Infrasonic weapons. Sound as a weapon: from fighter jets to Britney Spears

In May of this year, one of the American diplomats working in China was forced to see a doctor with complaints about headache and hearing impairment. The alert doctor immediately remembered that the same symptoms were observed among employees of the Cuban US diplomatic mission a couple of years earlier. In both cases, it appears that Americans were victims of a mysterious brain-damaging weapon. And the most interesting thing is that such weapons really exist.

An unlucky diplomat working at the US consulate in Guangzhou experienced "abnormal sound sensations" as well as a feeling of pressure inside his head. Ultimately, doctors diagnosed him with “a mild traumatic brain injury of a traumatic nature,” reports Bloomberg. Compared to his Cuban colleagues, the victim got off more than lightly - they were found to have cerebral edema and complete hearing loss. The initial phase of the defeat was accompanied by some “strange sounds” heard in the hotel.

The most reasonable version of what happened in both cases is the use of some kind of sound, or acoustic, weapon. Devices of this kind existing today are divided into two classes: the first uses the sound range that is audible to humans, and the second uses ultrasonic and infrasonic vibrations that are not perceived by our ears.

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The first type of weapon was widely used back in the 20th century. These were, for example, Bruce Springsteen's compositions played at high volume or the soundtracks from the cartoon Barney the Dinosaur, designed to demoralize enemy troops. This also includes the well-known torture used at one time by the Chinese secret services: a person caught in the development was put headphones on his head and forced to listen to poems by Chinese poets or the works of Mao Zedong for several days in a row.

However, the stories of victims of sonic attacks paint a completely different picture, and we will have to discard “audible” sonic weapons. The impact of infrasound is also not similar to the picture described. Powerful infrasound generators are used today to disperse crowds or protect ships from pirates. According to witnesses, the use of an infrasound gun resembles a strong blow to the abdomen and is accompanied by disorders of the digestive system - from nausea to involuntary defecation.

A more interesting version is ultrasonic exposure. It is also completely inaudible, can cause nausea, but in addition provokes a severe headache. The damaging effect of ultrasound is explained by two factors. First, it heats up the cells in a living person's body, much like your microwave dinner does. Secondly, ultrasound causes cavitation (that is, the formation and collapse of vacuum bubbles in a liquid) in the inner ear, tissues and cells of the body. Bubble activity is perceived as a sound of an incomprehensible nature, and their collapse can damage sensitive and gentle human receptors.

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The power of all these effects strongly depends on the amplitude of the waves, which in the case of ultrasound quickly decreases with distance from the source. Even a “super loud” ultrasonic source will be barely audible in the next room. The opposite effect of this property is the following potential threat: an ultrasonic emitter designed to work with an object located, for example, two meters away from it, will be thousands of times more powerful at a distance of two centimeters. By accidentally sitting down or even just walking close to it, a person can suffer serious damage to health.

We should not forget that ultrasound beams can be very precisely focused, for example, on a specific person, and then the pulse power can be significantly increased. Actually, this principle has long been implemented in ultrasonic locators. Ultrasound is also widely used in various techniques traditionally used by intelligence agencies. For example, motion sensors or some types of listening devices use ultrasonic vibrations in their operation. In the event of a technical failure or violation of production technology, they may well cause cavitation in the cerebral fluid or middle ear. However, it is quite possible that such a “combat” function was originally envisioned by Chinese designers, for example, and is now undergoing field tests on American diplomats.

Even more dangerous is the impact of several emitters, say experts from The Conversation portal. The superposition of their waves, brought together in one place, can cause very serious consequences, including hearing loss. As we see, it is ultrasonic generators that best fit into the picture of complaints from victims of “sound attacks.” So, we can consider that there is one less secret of the special services in the world.

Many may think that acoustic weapons are something out of science fiction. However, this is not fiction, it not only exists, but is also successfully used. So in 2005, a special acoustic gun helped the cruise ship Seabourn Spirit successfully repel all attacks of sea pirates who attacked the ship off the coast of Somalia. The bandits fired at the liner with grenade launchers and machine guns, and then tried to board the ship. However, the pirates did not know that the ship was equipped with a LRAD sonic cannon; after the sonic weapon was activated, the attackers immediately fled.
LRAD is a sonic weapon system classified as “non-lethal”, but its effects on the human body have not yet been studied. Many experts believe that LRAD can be dangerous to health. The LRAD acoustic cannon was developed for the Pentagon by American Technology. The US military decided to equip its ships with such weapons after the terrorist attack on the USS Cole destroyer in 2000 in Yemen. This device has been successfully used on many US Navy ships for several years. For example, it is used on all ships located in the Persian Gulf.

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The installation weighs about 20 kilograms and has a hemispherical plate shape with a diameter of about a meter. The device looks like a locator or searchlight. The system produces a high-pitched, high-pitched sound that is similar to a fire siren, but many times louder. The volume of LRAD can reach 150 dB, which can damage a person's hearing. The sound is concentrated in a narrow channel, which is focused on the enemy, and cannot damage the operator's hearing. The oscillation frequency is 2100-3100 Hz. The “cannon” acts on the enemy with a sound wave, stunning him and causing a painful shock in the enemy.

LRAD technology has created a real breakthrough in the field of creating sound guns. Before its appearance, all attempts to create an effective sound weapon ended in complete failure. Attempts to create a sound cannon were made by the Germans during the Second World War, however, fortunately, their plans were not destined to come true.
Thus, Dr. Zippermeyer from the Luftwaffe developed the Windkanone installation. A gas mixture exploded in the combustion chamber of the installation, and turbulence of compressed air was used as a destructive element, which was twisted into tight rings with special nozzles. According to the creator's plan, such whirlwinds were supposed to tear American planes in the air into pieces of metal. The experimental installation easily destroyed mock-up aircraft at a distance of 150 meters, but when the full-size installation was built, it quickly became clear that in the air the shock force of the vortex quickly weakened and was not able to harm the aircraft.

One of the possible uses of acoustic weapons occurred during the dispersal of an opposition rally in Tbilisi. Eyewitnesses claim that they were all gripped by an incomprehensible horror, they heard some terrible sound, their only desire was to quickly run away from this sound. People lost control of themselves, many thought they were dying and going crazy.

At the end of the rally, people found themselves in completely incomprehensible parts of the city and did not remember how they got here. The rally participants unanimously claimed that they felt an incomprehensible pressure in their ears and heard a strange sound. After this incident, many feared participating in various demonstrations, rallies and other public events. Having sought medical help, many of the victims noted with surprise that strange foreign specialists in clinics took electroencephalograms (recordings of brain activity) from them. None of the victims were given the results of the brain activity study. The combination of all these factors makes it possible to say that sound cannons were indeed used during the dispersal of the opposition rally in Tbilisi.

In the Soviet Union, similar research and development of sonic weapons was also carried out, and this is not surprising; the USSR was simply obliged to begin studying the possibilities of using acoustic weapons, thereby maintaining military parity and the level of technology. Today there is a ban on the distribution of sonic weapons by special services. The technology developed by the research institute’s specialists is based on an appeal to the human subconscious. This allows you to read information hidden in a person’s subconscious and control a person’s actions. Thus, in 1993, the American military approached the specialists of the research institute with a request to help influence members of the Branch Davidian sect who were planning to commit self-immolation. It was decided to transmit music to the sectarians with a coded message from the relatives of the sectarians, but the Americans did not understand the meaning of the operation and began broadcasting the music in the open air, which angered the sectarians even more. Possessing such technology, influencing the crowd will not be difficult. Sound guns equipped with a computer allow you to broadcast any sound or coded semantic messages. It is quite possible that something similar was broadcast in Tbilisi. It is possible that the American command supplied similar technology to the Georgian special services, and they decided to test it on their civilians.

Sound weapons have always had one significant drawback - sound information affects not only potential opponents, but also those who use it. The creation of narrowly targeted sound sources did not allow desired results. The devices showed excellent results in testing conditions, but in real combat operations their effectiveness was minimal. The sound wave reflected from the walls of the houses and returned, striking the system operator. The only way out that the US Army command saw was to put people in soundproof vans, but sealed transport, although it ensured complete safety for the sound crew, radically reduced the mobility of the squad.

One of the possibilities for using sonic weapons was to use the resonance effect. This effect can be used to storm buildings in which terrorists are hiding. There are currently many blind spots in the technology of “combat” sound, which many researchers in this field have yet to solve.


Ultrasonic transducers

When it comes to vibrations (mechanical, electrical, electromagnetic, light, etc.), it is necessary to separate two main processes: the emission of vibrations and their reception. For example, a radio transmitter emits electromagnetic vibrations into the air through a transmitting antenna, and a radio receiver receives these vibrations. In both cases, we are observing the process of converting one type of energy into another. In the transmitting device, electrical oscillations are converted into electromagnetic ones, and in the receiving device, electromagnetic oscillations are converted into electrical ones. Similarly, ultrasonic transducers are devices that convert electrical energy into mechanical energy (when emitting ultrasonic vibrations) and, conversely, mechanical energy into electrical energy (when receiving ultrasonic vibrations).

Ultrasonic transducers vary in purpose. Devices used to emit ultrasonic vibrations are called ultrasonic emitters .

Devices designed to record ultrasonic vibrations are called ultrasonic receivers . Depending on the form of energy consumed (mechanical or electrical), emitters can be divided into two main groups: mechanical and electromechanical (magnetostrictive, piezoelectric, electrodynamic).

Mechanical converters

Currently, among mechanical transducers, the most widely used are ultrasonic whistles, liquid generators, hydrodynamic emitters, gas jet emitters and sirens. All of them are used to create ultrasonic vibrations in liquids, air and gaseous media. Mechanical emitters operate in a wide frequency range (20--200 kHz(55, p.7-8) .

The operating principle of an ultrasonic generator is almost the same as that of a regular police generator, but its dimensions are much larger. The air flow at high speed breaks against the sharp edge of the internal cavity of the generator, causing oscillations with a frequency equal to the natural frequency of the resonator. By changing the dimensions of the resonator, you can change the oscillation frequency. Reducing the size of the resonator leads to an increase in the oscillation frequency. Using an ultrasonic generator, you can create vibrations with a frequency of up to 100 kHz. The power of such a generator is small, therefore, to obtain high power, gas-jet generators are used, in which the flow rate of air or gas is much higher. The jet generator is simple in design, but has low efficiency.

Liquid generators are used to emit ultrasound into a liquid. In liquid generators (Fig. 1), a double-sided tip serves as a resonant system, in which bending vibrations are excited. A jet of liquid, leaving the nozzle at high speed, breaks against the sharp edge of the plate, on both sides of which vortices arise, causing pressure changes with a high frequency.

To operate a liquid generator, excess liquid pressure is required 5 kg/cm 2 (55, p.8).

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Many processes use an ultrasonic siren with two discs placed in a chamber. Each disk has a large number of holes. The air entering the chamber under high pressure exits through the holes of both disks. As the inner disk (rotor) rotates, its holes will coincide with the holes of the outer disk (stator) only at certain times. As a result of rotation, air pulsations will occur. The higher the rotor speed, the higher the pulsation frequency. Power and efficiency sirens are much higher. If cotton wool is placed in the radiation field of such a siren, it will ignite, and steel filings will heat up red-hot (55, p.9).

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Electromechanical (electroacoustic) transducers are widely used in industry and scientific research. The design features of electromechanical converters allow them to be used at high frequencies. Ultrasonic electromechanical transducers are more stable in operation than mechanical ones. According to the operating principle, electromechanical transducers are divided into electrodynamic, piezoelectric and magnetostrictive.

