fore, Tesla patents became a study

fore, Tesla patents became a study area of necessity once again. Developing
large metallic shields for buried command centers required knowledge of Tesla
ructliods.
Consideration of these catastrophic electric efl'cc1.s against military command
centers was of first level importance. Military forces, against whom such Weup
ons were used, would be the helpless victims of a complete and prolonged
coinrnuuications burnout. But if they managed no safely endure the blast sce~
nano, the resultant radinwave “blackout” would bring their best communica-
tions eiiorts lo an abrupt and disappointing end. Worse than disappointing,
the blackout period could spell total annihilation. Alter a nuclear blast of sulfi-
clent magnitude and aerial placement, lhc blackout effect could last for clays.
This ionospheric blackout phenomenon, revealed that communications chan-
nels could be destroyed across an incredible range of electrical frequencies.
This range was found to begin in the ELF hands, the operating frequencies of
electrical power generators, and indeed surpass the centimeter waves of super-
high frequency RADAR.
Alter die initial blast and fireball sequence, only the optical and radiative
channels would remain clear of the “blackout” effect; a. fact having defined
consequence in the future of military communications technology. The ex-
tended blackout, forccd upon the victims of such an event, would prolong a
critical time period dunng which no possibility of an organized military action
could be coordinated No information could be exchanged except through
rapidly deployed lineofcight systems. Therefore, much beyond considerations
of the blast shock hazard itself, both the burnout and blackout phenomena
were tliemselveii tactical weapons in their own right. Here were nuclear weap
ons eflects which had to be breached.
RADAR engineem had observed these efiects during the Second World
War, when extremely brief highpower pulsed RADAR bursts were beamed
toward connnunlcatlons and other electronics equipment. Proper shielding
was able to block the penetrating power of those pulsed RADAR bursts. But
without special shielding. electnmics packages were incinerated as if exposed
to explosive fire. These RADAR etlects were reminiscent of reports given by
Dr. Tesla, when discussing his Radiant Energy technology. The superficial
ellecls proved to have succinct causes which, on deeper evaluation, proved
the difierence in power between true impulse singularities and wave bursts.
The Teslian phenomenon was the result of succinct electroshoclu, unidirec-
tional blast: of singular. well spaced impulses. RADAR wave impact was efl5ec-
livc only in that initial wave crest. The sudden rise in electric potential from
zero was the active agent in burning and bursting materials. Each subsequent
wave alternation added no more energy to the ellect Since only the leading
wave crest was the clicctivc energetic portion, the rest was “lost” as heat. Thus
only “the lead edge” of each long burst was useful tn producing EMP effects.
Dr. Tesla taught that ellective conservation of the etiect relied on conserva-
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