Targeting the Human with
Directed Energy Weapons
W 8
Dr. Reinhard Munzert
6.9.2002
New arms threaten and destroy lives in strange ways. Directed energy
weapons are among the high-tech arms of the century. They hurt and kill with electromagnetic
power. Microwave weapons can be aimed at computers, electronical devices and
persons. They have strong physical and psychological effects and can be used
for military and terrorist activities. These weapons are also part of crimes
(in Europe) that almost nobody knows except the victims and the offenders.
Until now they make the perfect crime possible. No doubt, these weapons have a
terrible future.
Key Points
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Directed Energy Weapons (DEW)
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DEW and Crime
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Perfect Crime?
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DEW and Terrorism
Topic 1
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Manipulated Microwave Oven
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Magnetrons and Generators
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Intelligent Antenna Systems
Topic 2
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Anti-Electronics Weapon
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Anti-Personnel Weapon
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Psychological
Effects
Topic 3
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DEW and Crime
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License
to Kill
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Perfect
Crime
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Mental
Strength & Fighting Back
Topic 4
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DEW as Terrorist Weapon
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Unseen Terror Attack
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Prevention and Protection
Summary
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New
Threats and Dangers
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Crime
and Terrorism
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Recognizing
and Knowing
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Prevention
and Elimination
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Future
Weapon! -Terrible Future?
MICROWAVE WEAPONS
New
Technology in Crime
Activities and Sources
There is a
new, effective weapon for criminals and terrorists. Law-breakers often misuse
modern technology. Through the illegal usage of innovative high-tech weapons,
people are not ”shot”, rather their living quarters are bathed in (high
frequency) electromagnetic waves for a length of time. Directed Energy Weapons
(DEW) are mostly intended for military purposes (U.S. Air Force, Russian and
Chinese armies). High-tech company Raytheon states about DEW: ”We believe they
are a critical element of how ultimately wars will be fought. HPM (High power
microwaves) is the most mature right now” (in Fulghum & Wall 2002).
The
renowned German newspaper “DIE WELT” acknowledges microwave weapons as arms of
the 21st century. In another German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung,
a weapons expert has recommended the police to procure microwave (MW) weapons
for police use. Considering what certain criminals know about MW weapons, they
have a significant advantage over the police until now. This puts the victims
in extreme danger.
A
primitive variation of a MW weapon would look like this: A microwave oven from
the kitchen with the protective shielding removed from the door and replaced by
a metal funnel. And then the waves can get through walls (Pictures 1, 2, 3).
The
effects of the MW beam on the victims include extreme weariness, headache,
irregular heartbeat, diarrhea, painful testis, damaged nervous system and
internal organs, burned skin and eye damage. Later effects include blindness,
heart attack, stroke and cancer. In the last months by some victims, cancerous
tumors have been diagnosed.
In
addition to that, victims (through intrigue and defamation) are seen as
psychotic and dangerous; thus, they are completely helpless. At the same time,
the new weapons (for certain contractors) are tested under ordinary
circumstances and constantly improved.
HPM crimes are
a new kind of crime with some very new characteristics. The International Union
of Radio Science emphasizes in a resolution of 1999 on Criminal Activities
using Electromagnetic Tools: "The fact that criminal activities using
electromagnetic tools can be undertaken covertly and anonymously and that
physical boundaries such as fences and walls can be penetraded by electromagnetic
fields."
Expert
Pevler stresses: "The development of high-power microwave (HPM) weaponry,
and its proliferation into subversive organizations, offers the means to commit
the 'perfect crime'. HPM attacks typically leave no residual evidence and their
effects can range from nuisance to catastrophic" (1997).
The HPM-weapons that the high-tech gang uses supply
continous or pulsed waves over long periods of time - especially in the night -
from cars or vans or buildings around the target/person(s). They use
magnetrons, microwave-generators, amplifiers, integrated systems. In addition
they apply through wall imaging methods. There are already over 40 known
victims in Germany, some of them even have been attacked while in hospital. But
the police doesn't understand these new weapons.
Besides this the criminals use tactics of information
warfare: Know all about the victims, let them know nothing about you,
information dominance, disrupt the communication systems of the victims.
The criminal network has at its deposal plentiful
first class technical know-how and high quality equipment. That assures high
efficiency and precision strikes and enables to operate from cars or vans. The
MW generators/transmitters can be camouflaged in an attaché case or hidden in a
small suitcase.
Only through
cooperative work between electronic specialists and physicists have we been
able to shine a revealing light on this special high-tech criminal activity.
For experts: The (pulsed) waves of two or more transmitters [MW generators]
interfere in the target zone, and through that, strengthen their effects. There
are also parabolic antennas modified to transmitters. Besides this, intelligent
(adaptive) antenna systems (numerous small transmitters connected, instead of
few large ones; for example hidden in parked cars) will be used. Sometimes
frequency hopping is employed. These methods work over several hundred feet, if
everything is well adjusted.