Electrodynamic converters are based on the principle of interaction of a conductor through which alternating current passes with a magnetic field. At present, electrodynamic converters are rarely used, so they are not considered in this work (55. p. 10).

To manufacture piezoelectric transducers, plates are cut from quartz crystals so that their planes are perpendicular to one of the three electrical axes (X-cut). When such plates vibrate, they emit longitudinal waves that propagate well in solids, liquids and gases. Y-cut plates are used when transverse waves are needed. Z-cut plates do not have a piezoelectric effect.

The piezoelectric effect can be direct and reverse. If electrodes are attached to a quartz plate on both sides and connected by conductors to a sensitive device, then when the plate is compressed, an electric charge will arise, and when stretched, the charge will be of the same magnitude, but opposite in sign. Consequently, the appearance of charges on the faces of the plate under mechanical action is called direct piezoelectric effect. In this case, the electrical polarization is directly proportional to the mechanical stress, the sign of which depends on its direction:

Where e -- the amount of electric charge;

d-- a constant value called the piezoelectric modulus;

F-- force causing mechanical stress, in din.

The principle of the direct piezoelectric effect is used in the manufacture of ultrasonic vibration receivers, which convert mechanical vibrations into electrical ones, i.e., into alternating current.

If an electric charge is applied to the electrodes of a quartz plate, its dimensions will increase or decrease depending on the polarity of the supplied charge. The greater the charge, the greater the deformation of the plate. When the signs of the applied voltage change, the quartz plate will either compress or decompress, i.e., it will oscillate in time with the changes in the signs of the applied voltage. The change in the size of the flipper under the influence of electric charges is called reverse piezoelectric effect. The change in plate thickness under the influence of electric charges is proportional to the applied electrical voltage:

where A is the change in plate thickness;

d-- piezoelectric module;

U-- applied voltage in absolute electrostatic units.

The principle of the inverse piezoelectric effect is used in the manufacture of ultrasonic vibration emitters, which convert electrical vibrations into mechanical ones.

The piezoelectric emitter and receiver can be represented as a single device, which alternately emits and receives ultrasonic vibrations. Such a device is called an ultrasonic piezoelectric transducer (55, p. 10-11).

Ultrasonic piezoelectric transducers are used in ultrasonic flaw detectors, express analyzers, level gauges, flow meters, echo sounders, fish-finding devices, medical and other devices. A great future belongs to piezoelectric transducers in space exploration and, in particular, in preparation for human flight to other planets. To go on an interplanetary journey, you need to have accurate data on meteor hazards. This task is performed by piezoelectric transducers, which record the appearance of even microscopic meteors.

Quartz has long been one of the main materials for the manufacture of ultrasonic transducers. It is very resistant to high temperatures, melts at 1470°C, and loses its piezoelectric properties at 570°C. But quartz cannot withstand heavy mechanical loads; it is very fragile. Therefore, experts suggested another crystal - Rochelle salt. Its crystals are easily grown artificially and easily processed. In addition, Rochelle salt, compared to other piezoelectric crystals, including quartz, has a significantly greater piezoelectric effect. The slightest mechanical impact on a plate of Rochelle salt leads to the appearance of electrical charges. However, Rochelle salt also has serious disadvantages that limit its practical use. This is, first of all, a low melting point (about 60°C), at which Rochelle salt loses its piezoelectric properties and no longer restores them. Rochelle salt dissolves in water and is therefore susceptible to moisture.

Much research into new piezoelectric materials was carried out during the Second World War. They were caused by a “quartz famine” that arose as a result of the widespread use of piezoelectric quartz in hydroacoustic devices and in military radio electronics. Thus, during the Second World War, ammonium dihydrogen phosphate crystals were used to manufacture piezoelectric transducers. This material is very stable in physical parameters, has a high coefficient of electromechanical coupling, and allows working with high powers and in a wide frequency range.

Among the new piezoelectric materials, ammonium phosphate, lithium sulfate and potassium dihydrogen phosphate have long been used. In hydroacoustic transducers, these materials were used in the form of mosaic packages. However, all piezocrystals have one common drawback - low mechanical strength. Scientists began a persistent search for a substitute for piezoelectric crystals, which would be close to them in piezoelectric properties and would not have their disadvantages. And such a substitute was found (55, pp. 11-12).

Soviet scientists under the leadership of corresponding member. Academy of Sciences of the USSR B. M. Vula created a substance endowed with amazing and valuable properties, and called it barium titanate . In the depths. It is very rare on earth, so it is obtained artificially. A mixture of two minerals (barium carbonate and titanate dioxide) is fired at a very high temperature. The result is a yellowish-white mass, which in appearance and mechanical properties resembles ordinary clay. This mass can be given any shape and size. Like any ceramic product, it will be mechanically strong and insoluble in water.

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But barium titanate does not have piezoelectric properties, and these properties must be artificially imparted to it. To do this, the fired mass is placed in a strong electric field and then cooled. Under the influence of an electric field, barium titanate crystals are polarized, their dipoles occupy the same position, and after cooling they are fixed (as if “frozen”) in this position.

The piezoelectric effect of barium titanate is 50 times greater than that of quartz, and its cost is 100 times less. It is important that there is an unlimited amount of raw materials available for the manufacture of barium titanate converters. The disadvantage of barium titanate is large mechanical and dielectric losses, which leads to its overheating, and at temperatures above 90 ° C the radiation intensity decreases significantly. In practice, piezoceramic transducers are made in the form of flat, spherical and cylindrical structures (Fig. 4) (55, pp. 12-13).

Research and development organizations have developed and manufactured ultrasonic piezoelectric transducers designed to intensify chemical, electrochemical and other processes. A piezoelectric transducer is one or more individual piezoelements connected in a certain way with a flat or spherical surface, glued to a common metal plate with a thickness equal to half the wavelength of ultrasound in the metal. To remove the heat generated by the piezoelectric elements (if necessary), oil is poured into the converter housing, which is cooled by a coil with running water.

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In technological applications, the transducer is lowered into the irradiated volume or is a structural element of the device (bottom, wall, etc.). The use of a device with a piezoelectric transducer allows, for example, to intensify the processes of coagulation of aerosols, purification, dispersion, emulsification, electrodeposition, etc. To obtain greater radiation intensity, focusing piezoelectric transducers or concentrators are used, which can have a variety of shapes (hemispheres, parts of hollow spheres, hollow cylinders, parts of hollow cylinders, etc.). Such transducers are used to produce powerful ultrasonic vibrations at high frequencies. In this case, the radiation intensity in the center of the focal spot of spherical transducers exceeds 50-150 times the average intensity on the emitting surface of the transducer.

In Fig. Figure 5 shows an ultrasonic piezoelectric concentrator developed by the Acoustic Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences. It can be used in scientific research in the processes of emulsification, dispersion, coagulation, spraying, etc. (55, pp. 13-14).

Ultrasonic piezoelectric transducers are characterized by the following main parameters: power consumption, pulse power, pulse repetition rate, pulse duration, acoustic power and power losses, efficiency, radiation intensity, resonant and frequency characteristics, total electrical and equivalent resistance.

The parameters of piezoelectric transducers are determined by calculation using formulas and tested experimentally (55, pp. 14-15).

Magnetostrictive transducers

Back in 1847, Joule noticed that ferromagnetic materials placed in a magnetic field change their size. This phenomenon was called the magnetostriction effect, or magnetostriction.

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There are two types of magnetostriction: linear, in which the geometric dimensions of the body change in the direction of the applied field, and volumetric, in which the geometric dimensions of the body change in all directions. Linear magnetostriction is observed at significantly lower magnetic field strengths than volumetric one. Therefore, practically in magnetostrictive converters linear magnetostriction is used.

The magnetostrictive effect, like the piezoelectric effect, is reversible. If an alternating current is passed through a winding placed on a ferromagnetic rod of a certain composition (Fig. 6, b), then under the influence of a changing magnetic field the rod will deform (lengthen and shorten) -- direct magnetostriction effect. Nickel cores, unlike iron cores, shorten in a magnetic field. When alternating current is passed through the winding of the emitter, its rod is deformed unambiguously (in one direction) in any direction of the magnetic field. Therefore, the frequency of mechanical vibrations will be twice the frequency of the alternating current flowing in the winding.

To ensure that the oscillation frequency of the emitter matches the frequency of the exciting current, a constant polarization voltage is supplied to the emitter winding. For a polarized emitter, the amplitude of the alternating magnetic induction increases, which leads to an increase in the deformation of the emitter core, and consequently, an increase in power.

If the rod of ferromagnetic material on which the winding is applied is compressed or stretched (see Fig. 6, A), then its magnetic properties will change, and an alternating current will appear in the winding - the reverse magnetostriction effect. (55, pp. 15-16).

The direct magnetostrictive effect is used in the manufacture of ultrasonic magnetostrictive transducers, which are an indispensable element of any ultrasonic technological installation. Magnetostrictive transducers, compared to piezoelectric transducers, have larger relative deformations, greater mechanical strength, are less sensitive to temperature influences, and have low total electrical resistance values, as a result of which high voltages are not required to obtain high power.

One of the main conditions in the manufacture of ultrasonic magnetostrictive transducers is the correspondence of their geometric dimensions to a given resonant frequency.

When manufacturing magnetostrictive transducers, not only the geometric dimensions are determined, but the material of the transducer, its design and manufacturing technology are taken into account.

For the manufacture of magnetostrictive converters, nickel, permendur, alfer and ferrite are mainly used. The greatest magnetostrictive effect is observed in permendur (49% cobalt, 49% iron, 2% vanadium). In addition, permendur can work at elevated temperatures. An alloy of platinum with iron has an even greater magnetostrictive effect (32% platinum, 68% iron), but due to its high cost it is practically not used (55, pp. 15-16).

Most often, nickel transducers are used in ultrasonic installations. The magnetostrictive properties of nickel are significantly lower than those of permendur, but it is cheap and has high resistance to corrosion.

Iron-aluminum alloys - alfers with 12-14% aluminum - have good magnetostrictive properties. Alfer has a high electrical resistivity, so energy losses due to eddy currents are insignificant. However, the difficulties associated with rolling this material and its fragility limit its practical application (55, 15-16).

Magnetostrictive cores can also be made from ferrites (Fig. 7), the properties of which largely depend on the components (nickel oxide, iron, zinc). Ferrites have high resistivity, as a result of which eddy current losses are negligible. The properties of ferrites are resistant to temperature changes and vary slightly within the range of 30-120 ° C. But ferrites have a drawback - low mechanical strength, which poses the risk of overloading when operating in high-power oscillatory systems. Mechanical stresses arising in the material lead to the formation of cracks and then to the destruction of the converter.

The magnetostrictive effect is highly dependent on temperature. The heat resistance of different materials is not the same. For nickel converters, when heated to a temperature of 100–150° C, the magnetostrictive effect decreases by 20–25%, and at a temperature of 353° C (Curie point) it disappears completely. For alfer, the Curie point is about 500° C (55, p. 16-17).

Converters made of per-mendur have the greatest heat resistance, being able to withstand temperatures above 900°C.

In the USA, research is being conducted to improve the efficiency of magnetostrictive converters. One of the companies has developed a magnetostrictive converter with low losses. It uses vanadium-permendur (iron-cobalt alloy with a small vanadium content) as the active material. Such a converter is a permendur tape, rolled into a cylinder, with an insulating gasket. In the new converter, all magnetostrictive material is excited. In a conventional converter, no more than 70% of the material is excited. A conventional magnetostrictive transducer is structurally a package made of thin plates of nickel, permendur or alfer with a thickness of 0.1--0.2 mm, which are isolated from each other by varnishing or oxidation. Converters can be single- or multi-rod. The most widely used are multi-rod converters, in which the magnetic flux is closed using a yoke or pads.

