DARPA: RADAR Is Used To Create 3D "X-Ray" Maps Of Urban Area
Revealing State Secrets In A Secretless Society
In several of my previous post I've claimed that an extensive program of domestic surveillance predates 9-11 by several decades. I've claimed that the NSA, and CIA, has used the cover which thunderstorms provide to:
- Develop particle beam weapons (artificial lightning generators)
- Photograph urban areas using superbright strobes from low altitudes
- Develop SONAR systems using sonic booms (i.e., thunder)
- Develop EMP weapons
- Develop Anti Ballistic Missile High Energy Weapons
- Develop RADAR spoofing technology
- Develop Weather Modification Technology and Methods
Lightning emits visible light, infrared, and ultraviolet light, radio waves, gamma particles, electro-magnetic pulses, and XRAYs. The ability to generate artificial lightning from within a thunderstorm would therefore allow for the creation of powerful burst of light (seen and not seen), radio waves, electromagnetic pulses, gamma particles, and XRAYs in close proximity to American cities for extended periods. Most importantly this could be done in a covert fashion.
Unpiloted Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) equipped with particle beam generators (artificial lightning) could be designed to generate short burst of XRAYs (or Microwaves, and other Radio Frequencies). Other UAVs could be equipped with XRAY (or RF) sensors. These UAVs could be used in tandem to scan building exteriors, and interiors.
Several UAVs working together during the course of a thunderstorm could be used to scan an entire city.
Digital Information Obtained would include:
- High resolution low-altitude strobe-enhanced images (visual range).
- High resolution infrared, and ultraviolet strobe-enhanced images.
- Thunder-SONARGrams of exteriors & interiors of buildings.
- Thunder-SONARGrams of underground structures, tunnels and mines.
- EM signatures of electrical, computing, and communication grids.
- RADAR, and Reflected Radio Frequency mapping data.
Such information would be fused into three dimensional high resolution maps.
The Role Of Lightning As Cover - Winning War In The 21st Century
Lightning is still considered by the official mainstream scientific community to be a profoundly mysterious process (this in the age of particle beam accelerators), and so a great variety of EM & RF frequencies could be covertly transmitted in burst simultaneously with lightning generation. Not only would the scientific community not be looking for such artificial transmissions during a thunderstorm, but due to the "profoundly mysterious nature of lightning" it would most likely be labeled as yet another mystery of lightning be studied one day in the future.
The general population would be completely oblivious that they were deliberately being treated to additional forms of radiation on a periodic basis.
It is the perception of lightning as an act of nature which allows it to be exploited in such an incredible number of ways over such a long period of time (decades). The thunderstorm is the greatest real time intelligence gathering, and weapons development platform in the history of humankind.
XRAY VISION - It's Not Just For Superman Anymore.
This post includes images obtained from DARPA. The images have been included to illustrate the type of research, and development which is being conducted in the area of urban surveillance (although particle beam generators are never mentioned). The goal of the research reviewed is the development of scanning technology which will enable a type of XRAY VISION based upon RADAR, and radio wave detection.
Every home is bombarded with radio waves from RADAR stations, radio stations, television transmitters, and cell phones (to name just a few). In the past these sources of radio waves were considered spurious, but with increased computational power put to the task of the retracing such "multipath" radiation sources "seeing through walls" is believed to be possible.
Please surf to the DARPA presentation (see link below), and read the associated research proposal. At no point is the ability to develop such a technology questioned - it is considered just a matter of effort (no scientific reason why it won't be developed). Also, at no point are ethical concerns raised about what such technology in the wrong hands (or even in the right hands) will have for society.
Already rudimentary forms of XRAY VISION are being introduced for use in the military. This includes the RADAR FLASHLIGHT which was just introduced for use in Iraq. Soldiers place the flashlight near a wall while the device listens for breathing, and even heartbeats on the other side. No matter how quite a person remains that person can be detected even from behind concrete walls!
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DARPA: RADAR "Flashlight" Detects Heatbeats Up To Fifty Feet Behind Walls
NSA's MOM - The Mother of All Maps.
The ultimate goal, which I believe has already been attained is to develop technology which can scan the contents of most buildings - a type of XRAY Vision (similar to what one might see on an episode of StarTrek). The long term goal behind the deployment of such a surveillance system would be to gather data for the creation of a high resolution three dimensional digital map of the entire United States. The map would include interiors, as well as exteriors of buildins. Information would be obtained from a multitude of sources, and would need constant updating. The map would be available for counter terrorism units at Homeland Security, the FBI, and CIA. It would also be available for the U.S. military, and would be created by, and maintained by the NSA.
The full range, resolution, and scope of the map would be held as a closely guarded secret, and even those making use of it from within other agencies wouldn't have complete access.
The map would never be a "finished product", but would always be a work in progress. Most information on the map would be available elsewhere, but drawing all data points together would take incredible computational, and archival power (rivaling Google) which would demand a huge very well funded covert facility (most likely driven by CISCO). This all suggest NSA must be the keeper of the map.
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DARPA: Recently Deployed Hand Held RADAR Scope
Why Surveillance On This Level - The Atomic Bomb.
This national high resolution surveillance program would rescan as much of the United States as possible on a continual basis. A central goal would be to detect atomic weapons, but many other weapons, and adversaries would be targeted as well. Since high resolution images would be archived they could be used at a later date should they need to be retrieved (for example after a terrorist incident).
Imagine being able to peer into the home of a known terrorist months before the terrorist acted. What might one see? Huge archives of digital imagery probably exist. Some archives are probably held for years, others only months, or weeks.
DARPA: Vehicles With "XRay Vision" RADAR Scan Inside Urban Dwellings
The Implications For A Free Society - Less Privacy.
Certainly the implications are great for any free society when a branch of its government already exercises domestic spying on such a level.
To what extent the concept of personal privacy will be redefined in coming years is the question. While national security rest squarely on the ability to collect accurate, and timely information about those who threaten it, it is equally true that an all knowing government presents the greatest threat to a free society.
Certainly it can be argued that whether or not such a capability exist today, or a decade from now those methods, and technologies which are being developed for the war on terror will have a dramatic effect upon society. America has been a nation which fiercely defended its freedom, and privacy. It will be interesting to see how much privacy its citizens are willing to relinquish in the name of freedom.
Knowing that their government scans the interiors of their homes on a regular basis may not concern the average American, but it will certainly concern those worried about the incredible growth of the powers of the state versus that of the citizenry.
"The price of freedom is vigilance, but freedom from vigilance is priceless."
- JeromeProphet-
LINKS:
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DARPA Link
XRay Vision.
About the images: I modified the first two DARPA images by enhancing color and contrast. Surf to the sites listed to find source of images.
2 comments:
And yet, they still don't have a bomb that only kills the bad guys.
Have you seen V for Vendetta? Part of the background of the story is that trucks routinely patrol the streets carrying a dozen or so people listening to hundreds of conversations. If I remember correctly, they're looking for specific trigger words ...
My point is that I don't think that type of technology is too far off reality. From the links and information in your post, I think we're looking at a future where we can be heard or seen at any moment of the day.
Scarey stuff ...
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