnetic Reynolds number).
This system "allowed strong electric currents to be circulated through the ground." Officially, the device was presented as a terrain assessment system, measuring electrical conductivity at great distances and depths. We now know that changes in conductivity are signs of an impending earthquake. In 1983, I discussed this project with Russian officials in Chicago, former students of Vélikhov, who himself was a student of Sakharov. Today I realize such a system could not only study pre-seismic conditions of terrain but potentially trigger an earthquake. Thus, "geophysical study" served as a "cover project," concealing the technology's true, unimaginable purpose for non-specialists.
From a physical standpoint, these systems enable energy transfer. The initial energy source remains the explosive powering the Pamir generator. This system can transport part of that energy deep underground via electromagnetic waves. If the fault is not yet ready to rupture, a large amount of energy would be required to trigger the quake. Used moderately, the system could test terrain—like gently tapping a block balanced on a cliff to see if it's about to slide. Military geophysicists could thus secretly identify "sensitive zones" around the world—territories potentially "hostile" or "needing to be brought under control"—where stronger intervention could trigger a devastating earthquake. To initiate the quake, it would then suffice to heat a specific point in the terrain that acts as a "lock" or "barrier" within the fault, thereby causing the rupture.
March 1, 2006
In February 2006, a television program titled "The Wrath of Climate" was broadcast, and I obtained a copy thanks to one of my readers. The program reviews various disasters that occurred since 2002. Christmas 2005: the Tsunami. A few months later, the earthquake in Pakistan, which killed tens of thousands. An American geologist suggested that earthquakes could be triggered by terrestrial tides caused by the Moon's influence. A clarification: the apparent movement of the Moon due to Earth's rotation induces a terrestrial tide of about 30 to 50 cm.
The Earth-Moon distance is not constant. The tidal effect varies as 1/r³. Maximum distance: 407,000 km. Minimum distance: 365,000 km.
ΔF/F = -3 Δr/r
Result: a 30% variation in tidal effect—far from negligible.
The effect is amplified when the satellite and the Sun are aligned. If the Moon eclipses the Sun and is also at perigee, the effect is maximized. The scientist thus predicted a number of earthquakes, some of which actually occurred—for example, the last major quake in San Francisco.
Media and academic outlets were forbidden from reporting on his predictions due to the panic they could cause. Result: solar eclipse by the Moon plus Moon at perigee: mass migrations. A simple observation, yet logically sound.
The same program noted that tectonic plate systems can transmit phenomena over very long distances, even with delayed effects. Simply put: "because we don't know how it works." Entirely plausible.
Earlier, I mentioned my meeting in the USA with Russians who, during an MHD conference in the early 1980s, showed me photos of a strange machine shaped like a large camembert, mounted on a...