To excite magnetostrictive converters that use the effect of longitudinal magnetostriction, the following three schemes can be used.

With open magnetic flux (Fig. 8, A). This scheme can be used in low-power installations.

With a closed magnetic circuit using a yoke (Fig. 8.6). The excitation winding is superimposed on the central rod, and the bias winding is placed on the side halves of the yoke. In such a scheme, losses due to dissipation flows are less. But, despite the relatively high efficiency, converters assembled according to this scheme turn out to be bulky (55. pp. 17-18).

With a closed (inside the package) magnetic circuit (Fig. 8, c). Plates for the package can have one or more windows. With one window you get a two-rod package, with two windows you get a three-rod package. A winding is applied to the rods thus formed.

For the manufacture of powerful magnetostrictive converters, it is advisable to use a circuit with a closed magnetic circuit, since in this case there will be lower losses, a more compact design and better conditions for cooling (55, pp. 18-19).

The efficiency index of a magnetostrictive converter made of nickel for processing hard and brittle materials is no less than 0.5, and a converter made of permendur is no less than 1.1.

To measure the parameters of ultrasonic transducers operating in air, water, and in the presence of strong electromagnetic fields, ultrasonic non-contact vibrometers are used. The vibrometer can be used to measure the amplitude and frequency of vibration, determine the shape of vibration, study the frequency spectrum of vibration, study the distribution of the displacement amplitude on the surface of elastic vibration transformers, oscillograph short-term and non-stationary processes in converters, take frequency characteristics of converters, observe the phase relationships of the displacement of various points of complex oscillatory systems, studies of losses in materials (55, 18-19).

Ultrasonic generators

Ultrasonic generators are designed to convert industrial frequency current into high frequency current and to power electroacoustic transducer systems (piezoelectric and magnetostrictive). Ultrasonic generators are divided into machine, lamp, and semiconductor.

Machine generators, or rather machine converters, are designed to operate at frequencies up to 20 kHz and at a power usually exceeding 3--5 ket. Machine converters are simple in design and economical, but they are not widely used in ultrasonic technology due to the low stability of the frequency and the complexity of its regulation, as well as the difficulty of obtaining a frequency of more than 20 kHz without additional devices - frequency multipliers (55, pp. 25-26).

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In most cases, to excite mechanical vibrations of ultrasonic frequency in converters, tube generators are used, the peculiarity of which is that they allow you to change the frequency over a wide range and have higher efficiency compared to machine ones. and can be performed in a wide range of powers - from several tens of watts to tens of kilowatts.

IN Lately Ultrasonic generators based on semiconductor triodes and controlled valves have received great recognition. Their advantage is obvious - significantly smaller dimensions, increased operational reliability and frequency stability, as well as meeting modern requirements for technical aesthetics.

The following basic requirements are imposed on ultrasonic generators: high efficiency, frequency stability and the ability to smoothly regulate it within a given range; the ability to regulate output power, operational reliability, small overall dimensions, ease of maintenance, etc. (55, p. 26).

Ultrasonic generators with independent excitation are easy to continuously adjust the frequency. In addition, such generators have high frequency stability.

The domestic industry has developed and produced ultrasonic generators of various powers depending on their purpose. On this basis, ultrasonic generators can be divided into low-power (100 - 600 W), medium and high-power (more than 1 kW) generators (55, pp. 28-29).

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Cavitation is, in turn, a complex set of phenomena associated with the emergence, development and collapse of tiny bubbles of various origins in a liquid. Ultrasonic waves propagating in a liquid form alternating areas of high and low pressures, creating zones of high compression and rarefaction zones. In a rarefied zone, hydrostatic pressure decreases to such an extent that the forces acting on the molecules of the liquid become greater than the forces of intermolecular cohesion. As a result of a sharp change in hydrostatic equilibrium, the liquid ruptures, forming numerous tiny bubbles of gases and vapors that were previously in a dissolved state in the liquid. The next moment, when a period occurs in the liquid high pressure, the previously formed bubbles collapse. The process of bubble collapse is accompanied by the formation of shock waves with very high local instantaneous pressure, reaching several hundred atmospheres. The occurrence of cavitation can be observed visually by the appearance of a foggy cloud of bubbles in the ultrasonic field. At high intensities of ultrasonic vibrations, cavitation is accompanied by hissing (55, pp. 36-37).

Ultrasonic cavitation in a liquid depends on its density, viscosity, temperature, molecular weight, compressibility, gas content, the number of foreign microscopic inclusions, frequency and intensity of ultrasonic vibrations, static pressure and other factors.

By purposefully changing some of these factors, it is possible to influence the activity of the cavitation process in the desired direction. For example, cavitation is stronger in water than in solvents. The presence of gas in a liquid increases the efficiency of cavitation phenomena. As the temperature of the liquid increases, the intensity of cavitation increases to a certain maximum, after which it begins to fall. The effectiveness of cavitation is directly dependent on the intensity of ultrasonic vibrations and inversely dependent on their frequency. At very high ultrasonic frequencies, cavitation cannot be achieved at all. Of great importance in intensifying the process of ultrasonic cavitation is the selection of certain relationships between the intensity of ultrasonic vibrations and excess static pressure in the liquid (55, pp. 36-37).

Ultrasonic vibrations cause cavitation phenomena and vibrations of molecules. In addition, the absorption of ultrasonic waves by a liquid causes heating of the liquid (55, p. 204). The phenomenon of cavitation, intense vibrations of molecules and heating of liquid are a strong damaging factor, since a person is 90% water (52, p. 112).

The effect of ultrasound consists of several factors: thermal, mechanical and chemical. The thermal effect is based on the absorption of ultrasonic waves by the human body. The temperature of a living organism is evidence that constant random movement of particles occurs in it. Ultrasound adds directed oscillatory movements to it. Part of the ultrasound energy is absorbed and converted into heat, while the tissue is heated not from the upper layers, but evenly throughout the entire volume.

The mechanical action is a kind of micro-massage of cells and tissues, resulting in their compression and stretching. In this case, the displacement of particles is small, and the speed of movement is also small.

And, finally, the physicochemical effect consists of changing the course of redox processes, accelerated decoupling of complex protein complexes into ordinary organic molecules, and activation of enzymes (55, p. 228).

Using the good focusing ability of ultrasound, scientists proposed using it in neurosurgery. An ultrasonic focusing device can destroy individual areas of nerve cells without damaging others. The device creates a very high sound pressure in the focal region. The focal length during operation of the device can be changed, and therefore, any operated area can be selected according to its depth without damaging the upper layers.

Experiments carried out in one of the laboratories of the USSR Academy of Sciences showed that with the help of powerful ultrasonic radiation it is possible to destroy (55, p. 230) almost any tissue of the human body.

Local heating of tissues during intense and prolonged exposure to ultrasonic radiation can lead to overheating of biological structures and their destruction (58, p. 782).

A person cannot hear frequencies above 20 KHz, but ultrasound affects human material in the inaudible range (unpleasant sensations occur at a radiation power of 110 dB (decibel), pain threshold, traumatic - from 130 dB (decibel), fatal - from 180 dB (decibel To reliably destroy a person, ultrasonic weapons use a radiation power of 200 dB (decibels). They use both thermal and mechanical effects of elastic vibrations with frequencies above 100 kHz. Even this intensity of concentrated vibrations significantly affects mental structures and nervous system, causing headache, dizziness, visual and breathing disturbances, nausea, convulsions, and sometimes blackout. Ultrasonic radiation has a very strong influence on the human psyche, which is what the military became interested in when creating the so-called psychotronic weapons. Such developments are carried out by medical institutions (Krasnoyarsk State Medical Academy, Krasnoyarsk Regional Psychoneurological Dispensary (Lomonosova St. 1), psychiatric hospital, Krasnoyarsk Special Hospital-Polyclinic of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate (Karl Marx St. 128), etc.), and serially acoustic (infrasonic, ultrasonic ) weapons are produced for military products at the Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant. Devices for such effects are easy to make yourself, but only if you have the appropriate technical training. “Calcination” of selected areas of the brain with well-focused ultrasound is sometimes used to permanently remove some unwanted memories from memory, but this is only possible with the use of well-trained personnel and special equipment used in medicine. Emitters that produce ultrasonic radiation, which are in service with the Ministry of Defense and the FSB of the Russian Federation, are classified. A targeted pulse of ultrasonic radiation can suddenly stop the heart of any person. Ultrasound travels well through obstacles. Frequencies from 20 KHz to 1 MHz are considered dangerous (43, p. 190; 32, p. 132; 33, p. 375).

To combat terrorism in air transport, based on military research, an ultrasonic weapon of relatively small size has been developed, which in shape resembles a gun no more than a meter long; the ultrasound emitter operates in a pulsed mode and hits a person in a split second, just like when firing a shot from a firearm . After the shot, the sound begins to increase until it reaches 140 decibels (this is 20 times the value after which the sound becomes painful). The advantage of this weapon is that while ultrasound effectively affects human material, it does not damage the aircraft’s skin and other objects.

The use of mechanical resonance of elastic vibrations with frequencies below 16 Hz, which are not perceptible by ear, is very effective in secretly influencing a person. The most dangerous range here is considered to be from 6 to 9 Hz. Significant psychotronic effects are most pronounced at a frequency of 7 Hz, consonant with the alpha rhythm of natural brain vibrations, and any mental work in this case becomes impossible, since it seems that the head is about to be torn into small pieces (43, p. 191; 33, p. .375).

The use of infrasound emitters with a frequency resonant with the natural vibrations of human internal organs causes severe pain, a person can go blind, and death is possible. Infrasound radiation penetrates through thick walls and over long distances (26, p.90).

When conducting special experiments on highly developed biological objects, it was discovered that at such an intensity of infrasound, the object tends to leave the affected area. When the intensity of irradiation was increased, the devices recorded a sharp increase in heart rate, and the object began to rush in different directions. Then the amplitude of cardiac vibrations increased sharply, the blood vessels could not stand it and burst.

The conclusions drawn from such experiments are as follows:

• -infrasonic vibrations, correctly modulated signals of even low intensity cause nausea and ringing in the ears, as well as blurred vision and unaccountable fear;
• - fluctuations of moderate intensity can cause disorders of the digestive system, dysfunction of the brain with the most unexpected consequences, paralysis, general weakness, and sometimes blindness;
• -high-intensity infrasound, entailing resonance, leads to disruption of the functioning of almost all internal organs, and death is possible due to cardiac arrest or due to the destruction of blood vessels (31, p. 39).

Infrafrequencies of about 12 Hz with a force of 85-110 dB induce attacks of seasickness and dizziness, and vibrations with a frequency of 15-18 Hz at the same intensity cause anxiety, uncertainty and, finally, panic. Usually, unpleasant sensations begin at 120 dB of tension, traumatic - at 130 dB, fatal - 180 dB (32, p. 133; 43, p. 191; 33, p. 375).

Many vital human organs are like biological oscillatory circuits and resonators (they have their own frequency of oscillations ranging from 1 to 100 Hz) (34, p. 146).

“The use of infrasonic waves at frequencies measured in units of Hertz, as has been repeatedly reported in the literature, makes it possible to create weapons that damage the human psyche and body,” wrote academician A.V. in his article “to ban the development and production of new types of weapons of mass destruction.” Fokin. And, if we take into account the ability of infrasound to penetrate brick, concrete and armor, then it is logical to create a weapon that is extremely effective against humans. Therefore, the scientist’s call to ban its development is very timely (31, p. 40).

