exactly how we can duplicate, or better yet, improve on the technology that was used against us,” Fong said. “He knows, in broad concepts, how the technology works, but we need specifics if we are to build our own weapon.”
“Yes, yes,” Dr. Huang replied. “But two terajoules of electromagnetic energy is more power than the United States generates in all of its cities combined. How can that much energy be created in one place?”
“Do you know how much energy is released in one lightning strike?” Dr. Zheng asked.
“No,” Dr. Huang replied.
“On average, 10 million Joules,” Dr. Zheng said. “If you were to generate that kind of power in a machine, you would need a generator capable of generating 10,000 megawatts.”
“And we’re looking at something 200,000 times that size,” Dr. Huang said. “It can’t be done.”
“No, no,” Fong said. “If I get what Dr. Zheng is leading us to, you don’t have to generate that much power, you just have to direct it, right?”
“Exactly,” Dr. Zheng replied. “How much energy was released by the 8.0 Magnitude earthquake in Sichuan Province?”
Dr. Huang thought for a moment. “Sixty three petajoules, that’s… 6.3 times ten to the sixteenth power.”
“And what amount of energy triggered that release?” Dr. Zheng asked.
“Two Terajoules.”
“And the ratio between the two?”
“Thirty thousand to one,” Guang Xi answered. “Approximately.”
“And what if you had access to a generator that produced not only thousands, but millions of times that amount of power?” Dr. Zheng asked.
“There’s no such machine on earth that can generate that kind of power,” Dr. Huang said.
“Sure there is,” Dr. Zheng replied. “You’re standing on it.”
Everyone held a blank expression on his face as he stared back at Dr. Zheng. Suddenly Guang Xi smiled. “The earth,” Guang Xi replied. “The planet generates that much power.”
“Precisely,” Dr. Zheng said. “I’ve been involved in China’s High Frequency Active Aural Research Project, which was fashioned after the American HAARP facility in Gakona, Alaska. We actually have the technology to do what the Americans have done, just not on the same scale that they are using.”
“China has built the largest dam in the world,” Fong said. “We can certainly build the largest HAARP facility.”
“Yes, we can,” Dr. Zheng replied. “The technology is based on a phased antenna array. What that means is that if we apply radio frequency energy to a system of antennas all at the same time, the projected energy goes straight up and spreads out as it travels. By sending the radio frequency to the antenna system in a tightly controlled sequence instead of all at once, we can control the direction of the energy. This sequence is referred to as phasing, so the antenna array becomes a phased antenna array, which is capable of generating a radio frequency energy beam in any direction. By using a large antenna array, like the Americans have, in addition to directing the energy beam, the phasing can start at the outside of the array and work its way to the center, which focuses the beam on a specific spot rather than allowing the beam to spread out as it would naturally.
“The process is actually two-fold. First it heats a section of the upper region of the ionosphere to form a concave reflector, then it creates fluctuations in the electrojet, and aims those fluctuations at the reflector, which in turn focuses that power at a specific place on the surface of the planet. The directed and focused energy is the weapon.”
“The electrojet?” Guang Xi asked.
“The electrojet is composed of particles streaming into both the north and south magnetic poles of the earth from outer space. This is the actual source of the power. Our current HAARP facility can form the reflector in the ionosphere, but we need something a thousand times stronger to direct the energy from the electrojet into the
“Yes, yes,” Dr. Huang replied. “But two terajoules of electromagnetic energy is more power than the United States generates in all of its cities combined. How can that much energy be created in one place?”
“Do you know how much energy is released in one lightning strike?” Dr. Zheng asked.
“No,” Dr. Huang replied.
“On average, 10 million Joules,” Dr. Zheng said. “If you were to generate that kind of power in a machine, you would need a generator capable of generating 10,000 megawatts.”
“And we’re looking at something 200,000 times that size,” Dr. Huang said. “It can’t be done.”
“No, no,” Fong said. “If I get what Dr. Zheng is leading us to, you don’t have to generate that much power, you just have to direct it, right?”
“Exactly,” Dr. Zheng replied. “How much energy was released by the 8.0 Magnitude earthquake in Sichuan Province?”
Dr. Huang thought for a moment. “Sixty three petajoules, that’s… 6.3 times ten to the sixteenth power.”
“And what amount of energy triggered that release?” Dr. Zheng asked.
“Two Terajoules.”
“And the ratio between the two?”
“Thirty thousand to one,” Guang Xi answered. “Approximately.”
“And what if you had access to a generator that produced not only thousands, but millions of times that amount of power?” Dr. Zheng asked.
“There’s no such machine on earth that can generate that kind of power,” Dr. Huang said.
“Sure there is,” Dr. Zheng replied. “You’re standing on it.”
Everyone held a blank expression on his face as he stared back at Dr. Zheng. Suddenly Guang Xi smiled. “The earth,” Guang Xi replied. “The planet generates that much power.”
“Precisely,” Dr. Zheng said. “I’ve been involved in China’s High Frequency Active Aural Research Project, which was fashioned after the American HAARP facility in Gakona, Alaska. We actually have the technology to do what the Americans have done, just not on the same scale that they are using.”
“China has built the largest dam in the world,” Fong said. “We can certainly build the largest HAARP facility.”
“Yes, we can,” Dr. Zheng replied. “The technology is based on a phased antenna array. What that means is that if we apply radio frequency energy to a system of antennas all at the same time, the projected energy goes straight up and spreads out as it travels. By sending the radio frequency to the antenna system in a tightly controlled sequence instead of all at once, we can control the direction of the energy. This sequence is referred to as phasing, so the antenna array becomes a phased antenna array, which is capable of generating a radio frequency energy beam in any direction. By using a large antenna array, like the Americans have, in addition to directing the energy beam, the phasing can start at the outside of the array and work its way to the center, which focuses the beam on a specific spot rather than allowing the beam to spread out as it would naturally.
“The process is actually two-fold. First it heats a section of the upper region of the ionosphere to form a concave reflector, then it creates fluctuations in the electrojet, and aims those fluctuations at the reflector, which in turn focuses that power at a specific place on the surface of the planet. The directed and focused energy is the weapon.”
“The electrojet?” Guang Xi asked.
“The electrojet is composed of particles streaming into both the north and south magnetic poles of the earth from outer space. This is the actual source of the power. Our current HAARP facility can form the reflector in the ionosphere, but we need something a thousand times stronger to direct the energy from the electrojet into the
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