It's not intended as proof but more as a few pointers, which I owed a few people, on the mindset of a particular class of person who gets him/herself into power.
The Fed itself has been done to death, including Greenspan, so he's not covered below.
Atmospheric experimentation
A long article prepared by Rosalie Bertell, Ph.D., GNSH - these are just two fragments:
Project Argus (1958)
# Between August and September 1958, the US Navy exploded three fission type nuclear bombs
It was designed by the US Department of Defense and the US Atomic Energy Commission, under the code name Project Argus.
# The US Military planned to create a "telecommunications shield" in the ionosphere, reported in 13-20 August 1961, Keesings Historisch Archief (K.H.A.). This shield would be created "in the ionosphere at
This was designed to replace the ionosphere "because telecommunications are impaired by magnetic storms and solar flares."
SPS Military Implications (1978)
Early review of the Solar Powered Satellite Project began in around 1978, and I was on the review panel. Although this was proposed as an energy program, it had significant military implications.
One of the most significant, first pointed out by Michael J. Ozeroff, was the possibility of developing a satellite-borne beam weapon for anti-ballistic missile (ABM) use. The satellites were to be in geosynchronous orbits, each providing an excellent vantage point from which an entire hemisphere can be surveyed continuously.
You can't say civilization don't advance. ... for in every war they kill you a new way. [Will Rogers, 1949]
ReplyDeleteI like Sean's comment. You know what §I think - power is about staying in power - and of course so-called "scientific advances" are often pretexts for war machines.
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