Other scientists do not consider it physiologically justified to use frequencies that can produce resonant or infrasonic vibrations on internal organs, lead to anxiety and fear, and destruction of vascular walls.

The “Trumpets of Jericho” effect is a harmful biological effect and cannot preserve human health (34, p. 146).

The first practical consequence of these discoveries was the emergence international standards, limiting radiation from household appliances.

In the Russian Federation, the main document ensuring human safety from the effects of various types of radiation is the Law “On the Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare of the Population” and the sanitary rules and regulations (SanPiN) and Sanitary Standards (SN) established in accordance with this document.

SanPiN 2.2.4/2.1.8.055-96 Electromagnetic radiation in the radio frequency range (RF EMR)

SanPiN 2.2.4/2.1.8.582-96 Hygienic requirements when working with sources of airborne and contact ultrasound for industrial, medical and household purposes

SanPiN 2.1.2.1002-00 Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for residential buildings and premises

SN 2.2.4/2.1.8.583-96 Infrasound in workplaces, residential and public spaces

Sanitary Standards (SN) of Ultraviolet Radiation in production premises(OSPORB-99)

Basic sanitary rules for ensuring radiation safety SP 2.6.1.799-99

Ionizing radiation, radiation safety (NRB-99)

Radiation safety standards SP 2.6.1.758-99 Ionizing radiation, radiation safety

It is especially necessary to consider the so-called non-lethal weapons.

“In our time, the military-political leadership of most Western countries believe that the types of weapons and methods of their use must be adequate to the scale of combat operations. To resolve interethnic and other conflicts, and even for conventional military operations, completely new types of weapons are required, the use of which is not causes irreversible damage to the manpower and equipment of the enemy or the conflicting parties and does not entail the destruction of material assets and the death of the population.

In this regard, the idea of ​​​​developing non-lethal weapons, first put forward in the United States and actively supported by many public figures, is being intensively promoted. The wide field of use of such weapons to combat terrorism, smuggling, and drug trafficking has given additional impetus to its development.

The concept of “non-lethal weapons” today refers to means of influencing people and equipment, created on the basis of chemical, biological, physical and other principles that render the enemy incapable of combat for some time. Preliminary research in this area dates back to the 80s, but at that time it was quite random. In the early 90s, NATO countries (the USA, and then Great Britain, Germany, France and a number of others) began work carried out on the basis of individual military applied research. Later, a special working group was formed to coordinate them. According to foreign sources, separate prototypes have already been created. The table given in Appendix 3 contains data on some types of such weapons.

In the process of further improvement of non-lethal weapons, it is planned to reduce their weight and size, increase efficiency, expand the possible number of targets, and create combined models. According to Western military experts, this will increase its mobility and range, and expand the affected area. psychotronic weapon laser infrasonic ultrasonic

Some types of non-lethal weapons were tested in armed conflicts in Somalia, Haiti, and Iraq. For example, electromagnetic weapons were used during Operation Desert Storm.

As a result, short circuits occurred in the electrical circuits of power plants and power lines, which ultimately led to a disruption in the power supply to Iraq's control and air defense systems during the decisive period of the operation.

So how are the prospects for the development of various types of non-lethal weapons assessed? Some Western experts make very optimistic forecasts. A far from complete list of possible options for using this weapon includes defeating personnel on the battlefield with laser weapons, setting up barriers using foam-forming compounds and spraying inhibitor gases over columns of advancing enemy armored vehicles, mass impact of electromagnetic and acoustic weapons on defending units located in shelters and divisions. In this case, a significant decrease in efficiency is achieved and even, possibly, a cessation of hostilities by the opposing side for some time, since personnel and equipment are rendered incapable of combat. Control of weapons and troops is also lost, but what is most valuable is that destruction is avoided settlements and save the lives of many civilians.

Western experts cite stealth and speed of deployment, noiselessness and suddenness of use as the advantages of this weapon. All this makes it very difficult for the enemy to detect and counter it. In addition, even in anticipation of the use of such weapons, its strong psychological impact on people’s behavior is noted, resulting in emotional imbalance and anxiety, self-doubt and unaccountable fear, and the desire to quickly get out of the danger zone and hide. This inevitably leads to a sharp increase in stress loads and, possibly, panic.

Along with supporters of the development of all the above-described types of non-lethal weapons in the West, there are also some military theorists who believe that only such types as laser, electromagnetic and information weapons can be adopted for service. The possibility of large-scale equipment of regular armies chemicals(foaming compounds, inhibitors, activators, etc.) raises great doubts among them.

According to foreign experts, in local conflicts and peacekeeping operations non-lethal weapons should be used independently, and in large military operations they can serve as a means of influencing both the attacking and the defending enemy to enhance the effect of using traditional means of fire destruction. In addition, during special operations it is recommended to use it to disable enemy rear facilities and communications.

However, some military experts do not share this opinion, believing that not all forecasts are based on the real state of affairs and it is too early to talk about the practical implementation of the plans of the developers of non-lethal weapons. According to skeptics, it may be effective, but has not yet been tested and practically verified. In addition, it is still difficult to estimate the costs associated with production and use. And the term “non-lethal weapon” itself does not accurately reflect the nature of its impact and the consequences of use, since some of its types cause mass diseases in humans and animals (often fatal), irreversible damage to the eyes and internal organs leading to disability, infection of vegetation and area, which may have long-term consequences. Of particular concern to scientists working in this field is the possibility that the production and use of non-lethal weapons may escape government control.

Experts are also seriously concerned about the international legal aspects of the use of chemical formulations, biological agents and lasers. This follows from the need to comply International Convention on the prohibition of the use of chemical and biological weapons in 1972. They see a way out of this situation in minimizing the harmful effects of these weapons on the environment and adopting strict regulations regulating their use. A number of questions arise regarding the methods of conducting combat operations using non-lethal weapons, especially in adverse climatic and meteorological conditions and with low concentrations of components, as well as responding to countermeasures taken by the enemy.

To ensure the protection of personnel from the effects of high-energy laser and electromagnetic weapons and other radiation, from which neither armor nor shelters can protect, they are created, in particular , aerosol curtains, devices that allow you to determine the moment of the beginning of irradiation and the dose received, special glasses, clothing. In addition, the need arose to form special units that should be equipped with control and measuring equipment, as well as sets of individual and collective protective equipment.

A device is being created in the UK, the explosion of which only temporarily incapacitates people, but is destructive for electronics. Instead of a shock wave, a radio wave of high frequency and enormous power propagates from the point of explosion of such a bomb. The microwave bomb will explode in the air, above the target. After this, all surrounding computers will burn out or at least stop working, television and radio lines, power lines and other power supply circuits in the area will be disrupted. A powerful impulse of electromagnetic energy will act on people in almost the same way as on devices - interrupt for a short time communication of the body, disable nerve cells (including the brain). As a result, the victims will naturally switch off: they will be deprived of consciousness for some time. But since living organisms are designed by nature with a much greater margin of safety, experts believe, most people will wake up without feeling any special consequences.

The main element of the bomb is a cylindrical resonator lined with ordinary explosives. During an explosion, a standing electromagnetic wave from the resonator becomes traveling in a split second, which means it becomes a powerful energy carrier. In addition, various modifications of these bombs may also include chemicals, say, that “eat” aircraft landing gear tires or a kind of biological weapon - microbial spores that turn liquid fuel into jelly. The development of such a bomb is only part of the program to create “humane weapons.” True, not all of its types will be so harmless to people. For example, British warships are already equipped with laser emitters, the beam of which can blind the pilot or navigator of an aircraft going into attack apparatus - an airplane or a helicopter. Vision will never be completely restored, and with a certain power of the beam there is a possibility that a person will go completely and completely blind.

The International Red Cross and similar organizations insist on a decisive ban on such emitters, which, as representatives of these organizations claim, violate the Geneva Convention. However, the bomb does not fall within the existing provisions of the convention. Therefore, it is not surprising that, according to the latest data, similar weapons are actively being developed in secret laboratories in the USA and Russia (52, pp. 191-192).

The current trend of expanding the use of optical-electronic means in combat operations, which makes it possible to facilitate the search and detection of the enemy in difficult meteorological and night conditions, as well as when they use various methods of camouflage, has determined one of the important areas of research in the general range of studies carried out abroad work on the creation of new types of weapons. This direction is the development of laser weapons for tactical purposes, which will make it possible to disable optoelectronic devices and hit the unprotected organs of vision of personnel, which are an almost ideal target for them.

According to research conducted by American military experts, laser devices (for example, rangefinders, target designators, simulators and simulators) under certain conditions pose a very serious danger to human vision during combat training. To ensure safety when working with devices that generate coherent laser radiation, special instructions and guidelines have been developed, and protective equipment is used to prevent damage to the organs of vision. In addition, during programs to re-equip armed forces with new types of optoelectronic equipment, it is planned to use laser radiation generators that are less dangerous for personnel.

On the contrary, to create effective laser weapon systems, the best option is to use lasers that generate radiation in those areas of the electromagnetic spectrum in which reconnaissance and detection optoelectronic devices and homing heads of guided missiles operate, as well as in those where the human eye has maximum spectral sensitivity. Damage to the organs of vision is considered by experts as the most promising area for incapacitating personnel during combat operations. This is explained primarily by the fact that a person is the final and main link in the “machine (equipment) - person” system. In addition, in modern combat, a large number of binoculars, periscopes, night vision devices and other optical and optoelectronic devices are still used, with the help of which direct observation of the enemy is carried out. Such devices contain optical elements that focus the radiation incident on them (for example, lenses), due to which the likelihood of damage to the organs of vision significantly increases (52, pp. 205 -206).

The optical system of the human eye freely transmits and focuses radiation from the visible (wavelength 390-780 nm) and infrared (up to 1.4 microns) spectrum ranges onto the retina. In order to destroy the retina, and even more so to temporarily blind a person, very insignificant energy densities of laser radiation in these spectral ranges are required. Many of the laser rangefinders and target designators used in the armed forces of different countries with active elements made on the basis of yttrium-aluminum garnet or glass activated by neodymium ions operate precisely at a wavelength of 1.06 microns, which poses a significant danger. Radiation with a longer wavelength is considered less dangerous, since it is absorbed by the vitreous body and cornea of ​​the eye and requires energy density levels several orders of magnitude higher to damage them.

According to American experts, even with lateral (not along the optical axis) laser radiation entering the eye and pinpoint burning of the retina, the damage can spread to peripheral areas due to extensive hemorrhages. Damage to the area of ​​the retina corresponding to a visual field angle of 5° will significantly complicate driving a car, armored vehicles, as well as recognizing the details of objects on the ground, which, in turn, will cause serious difficulties for personnel when conducting aimed fire from weapons of various types. To cause such damage to the organs of vision, it is enough that the radiation power is only a few milliwatts in continuous generation mode or several microjoules of energy in a pulse lasting several nanoseconds.

The current level of development of science and technology already makes it possible to create portable laser weapon systems for tactical purposes. According to preliminary estimates, in various types of modern combat it will be capable of causing temporary (up to 3 minutes) blinding of personnel within a radius of 1 km. Such a range imposes corresponding requirements on the development of this weapon to its energy and weight-size characteristics. In this case, a significant factor is the state of the atmosphere, determined, on the one hand, by weather conditions during a specific period of combat operations, and on the other hand, by the dust and smoke content of certain areas of the area (52, p. 206). When modeling the process of using laser weapons, they are usually guided by the fact that the negative influence of the atmosphere will reduce its range by at least 1%. However, the existing technological base makes it possible to increase it to 3 km with small weight and size characteristics of portable laser weapons that do not limit the possibility of conducting combat operations.