We could find out where (electronic) components for
highly potent MW weapons or whole systems (pictures 4, 5, 6) can be bought
legally.
The criminals
follow a double strategy: One way the victims are weakened, injured, tortured
and intimidated. On the other side, the victims experience extreme,
unbelievable things; almost no one can believe their reports. Most interpret
the information from the victims as chimerical thinking. Some experts who work
for the German Army or Nato know very well about MW weapons, but secrecy keeps
them from talking too much about in public.
In several German cities there are complaints of
serious physical injury. One attorney represents the interests of many victims.
About 40 victims have built a community of interests. We are aware of many
cases with amazing similarities that have been reported in the last few months.
We have names and addresses of many victims and the cirumstances of the cases.
We also have the names and addresses of some perpetrators.
In some cases, the lifestyles of the criminals are
well known to us. Similar to terrorists, many pretend good citizenship or
student lifestyles to cover their crimes. Conventional criminal activities,
(i.e. burglary) are undertaken by normal gangsters or former members of the
Stasi (which was the secret service of former GDR). In this network, they have division
of labor and a support structure that includes foreigners as well.
Terrorists could use MW as anti-electronics weapons
too. With HP microwaves, they can attack the electronics of computers, cars, airplanes
and so on successfully [see the other papers of the Workshop W8]. They can use
microwave weapons (radio frequency weapons) to damage electronic systems in an
unseen attack with all those bad consequencies.
Additional points to be covered in the workshop:
Detection of microwaves and protection against attacks.
All that has nothing to do with MW beam fright, but
is criminal high-tech forced on the people. It is frightening that these
weapons are being increasingly used by criminals and terrorists.
References/Sources:
Fulghum,
D. A. (1999): Microwave Weapons Await a Future War. Aviation Week, 6/7/1999, p.
30.
Fulghum,
D. A. (2002): Directed Energy Weapons To Arm Unmanned Craft. Aviation Week,
2/25/2002.
Fulghum,
D. A. & Wall. R. (2002): Farnborough 2002: Raytheon Links Future To Network
Prowess. Aviation Week, 7/19/2002.
Hecht, J.
(2001): The Heat is on (Microwave beam weapon tested). NewScientist,
10/27/2001, p. 26.
International
Union of Radio Science (1999): Resolution on Criminal Activities using
Electromagnetic Tools. General Assembly, Toronto 1999.
http://www.intec.rug.ac.be/ursi/Tor99ResolENG.htm.
Laukenmann,
J. (2001): ”Hände hoch – oder es klebt!” Süddeutsche
Zeitung, 9/25/2001.
Lövstrand,
K. G. & Bäckström M. (2001): Intense Radio Frequency (RF) as a Tool for
Graded Action. In: Non-Lethal Weapons. Hrsg.:
Fraunhofer Institut Chemische Technologie.
Magdeburger
Volksstimme (1999): Missbrauch elektromagnetischer Wellen durch Terroristen
möglich. 10/8/1999.
Munzert, R.
(2001/2002): Neue Technologie im Verbrechen – Mikrowellen-Waffen.
Informationstexte an das Bayerische Landeskriminalamt, Bundeskriminalamt und
andere Sicherheitsorgane. April 2001-march 2002, not
published.
Nitsch, J.
(1998): Gefahren erkennen. Wirkung von Hochleistungsmikrowellen. In:
Elektromagnetische Verträglichkeit (EMV - ESD), Jahrgang 9, Ausgabe 3/98, p.
23- 26.
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& Dorra, B. (2001): "Europäer diskutieren über Mikrowellen und
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U. (1999): Strahlenkanonen für jedermann – Kein Schutz gegen Erpressung und
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W. (1996), Information Warfare, Second Edition, Thunder’s Mouth Press.
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B. (1999): ‚Beam‘ Weapons Edging Into Arsenal. Aviation Week, 7/5/1999, p. 53.
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http://www.de.afrl.af.mil/factsheets/HPMicro.html
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States Air Force (2001): High Power Microwave Division. Factsheets.
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(2000): Directed-Energy Threat Inches Forward. Aviation Week, 10/30/2000, S.
70.
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A.T.M. et al. (2001): Susceptibility of COTS PC to microwave illumination. In: Non-Lethal Weapons. Hrsg.: Fraunhofer Institut Chemische Technologie.
Winkenbach,
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July, 2002
Dr. Reinhard Munzert, Germany, Erlangen
E-mail: RMunzert@t-online.de
Pictures
Picture 1: Manipulated Mircowave Oven
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2: Microwaves going through walls
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3: Book that describes the manipulation of a microwave oven to a ray weapon
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4: Magnetron
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7: Active Denial Technology
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8: Neuronal Networks in the Brain
© Dr. Munzert 2002