The presence in units and subunits of the ground forces of laser weapons, specifically designed to blind personnel, will primarily have a psychological impact on the enemy, who will be constantly aware of the possibility of damage to the organs of vision. In addition, those conducting reconnaissance using optical and optical-electronic devices need to overcome a kind of psychological barrier, since there are real examples of the enemy using laser weapons, which entailed serious consequences for the visual organs. A sudden flash that hits the eyes leads a person to something like an epileptic seizure. In this case, it is possible to place a source of a blinding flash in a 155-mm cannon projectile - based on the explosive heating of inert gases. Laser "cannons" mounted on armored infantry vehicles can blind the sights of the enemy and his soldiers, and not only temporarily. The wide range of laser radiation renders safety glasses useless. This type of weapon is very convenient when committing various terrorist acts. By taking a convenient position near the airfield runway, you can suddenly blind the crew of any aircraft taking off or landing (especially effective at night). As a result of loss of control, the plane will inevitably crash into the ground. In the same effective way, you can blind the driver of any vehicle, which will inevitably lead to a serious accident (60, p. 369). Proving the use of these weapons will be quite difficult.

At the same time, even such an undoubted advantage of laser weapons as an almost instantaneous action, which helps save time on the rather complex process of aiming, including determining the required lead taking into account the speed and direction of the wind, the distance to the target and the parameters of its movement, did not solve the problem of control of the defeat goals. The fact is that the use of an invisible infrared beam does not make it possible to observe whether the target was hit with laser radiation or not. In this case, the degree of defeat can be determined only by external signs of the target’s behavior on the battlefield. According to Western experts, this problem will be partially solved by reducing the requirements for aiming accuracy, due to the fact that due to the divergence of the radiation, the diameter of the beam spot on the target will range from tens of centimeters to several meters (depending on the range).

The possibility of creating laser weapons in the near future determines the need to develop effective means of protection, which require large investments. For example, such means may be optical filters having high absorption coefficients of laser radiation (106) (52, pp. 206-207). However, they do not provide absorption of radiation over a wide range of the spectrum and, as a rule, operate at only a few wavelengths. Broadband filters significantly absorb radiation from the visible range of the spectrum, which makes it difficult to routinely monitor the situation on the battlefield.

Active optical filters change the transmittance depending on the intensity of laser radiation incident on it and are quite complex devices. Judging by their weight and size characteristics, they are not yet suitable for individual use by personnel. At the same time, such devices, as well as high-speed shutters that prevent radiation from reaching the sensitive elements of various equipment and the organs of vision when permissible energy levels are exceeded, can be successfully used as part of the optical-electronic equipment of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other military equipment.

The first experimental sample of a portable laser weapon, codenamed "Dazer", was developed by the American company Allied Signals. It is based on a laser radiation generator based on an alexandrite crystal, which allows you to change the radiation wavelength in the range from 700 to 815 nm. Source electrical energy The battery is a nickel-cadmium battery placed in the pouch. The laser itself has the same dimensions as the American M16 automatic rifle. The total mass of the Dazer portable laser weapon with battery is approximately 9 kg, and the cost of a production model is about 50 thousand dollars.

Another sample of the Cobra portable laser weapon, intended for use by ground forces, was developed by the American company McDonnell Douglas. "Cobra" in its tactical and technical characteristics approximately corresponds to the "Dazer" laser.

According to American military experts, the created experimental samples of Dazer and Cobra laser weapons indicate a transition to a qualitatively new technological level in the development of tactical systems. In addition, according to their assessment, in the next century this type of weapon will play a major role in combat operations (52, pp. 207-208).

Electromagnetic non-lethal weapons have very good prospects. Electromagnetic pulse generators that use the energy of a conventional explosion rather than a nuclear one. With their help, you can burn computer circuits, electrical equipment, power plants, and air defense radars. These generators can be made into high-precision warheads for bombs and missiles.

To electromagnetic non-lethal weapons also include sources of microwave radiation - ultrahigh frequency. When exposed to people, they disrupt the functioning of the central nervous system and brain, cause a sensation of poorly tolerated noise and whistling, and affect the internal organs of a person, even to the point of death (60, pp. 368-369).

Acoustic weapons are considered one of the most promising types of non-lethal weapons. It is known that infrasound with its low frequency, when directed at people, plunges them into panic, deprives them of their minds, and causes disturbances in the functioning of the heart and nervous system. At the same time, it perfectly penetrates through walls into the deepest shelters or bunkers, behind armor and parapets. The development of this type of weapon was carried out in two directions. On the one hand, these are infrasound generators operating with “directed beams”. On the other hand, infrasonic “bombs” dropped on the enemy (60, p. 367).

Such damaging properties of the products could not but interest the relevant departments. I. Tsarev writes: “Publications began to appear in the press talking about design bureaus where devices for remote influence on the human psyche were created; with reference to a former employee of the KGB of the USSR, it was reported about special generators with the help of which individual apartments in large cities were irradiated for a long time "(52, p.91). This information was fully confirmed (26, p. 72). In both Russia and the United States, law enforcement agencies have been experimenting with new technologies for more than half a century. Louis Slizen, editor of the American magazine Microway News, writes: “The human body is electrochemical system, and devices influencing it have already been created. Naturally, in our high-tech country, the military could not help but become interested in such devices. Work in this area has been going on for more than 30 years and is surrounded by a veil of secrecy. They occupy the laboratories of some universities and five military research centers. Considerable sums are being allocated for the development of psi-weapons; in particular, the US Air Force Electrochemical Laboratory plans to spend over 100 million dollars on psi-weapons in the next five years."

Work on the creation of devices that make it possible to influence people not directly, but at a distance (and a significant one), was one of the first to begin by the military Institute of Radiobiological Research in Bethesda, Maryland (56, p. 30). These experiments began back in 1965, but scientists achieved visible results only by 1980, when special microwave radiation generators were created that were capable of sending commands to the human brain that controlled his behavior. Moreover, the control device is small in size, that is, it is easy to move from one point to another. This miracle of military technology is called a pulse-wave myotron. If you direct the radiation directly at a person at close range, you can completely suppress his will and paralyze him. The military sees a great future for this device (56, p30-31). The military in the USSR conducted tests of psychotronic weapons on human material on a huge scale, since it was not customary to stand on ceremony with people in the Soviet Union. Only in the 1990s did it become known that top-secret research was authorized in the USSR as part of a national program for “the study, implementation and technical testing of bioenergy weapons in the interests of the defense and security of the country.” For this purpose, branches controlled by the secret services were opened in a number of research institutes. Astronomical sums were allocated for the existence of these branches, institutes, and departments. How much of the population was subjected to illegal and secret irradiation cannot be calculated even now, since testing of psychotronic weapons in Russia continues (56, p. 46) (62, p. 77).

There are known facts of work on the creation of high-frequency and low-frequency brain coding generators, dowsing installations, and the use of chemical and biological agents to create controlled human material. The treatment of experimental subjects begins with the suppression of their ability to resist. It is most important. Turn off the control - and you have mastered the psyche of another person, that is, you can now do whatever you want with him. It’s not easy to “turn off” consciousness, especially in several people at once. Therefore, processing begins with sending a beam of electromagnetic, sound or torsion radiation (56, p. 23). After such powerful treatment, a person completely loses control over himself and, if he remains alive, he becomes controllable.

According to the type of action, all methods of turning off consciousness can be divided into electromagnetic (field) and sound, with torsion (micro-leptonic) influence standing apart. All types of these radiations are extremely destructive to human health and can cause serious illnesses.

Laser and X-ray radiation are also used, which are even more destructive to humans. For experimenters, this is a very convenient type of radiation, because there are no visible obstacles for it: radiation can be directed through reinforced concrete walls! In addition, such radiation can be directed to the desired point. Laser exposure is often used at the initial stage of programming to achieve quick results. Such radiation has been used to eliminate people, since laser-guided death appears natural.

The most advanced is considered to be torsion or microlepton radiation, the same vortex flows that were discovered by the Germans at Ahnenerbe. There is simply no protection against it. Torsion radiation cannot be shielded at all. If X-ray radiation is stopped by a thick lead plate, then the torsion field passes right through the lead (56, p. 24). A weak torsion effect can put a person to sleep, a medium intensity one disrupts logical connections and “erases” memory, and a high intensity one can destroy both the brain and the body. With the help of a torsion generator, you can provoke certain diseases, sharply reduce or, conversely, increase activity, or you can influence brain activity, causing some desires or introducing programs. Back in 1998, our specialists created a mobile generator capable of covering a large crowd from a distance of 300-500 meters for a period of 15-20 minutes (56, pp. 24-25).

Noteworthy is the information from Georgiy Konstantinovich Gurtovoy, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, and Igor Vladimirovich Vinokurov, a graduate of Moscow State University, physiologist, about practical application applied products.

Among the existing methods of elimination (deliberate collisions with cars, imaginary suicides, poisonings, organization of injuries at work, psychological provocations, etc.), one has a clear advantage - irradiation in apartments. This is a secret and almost unprovable method. Citizens are literally smoked out of their homes using technical means. Radiation sources can be located in adjacent rooms of communal apartments, on upper floors or in houses opposite. The premises next door are allegedly occupied by employees of the REU or DEZ, the upper floors are rented by the KGB-FSB services by agreement with the residents, who in this case leave for long periods. It is impossible to enter such apartments - persons who have settled in them without registration are revealed only to the police. Victims of such actions complain of poor health, somatic and neurological ailments - headaches, hypertension, insomnia, or, conversely, falling into an unnatural sleep. Painful sensations: knife-type colic in the area of ​​the kidneys, liver, heart. After a night's sleep, bleeding defects 1-2 mm in diameter, burn spots of various sizes, cuts and scratches are found on the skin. Cuts also appear during the day, sometimes their appearance can be noticed visually - on the face, shoulders, legs, sometimes they do not heal well, they are deep and bleeding.

During sleep, with a fixed body position, a person finds himself defenseless. His body is exposed to deep effects on the body, mainly on the heart, blood vessels and genitourinary area. The variety of physical traces (wounds, cuts, burns) and sensations (pricking, cooling, vibration, acoustic shocks) indicate the use of a wide range of radiation - VHF, laser, ultrasonic ranging, infrasound, acoustic shock waves.

The created electromagnetic and acoustic fields affect the operation of household appliances - uneven operation of refrigerators, blinking of incandescent light bulbs. Acoustic shocks cause doors to open and objects to fall (similar to the poltergeist phenomenon).

KGB-FSB operatives who are engaged in “processing” a victim outside the home have portable devices measuring approximately 12x12 cm and 15x15 cm, which fit in a pocket; there are also devices in a more miniature version.

According to a special program, psychotronic developments were carried out by the 12th Department of the KGB, a laboratory under the operational and technical management of the KGB.

The work was supervised by the fifth and sixth departments of the KGB.

When an emergency situation arises, for the purpose of cover-up or preventive measures, security officers use the services of psychiatrists, since until recently psychiatric clinics were directly subordinate to the structures of the KGB-FSB. This made it possible to freely and with impunity carry out psychotronic experiments or neutralize an object and then hide “the ends in the water”, finishing off the “experimental material” with electric shocks and psychotropic drugs (38, p. 337).

In the 70s, the USSR Ministry of Health developed and introduced into the work of medical institutions a document called “Interpretation of Mental Illnesses,” according to which any Soviet man could be accused of insanity. For the same purposes, Professor Snezhnevsky developed “sluggish schizophrenia,” which does not exist in nature. And as a result, mental hospitals began to be filled with citizens who did not agree with the domestic and foreign policies of the state, or who dared to criticize their superiors, or expose the crimes they had committed. According to independent psychiatrists and human rights activists, by 1980 the USSR occupied one of the first places in the world in the number of people registered with psychiatric patients (about a million people). Therefore, as soon as a person declares the psychotronic influence exerted on him, the authorities will instantly and forcibly place him in a mental hospital, where fanatics in white coats, in addition to psychotronic torture, will carry out criminal medical-biological, pharmacological and other experiments on him. If earlier public interference in the affairs of the repressed, psychiatrists, 70% cooperating with the special services and the military-industrial complex, referred only to the medical incompetence of its representatives, now they also refer to the template, without a reasoning part, Resolutions of the so-called “people's courts”, which are more reminiscent courts of the medieval inquisition or troika of 1937. Recently, psychiatrists have argued that in the territory of the former USSR there is practically not a single mentally healthy person (63, pp. 35 - 36). The former USSR occupied and continues to occupy first place in the world in conducting uncontrolled experiments on people and animals (63, p. 38).

After the so-called “thaw” of the fifties, the ruling party needed a new, hidden from human eyes, form of isolation and destruction of dissidents to maintain power. Instead of the previous mass shootings, labor death camps and prisons, the party began to secretly use psychiatric institutions.

The scale of the use of repressive psychiatry methods in the USSR is evidenced by inexorable figures and facts. Based on the results of the work of the commission of the highest party leadership headed by A.N. Kosygin in 1978 decided to build an additional 80 psychiatric hospitals and 8 special ones in addition to the existing ones. Their construction was supposed to be completed by 1990. They were built in Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk, Kemerovo, Kuibyshev, Novosibirsk and other places in the Soviet Union.

During the changes that took place in the country in 1988, 16 prison hospitals were transferred to the Ministry of Health from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and 5 were liquidated. A hasty effort began to cover up tracks through mass rehabilitation of patients, some of them mentally crippled. In that year alone, more than 800,000 patients were removed from the register. In Leningrad alone, 60,000 people were rehabilitated in 1991-1992. Across the country in 1978, 4.5 million people were registered. In scale, this is equal to the population of many civilized countries (64, pp. 6-7).

Let us now move from theory to practice of repressive psychiatry, to its inhuman implementation. Both victims and impartial observers from abroad agree that the same Morozov and Lunts should be named as the main organizers of psychoterrorism. But to these names one should add one more, ominous third name, which seemed to crown the pyramid. This was the main Soviet psychiatrist, crowned with all sorts of laurels, and at the same time a person who enjoyed the full confidence of the KGB, academician Andrei Vasilyevich Snezhnevsky. He was the scientific director and chief physician of the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Psychiatry named after. V.P. Serbsky (the institute was named after one of the founders of forensic psychiatry in Russia and is known among dissidents under the coded name “Sickles”).

Snezhnevsky, born in 1904, became a member of the CPSU in 1945, and in 1962 was awarded the title of full member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences. In 1974, in honor of his 70th anniversary, he was awarded the title of hero socialist labor, and in 1976 he was awarded the USSR State Prize. The Soviet reference literature did not disclose what titles and awards this academician-criminal received through the intelligence services. It is known, however, that it was Academician Snezhnevsky who was the inventor of the diagnosis “sluggish schizophrenia,” which allowed the authorities to declare any person sick if it was beneficial to them, and put him behind bars in a “psychiatric hospital.” It was Snezhnevsky who was the main “authority” who came out with an unfounded denial of those “revelations” of psychoterrorism in the USSR that appeared in the West (64, p. 18).

Psychiatric repression was carried out on the basis of five articles of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR of 1960 (Articles 58-62) and similar articles of the criminal codes of other republics. They provided for the forced imprisonment and equally compulsory treatment of mentally ill people who, “due to their mental state and the nature of the socially dangerous acts committed by them, pose a particular danger to society.” These people were to be “kept under intense surveillance,” for which special psychiatric prison-hospitals were created. It is interesting to draw attention to the logically completely unnecessary, but from the point of view of the special services, a completely understandable tautology in the named articles - “socially dangerous acts” that pose a “special danger to society.” With the help of this repetition, the social and political nature of punitive psychiatry was very clearly emphasized.

In the dictionary of repressive authorities, along with the concept of “mental hospital general type", new terms appeared - "psychiatric hospital of a special type" and "special facility", which meant psychoprisons. In communication among dissidents, they were called "psychiatric hospitals" or "madhouses."

The beginning of the use of repressive psychiatry dates back to the last years of Stalin’s rule, but it began to be widely introduced into the practice of punitive authorities since the 1960s, especially when the punitive services were headed by Yu.V. Andropov, a worthy successor to Yezhov and Beria (64, p.19).

A memo from Andropov to the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, dated 1967, has been preserved. Also signed by the USSR Prosecutor General Rudenko and the Minister of Internal Affairs Shchelokov, this note literally shocked the imagination of the powerful elders with the scale of daring socially dangerous manifestations, committed, of course, by mentally ill people.

The noble officials concluded in their report that there is a catastrophic shortage of psychiatric hospitals in the country. The question was raised about opening at least five additional “special purpose” psychiatric hospitals. This request was granted in full (64, pp. 19 - 20).

The caring attention of party leaders to the mental health of their beloved people did not weaken. In 1978, the Politburo instructed the commission headed by the head of government A.N. Kosygin to study the mental state of the country's population. The conclusion was disappointing: in recent years, the commission stated, the number of mental patients has increased; It was proposed to build, in addition to the existing ones, 80 new regular and 8 special mental hospitals. Of course, this request was also granted.

By the end of the 70s, there were already about a hundred psycho-prisons in the USSR, and their number was constantly increasing. Bearing in mind the pace of development, it can be assumed that by the time the communist system collapsed, the number of prisons - "hospitals" - reached 150. In some cases these were separate, special institutions. But, as a rule, in an ordinary prison a “psycho-corps” or “psycho-department” was created. This was easier organizationally, and it saved precious public funds.

The most famous among psychoprisons and prisons with psychiatric departments were the hospital at the Institute. Serbsky, Novoslobodskaya and Butyrskaya prisons, the Matrosskaya Silence prison (all in Moscow and near Moscow), a psychiatric hospital in the city of White Stolby, Moscow region, the psychiatric department of the Kresty prison and the hospital named after. Skvortsova-Stepanova on Lebedeva Street in Leningrad, hospitals and prisons in Dnepropetrovsk, Kazan, Kalinin, Chernyakhovsk, Alma-Ata, Tashkent, Velikiye Luki, Zaporozhye, Chelyabinsk, Chisinau, Minsk, Orel, Poltava, Kiev (Darnitsa), Riga. I have named only some of the most famous places of psychoterrorism. The map of the USSR was simply dotted with establishments of a somewhat smaller scale, as well as corresponding branches (64, pp. 20 - 21).

The special horror of keeping dissidents in these truly penal institutions was that they housed not only political prisoners, but also truly insane people who had committed criminal offenses, sometimes the most serious atrocities - murders, rapes with extreme cruelty, etc. At first, the “psychiatric hospitals” were at the disposal of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, but in the early 70s they were transferred to more reliable management - they have now become institutions of the KGB of the USSR.

Dissidents imprisoned in mental hospitals were prescribed extremely harmful and sometimes almost lethal drugs in huge doses. In particular, the “doctors” from the Dnepropetrovsk Special Psychiatric Hospital were distinguished by the use of such drugs, who mocked, for example, the famous Ukrainian dissident Leonid Plyushch.

General P.G. Grigorenko says in his memoirs that he was shocked by the amount of “medicine” that was forcibly shoved into the prisoners - literally a whole handful of pills at a time.

As a result, the unfortunate people could not distinguish colors, lost their taste, their mouths were constantly dry, and their stomachs burned. If the “patient” avoided taking “medicines,” they were administered intramuscularly. The same Grigorenko gives examples of the administration of aminazine, as a result of which abscesses and ulcers formed on the prisoner’s buttocks that could only be removed with the help of a severe surgical operation (64, p. 21).

Official psychiatry represented by the leaders of the State Center for Social and Forensic Psychiatry named after Professor Serbsky and Russian society psychiatrists maintain a majestic silence, covering the rottenness underlying punitive psychiatry with a façade of illusory well-being - just as handsome bouncers guard the entrance to a brothel (64, p. 34).

Punitive psychiatry, psychiatry that humiliates a person’s dignity and disregards his rights, is, unfortunately, immortal in our country and continues to this day only in forms hidden from society.

The “Law on Psychiatric Care and Guarantees of the Rights of Citizens in its Provision,” in force since 1993, is declarative in nature and does not guarantee any rights. Not only the general and reference clauses of this law are grossly violated, but also directly applicable articles concerning the procedure for involuntary examination and involuntary hospitalization, as well as the procedure for placing and maintaining patients in psychiatric boarding homes. Victims of deception related to the use of mental incompetence in transactions involving the purchase and sale of real estate are increasing. The system of compulsory treatment is still imperfect, especially in psychiatric hospitals with strict supervision, in most of them (Sychevka, Chernyakhovsk, Volgograd, Kazan, etc.) (64, p. 35).

The main center for forensic psychiatric examination was supported by the money of its formidable employer - the KGB (64, p. 40).

A clinical feature of the contingent of people who underwent SPE during the period of mass repression was the so-called reactive psychoses - acute states of deep disorganization of mental activity that arose as stress reactions to unexpected mental trauma. Just yesterday a person occupied a stable place of honor in society, but today he is a nobody, and has even become an object of humiliation for the punitive machine - an instrument of the same society. And the people under investigation unexpectedly (especially for the KGB officers) began to behave strangely: they became stupefied, lost the ability to speak, began to walk on all fours, barked, etc.

Manifestations of reactive psychoses and the search for ways to treat them necessitated the creation of a special clinic. The experts established the fact of a mental disorder, indicating that it developed after the arrest, and therefore there were no grounds for exemption from liability due to mental illness.

For the zealous security officers, a previously unknown situation arose: it seemed too early to shoot or send them to a camp - the investigation had just begun, many facts had not been revealed, and under no circumstances was it possible to send the patient to a psychiatric hospital: he would suddenly run away. That’s when the smart guys from state security came up with the idea of ​​​​creating special prison psychiatric hospitals under the jurisdiction of the state security system.

According to F. Kondratyev, the leader of the CPSU Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev became the proponent of the postulate that only mentally abnormal people under communism would commit crimes and that only they were capable of opposing the socialist system. This “wisdom” was picked up by the head of the “fourth” department of the Institute. Serbian D. Lunts. And he began to develop a theory of psychopathological mechanisms of crime. And by that time, not knowing anything about the insidious scientist from the terrible psychiatric institute, a new numerous gang of “political” ones appeared - dissidents (dissidents). It was they who shamelessly, in the opinion of the security officers, violated the “sacred” articles of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR (70th - anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda, and 190th - dissemination of deliberately false fabrications discrediting the Soviet state system), and became the main patients special department of the institute (64, pp. 44-45).

An active search began for “psychopathological mechanisms” of mental illness that would provide grounds for removing the accused from defense in court and sending him for treatment to a prison psychiatric hospital. And they found and sent. Kondratiev is a respectable scientist, he saw all this from the inside. In 1980, he was none other than the curator of the Kazan TPB, and he himself tested the mental strength of the spirit of one dissident - A. Kuznetsov, a worker whose ordeal in the circles of psychiatric hell lasted 17 years (!): from 1971 to 1988- y.

Naturally, no outsiders were allowed into the prison hospitals of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. F. Kondratyev himself, who has visited Kazan more than once, prefers not to talk about what he saw personally. He refers, for example, to a report he read from a commission of the USSR Ministry of Health on the state of the Sychevka Ministry of Internal Affairs hospital in the Smolensk region: “The Sychevka psychiatric hospital with strict supervision does not correspond to the concept of a hospital as a health care institution.”

One can agree with the scientist that psychiatry fluctuated along with the line of the CPSU; however, everything in the country wavered with this line. The peaks of these fluctuations were expressed in the predominance of those recognized as sane, primarily due to schizophrenia (64, p.45). The Soviet government occasionally sent its enemies to psychiatric homes as a form of punishment (64, p. 48).

So the Soviet leadership in some cases considered it very convenient to use the capabilities of psychiatry for the silent and outwardly humane removal of certain “inconvenient” individuals from the political arena. Later it also happened that psychiatry helped the authorities protect the absolute executioners of their people from deserved punishment (64, p. 49).

At a regular psychiatric hospital in Kazan, they first opened a special department for “politicals,” but since they were normal people, they could run away. And then, and this happened in January 1939, the NKVD Kazan prison guards were ordered to guard this special department. Since the special department was completely insufficient to contain the ever-increasing number of mentally “abnormal” state criminals, People’s Commissar of Internal Affairs L.P. A few months later, Beria, by his order, transferred the entire Kazan psychiatric hospital to the jurisdiction of the NKVD, and this is how the first prison psychiatric hospital appeared both in the USSR and throughout globe. This institution of concentrated collective madness, coolly organized by Soviet security officers, still keeps its terrible secrets (64, pp. 51-52).

If, according to the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs dated November 16, 1956, due to “recovery” 71 people were discharged from LTP B in 1950-1952, then in the next three years (1953-1955) - 234 people.

Due to “improved mental state” during the same period (1950-1952), only 14 people were discharged, and in 1953-1955 - 683 people, that is, 49 times more!

The same picture emerged for KTPB. In 1950-1952, 127 people were discharged due to “recovery”, and in 1953-1955 - 427 (64, p. 128).

The members of the commission naturally had a question about the reasons for the recovery of such a fantastically large number of patients. This phenomenon could be explained by anything, but not by the achievements of Soviet medicine. The chairman of the commission, A. Kuznetsov, took the liberty of speaking on this matter as follows: “An explanation for this can be found in the change in the practical activities of the KGB bodies. The rehabilitation of the wrongly convicted led to a review of the cases of persons who were in prison psychiatric hospitals. These hospitals, being institutions under the jurisdiction state security bodies, reflected in their activities, bore all the negative features that were characteristic of this system of that period.At the same time, it should be pointed out that there was a clear problem with forensic psychiatric examination in recent years, which objectively contributed to the illegal detention of people in conditions of compulsory treatment with isolation.

Forensic psychiatric examination thus, in a number of cases, created a “legal” justification for keeping these patients in these conditions. Institute named after Serbsky in recent years, due to its monopoly position and lack of control over its activities, has largely lost its independence as an expert institution (64, pp. 128 - 129).

Attempts to interfere in the activities of the institute by both health authorities and public organizations led to nothing, since in these cases the management of the institute hid behind the “special significance” of the institute, “special directives” and the special interest of the prosecutor’s office, justice and the KGB. Verification of statements etc. Pisarev and Litvin-Molotov confirmed the presence of major problems in the work of the Institute. Serbsky, who in his examinations usually recommended that the judicial and investigative authorities send for compulsory treatment with isolation of all those accused under Art. 58 and declared insane. The management of the institute committed a violation of the law, which was expressed in the fact that medical experts did not study cases of political crimes, did not report them, and, as a rule, these cases were brought to the institute by a KGB investigator thirty minutes before the start of the examination, he himself reported the essence of the case, and was present at examination and provision of a medical report. Considering that the statements of t.t. Pisarev and Litvin-Molotov about disorders in the prison psychiatric hospitals of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs and at the Serbsky Institute of Forensic Psychiatry were confirmed." The responsible controller of the CCP under the CPSU Central Committee, Kuznetsov, signed this document on November 30, 1956 (64, p. 129).

Thus, in essence, the legislation regarding the punishment of so-called mentally ill dissenters remained repressive, despite the new, more “progressive” formulations.

At the same time, the instruction approved by the USSR Ministry of Health (dated October 10, 1961, 04-14/32) “On emergency hospitalization of mentally ill patients who pose a public danger” came into effect. Its essence was that a mentally ill person could be forcibly hospitalized without the consent of relatives and guardians with the help of the police.

Within 24 hours after hospitalization, the patient had to be examined by a special commission consisting of three psychiatrists, which considered the issue of the correctness of hospitalization and the need for the patient to stay in a hospital. Thus, the trio of psychiatrists had to resolve not only purely medical questions about the diagnosis and depth of the mental disorder. She took upon herself the responsibility to decide that there was a social danger of a person - a difficult task, not always within the power of the court.

In fact, the instructions gave very broad powers to psychiatrists to make decisions about the fate of people. And these decisions depended on the views and mood of the doctors. Because in the instructions there is not a word about the qualifications of psychiatrists, about the procedure for reviewing a decision, voting, recording, etc. The authors of the instructions proceeded mainly from the presumption of non-personality of mentally ill people.

But the lack of the right to defense and review of decisions and the oblivion of publicity concealed the threat of vulnerability of persons against whom psychiatric persecution could be initiated from abuses of power.

All of the above-mentioned state-departmental standards formed the legal (or rather, anti-legal) basis, which began to gain momentum for the next repressive campaign of the Soviet authorities against dissidents (64, pp. 146-147).

It is now absolutely clear that it was with the favor of the party elite that the flywheel of repression against dissidents picked up speed. New prison psychiatric hospitals were created: in 1961 - Sychevskaya (Smolensk region); in 1964 - Blagoveshchensk (Amur region); in 1965 - Chernyakhovskaya (Kaliningrad region) and Kostroma.

If in 1956 the lowest level of occupancy of the Kazan and Leningrad TTB was noted (324 and 384 prisoners, respectively), then in 1970 there were already 752 people in the Kazan hospital, 853 in the Leningrad hospital, and a total of 3350 in special hospitals of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs prisoners.

Naturally, the flow of arrestees who were taken to the TsNIISP for special investigation increased. According to F. Kondratyev, the average number of such people per year was 350 (64, pp. 149-150).

Under such conditions, in the 1950s-1960s and to the present day, a tragic degeneration of psychiatry began in our country, as a result of which a theoretical basis was provided for psychiatric repression and a whole generation of doctors was formed who automatically determined people to be insane by order of any official, most often with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Such a decision immediately entailed a list of restrictions: in professional capabilities and in general legal capacity, in correspondence and many others (64, p. 150).

If it were 1937, there would be no problems with this kind of troublemakers; everything would be decided according to Stalin’s well-known rule: “no man, no problem.” But now it is easier and more convenient to call such undesirable people mentally ill, deliberately mixing them with real mentally ill people, and get the go-ahead to put them in psychiatric hospitals. And after all, this meant not only politically dissident citizens, but also those who fight simply for justice in ordinary life against tyrants - heads of enterprises, organizations, military units, police, etc., whom they support with the servile "public" "they were driven into psychiatric hospitals (64, pp. 162-163).

In the cold and reasonable head of Andropov, this worthy heir of Dzerzhinsky, a crazy idea matured, in the correspondingly changing political, economic and social situation in the USSR, to “civilize” the reprisal against dissidents, replacing the cumbersome, economically unprofitable, political Gulag, which had morally disgraced the whole world, with a compact one , a quiet and almost invisible psychiatric GULAG to society. The idea of ​​the “quartet” to develop a network of psychiatric “institutions” appealed to the CPSU Central Committee. On October 6, 1967, the secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee, which was attended by Suslov, Ustinov, Kulakov, Pelshe, Kapitonov and Danilov, considered Andropov’s note. In an extract from protocol No. 35/ The 13th meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee read:

"1. Instruct the USSR State Planning Committee to prepare and, within two months, submit to the USSR Council of Ministers a proposal for additional capital investments for 1968-1970 for the construction of new and expansion of existing psychiatric hospitals...

2. Instruct the Councils of Ministers of the RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR, the Moscow City Council, the executive committees of the Leningrad and Kyiv regional and city councils of workers' deputies to find additional space for converting them into special psychiatric institutions (meaning prison psychiatric hospitals of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs), etc. urgently resolve the issue of hospitalization of citizens living in Moscow, Leningrad and Kyiv (64, p. 163).

The development of design estimates for the construction of a large special-type hospital in Novosibirsk began. By 1970, a psychiatric hospital with 320 beds had been organized at the prison isolation ward in Orel, two more similar hospitals in Kostroma and the Kirov region, as well as a psychiatric department at the Ukhta hospital of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Komi ASSR. By 1970, the number of beds for the mentally ill in prison psychiatric hospitals of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs increased by 595 and amounted to 5,425.

The psychiatric Gulag, like a cancerous tumor, began to slowly grow (64, p.164).

“In recent years, the number of mentally ill patients has been increasing. In 1978, there were 4,486 thousand of them registered, of which about 75 thousand people, according to experts, are considered potentially socially dangerous. The network of hospitals designed to treat mentally ill patients is not developing sufficiently, which is clear from the following table:

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At this point it should be noted that by 1978, to the special type psychiatric hospitals of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, a “prison” was added in the village of Dvoryanskoye, Volgograd Region, with 550 beds, and preparations were being made to open similar institutions on the basis of the women’s colony of the forced labor camp in the city of Ivanovo and in the village of Fornosovo in the Leningrad region. In total, by the end of 1979, more than 6,308 prisoners were kept in special psychiatric hospitals of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, which compared to 1968 (2,465) was an increase of 155% (64, p. 179)!

It would be advisable to provide one more document.

SECRET 8. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR (across the territory of the RSFSR) ensures in 1981-1990 the construction and commissioning of special-type hospitals in accordance with Appendix 5.

18. The Ministry of Medical Industry will ensure the production of psychotropic drugs in 1981-1985 and in 1990 medicines for the treatment of mentally ill patients in accordance with Appendix 7; development of manufacturing technology and development of industrial production in 1981-1985. psychotropic drugs similar to the most effective drugs this group, released abroad." The USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs responded to the resolution very seriously and promptly. The construction of prison psychiatric hospitals began in Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk, Kemerovo, Kursk, Kuibyshev and Novosibirsk with a total number of beds - 3509 (64, p. 180).

In 1986, only in the six largest special-type psychiatric hospitals of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs - Kazan, Leningrad, Oryol, Sychevsk, Chernyakhovsk, Blagoveshchensk, 5,329 people were imprisoned.

This is what the dynamics of the growth of prisoners serving compulsory treatment looks like in one of the largest special-type psychiatric hospitals of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs - in Leningradskaya: 1956 - 324, 1967 - th - 783, 1979 - 854, 1980 - 915, 1985 - 1059, 1986 - 1181 (64, pp. 184-185).

In 1988, the USSR Ministry of Health operated 16 special-type psychiatric hospitals of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs. 776 thousand patients were registered with psychiatric patients (64, p. 192).

The terrible repressions in the field of psychiatry, which have no analogues in world practice, must forever remain in memory:

• 1) The illegality of long-term (from 3 to 15 years) and medically determined stay in a prison regime that is more stringent than for mentally healthy people in prisons and special settlements.
• 2) Abuse of psychiatric diagnosis, when the correspondence provided by law between the legal and medical criteria of insanity was not observed and the mere statement of mental disorders led to a conclusion of insanity, saving the Soviet system from objective consideration of cases related to criticism of the Soviet regime.
• 3) Medically unjustified recognition of persons without severe psychotic disorders as socially dangerous mentally ill, with the recommendation of compulsory treatment in a special type of psychiatric hospital of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs system.
• 4) Long-term detention of persons declared insane under political articles of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and who did not have severe mental disorders, with intact intellect and correct behavior, in the same cell (ward) with seriously and dangerously ill patients, in a state of delirium and aggression, and physically neglected.

Intentional and deliberate severing of social ties of patients - sending them to hospitals located at a far distance from the place of residence of relatives (for example, in Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad region from the Far East).

Deprivation of patients' civil rights by declaring them incompetent on the initiative of doctors, without medical grounds.

Dependence of the expert service and bodies carrying out compulsory medical measures on investigative bodies and state security.

Compulsory treatment without medical indications and taking into account contraindications: prescription of psychotropic drugs, including without the use of correctors that relieve the side effects of their use; artificial induction of pain and elevated body temperature by intramuscular injection of an oil solution of sulfur (sulfazine); prescribing a wet wrap, which causes severe pain when it dries; the use of punishment, including physical; transfers to restless wards during protest reactions against the inhumane regime.

The absence of any social program for the rehabilitation of patients, their dependence, even when fulfilling physiological needs, on the whim of guards and orderlies (until 1988 these were employees of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, and until 1991-1992 the functions of orderlies were performed by the so-called conditionally convicted prisoners, who were smuggled into psychiatric hospitals with strict supervision of alcohol and drugs, who came into contact with the most asocial patients, who imposed their camp “laws” on everyone, including political dissidents).

10) The complete absence of any independent control bodies supervising both the correctness of forensic psychiatric and judicial decisions and the progress, adequacy and duration of compulsory treatment.

The report of the American delegation to the Congress in Athens in 1989 expressed concern that the new provision on mental health care in our country does not provide sufficient guarantees against unnecessary hospitalization and that even the human rights protection declared by this provision has not yet been implemented in practice (64, p. .193-195). The use of weapons that infect with radiation makes it possible to effectively covertly carry out any type of repression, especially since law enforcement agencies will never solve this type of crime, and the victims, if for some reason they remain alive, will not be able to prove anything (they will either have their memory completely erased , or they will not be able to control their actions), since the corrupt psychiatrists included in criminal groups, such a contingent is registered in advance and has medical cards in psychiatric treatment institutions.

The following are used as emitters that affect the human psyche and body:

Infrasound technology (vibration and pulse). An infrasonic wave, directed by a powerful impulse, can create a kind of push or knock and destroy fragile objects;

Electronic equipment for irradiation with radio waves of various frequencies up to microwave. Both are paired with video equipment, which makes it possible to view through walls (thermal imaging, industrial x-ray method, etc.);

Electronic equipment paired with a computer system combined with hypnosis to interfere with brain function;

Laser equipment for physical burn injuries.

The following symptoms appear from the action of the emitters: shocks to the muscles. Cramps of the legs, toes, itching, burning in the soles, pain in the ears, numbness of the hands at night, causing cardiac arrhythmia, the appearance of burn spots on the body. All these painful sensations disappear when you deviate away from the source of influence, but the damage caused to the tissues and organs of the human body remains (26, p. 48).

The results of scientific research in the field of studying the effects of electromagnetic fields and acoustic waves on human psychosomatics completely coincide with the feelings of victims of psychotronic weapons. In both cases there are: girdling and acute headaches; dizziness; pressure on the eardrum; vibrations (vibration) of the abdominal wall and chest, individual muscle groups; dry mouth; pain in teeth and gums; difficulty swallowing; hand moisture; pain in bones and muscles; tremor of the limbs; pain in the reproductive system; arrhythmias; promotion or demotion blood pressure; decreased visual acuity; cough; increase or decrease in body temperature; coma; itching; tissue expansion; speech modulation; a state of fear, anxiety, and so on. With targeted irradiation, the above sensations can be easily controlled, significantly expanded, purposefully impacted on any areas of the brain and body, and a person can be used as a radio-controlled model. The list of artificially created diseases and damage to the health of experimental people fully corresponds to the list of diseases and damage to the health of people exposed to electromagnetic or acoustic radiation. According to this list, the most common are: malignant neoplasms; damage to the cardiovascular system; blood clotting or breakdown; brain diseases; functional changes or lesions, including lethal ones, in the peripheral and central nervous system; eye diseases; diseases of the genital organs; musculoskeletal disorders; bone tissue breakdown; organ damage or rupture; amyotrophy; damage to the endocrine system; skin damage; trophic damage - hair loss, brittle nails, and so on. Almost all technologies for psychoprogramming people provide for mandatory harsh processing of a person’s psychoenergetic center, which includes: the heart; organs located in the abdominal region; genitals; prostate gland; uterus and its appendages; spine; cerebellum; left and right hemispheres of the brain; frontal lobes; vision; other sense organs and vocal cords (63, pp. 19 - 20).

Grave harm also includes health disorders associated with the complete loss of professional ability to work that occurs after exposure to radiation for the purpose of causing harm with a radiator prohibited for circulation. After exposure of the victim to electromagnetic radiation exceeding the maximum permissible levels, he inevitably receives a disability group that does not allow him to perform his official duties and generally loses his ability to work. Considering the important role of the cerebral cortex and hypothalamus in the implementation of human technical functions, it can be expected that long-term exposure to maximum permissible doses of radiation with the purpose of causing harm can lead to mental disorders, including changes in conditioned reflex activity, behavioral reactions, state short-term and long-term memory, changes in the bioelectrical activity of various brain structures.

Also, with the help of such a device, you can subconsciously instill in people other people’s thoughts and thus control their actions. “Hard” and “soft” psychoprogramming are known. A “hard” zombie can often be identified by its “exterior” behavior: detachment on the face that does not correspond to the emotions expressed in words, unusual color of the whites of the eyes, sluggish intonations of the voice, incorrect speech, lack of ability to concentrate, slow reactions. A "soft" zombie is no different from all other people. Professional zombification is extremely difficult and requires a thorough study of the psychophysiology of the object, the use of special medical and computer equipment, and the involvement of coders - hypnotists who know the technique of multi-stage hypnosis.

The psychotronic “matryoshka” contains several completely different personalities. When switching from one to another, manners, gait, smile, and eye expression change. Zombification is characterized by the destruction of a person’s memory, which can be done secretly, at a distance, using an electromagnetic emitter or by contact method of processing an object using electric shock. To destroy memory neurons, very painful electrical impulses of 150 volts and a power tens of times greater than in conventional convulsive therapy are used to pass through a person’s head.

For faster processing, the object is stuffed with drugs and neuroleptics that suppress his will (for example, chlorpromazine).

To confirm the above zombification techniques, we can consider several techniques used in practice.

• - the person is removed from his former sphere, contacts with which are completely interrupted;
• - the daily routine should completely contradict his previous habits
• -distrust in everyone who surrounds the victim is actively provoked;
• -continuous actions of discrediting (fraud, ridicule) are carried out;
• - a diet predominantly carbohydrate and protein-free, with the addition of mind-numbing drugs (chlorpromazine) and mandatory lack of sleep;
• - upon reaching a state of dull indifference, the necessary coding is carried out using methods of active suggestion or hypnosis.

This option consists of three successive steps, such as:

• -brainwashing (clearing the memory of what it once perceived, breaking temporal-spatial guidelines, creating indifference to both the past and the future);
• -verbal coding (active influence on the psyche into which certain idea and presentation);
• - consolidation (monitoring the assimilation of the implemented).

The technique for implementing these phases is usually as follows: using hypnosis and strong sleeping pills (for example, barbamyl with chlorpromazine mixed in with it...) (39, pp. 194-195).

The information provided is confirmed by recruited intelligence services of other states or by officers of the USSR and Russian special services, officers (GRU, KGB - FSB) and foreign intelligence services who fled to other countries: General Polyakov; General Kalugin; Colonel Zaporozhye; Major Suvorov-Rezun (fled to England); Colonel Stanislav Lunev (fled to the USA in 1992); Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Gordievsky; Valery Martynov; Boris Yuzhin; Sergey Motorin; Sergei Tretyakov (fleeed to the USA in October 2000) and many others.

KGB General Oleg Danilovich Kalugin confirms the serial production and use by the KGB of the USSR of weapons damaging with radiation (psychotronic) to cause harm on a mass scale. Moreover, he claims that the USSR KGB officers carried out punitive functions with the help of psychiatrists (52, p. 88).

Many Russian scientists confirm that research is being conducted on electromagnetic, infrasonic, and ultrasonic emitters intended to cause harm (radiation weapons).

Sedletsky V.A. confirmed that since 1982, a system of over-the-horizon radar complexes began to be created in our country. It soon turned out that the phased antennas included in the complex were also capable of operating radiation. In this case, a single psychotronic field is created that can influence human consciousness. Such antennas were created in Chernobyl and Krasnoyarsk-26.

They are part of a system called "Shar". It is designed to control the theta rhythm and delta rhythm of the human brain. In special In the area of ​​Krasnoyarsk-26, work is being carried out with emitters that damage the human psyche and body.

More than 20 institutes were involved in developments in the field of psychotronics.

In the decree of the USSR Supreme Soviet Committee on Science and Technology, the parent organization in the country responsible for developments in the field of non-traditional fields named the Inter-industry Scientific and Technical Center "Vent", which was previously called the Center for Non-Traditional Technologies of the USSR State Committee on Science and Technology.

The report in the “Main Directions of Research” section of the Center directly speaks of the remote medical, biological and psychophysical impact of torsion emitters on troops and the population.

Resolution of the State Committee on Science and Technology of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 58 dated July 4, 1991 noted the funding of research into spinal and leptonic fields through the Military-Industrial Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR through the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the KGB of the USSR and recommended: "Propose State Commission on military-industrial issues under the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR, the Ministry of Defense, the State Committee for Science and Technology of the USSR, the Ministry of Defense Industry of the USSR, the Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry of the USSR, submit to the Committee data on the scale and sources of financing of work on “spinor” fields, “microleptonic” fields and related issues” (26, p. .179-180).

Director of the International Scientific and Technical Center "Vent" Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences A.E. Akimov invented a spin-torsion generator that emits funnel-shaped beams of rotation capable of “locking” devices (including homing systems). From such an impact, not only devices are turned off, but also the human psyche and the entire body. A.E. Akimov confirmed that the production of factory samples of torsion generators has already been launched for experimental work (26, p. 181).

V. Shepilov from the Moscow center "Eniotekhnika" reports on the presence in service of combat psychotronic generators capable of narrowly targeting the vital functions of the human body - breathing, cardiovascular system, neural connections.

Psychotronic generators, as defined by V. Shchepilov, are technical specialized systems, the most important component of which are sources of specially organized inhomogeneous fields that generate weak wave processes, apparently resonant to the subtle mechanisms of the brain and nervous system. Specially selected operators with special sensitivity to these resonances are able to direct the generated fields to the desired object and induce in it certain excited states that are different from the usual ones. Next, the operator, holding this new mode, modulates, forms, imposes a given state (52, p. 115).

A wonderful generator for fighting termites (author's certificate No. 1393078) was created by Professor G. Bogdanov. The radiation from this device kills insects by paralyzing their nerve centers. But when the frequency range changes, the same effect can have on a person (25, p. 49).

The defense company NPO Vympel has created a prototype of a blaster - a legendary weapon from science fiction novels. The small device contains only two four and a half volt batteries, and the shot power reaches 200 kW. The product effectively affects human material from a distance.

The Moscow region research and production enterprise Istok assembles microwave generators, various converters, amplifiers and other equipment emitting an electromagnetic field.

A group of scientists from the largest defense enterprise in our country, MKB Electron, made a sensational discovery. In the medical and biological department, headed by V. Kvartalnov, it was discovered that the laser radiation contains so-called psiquantum radiation. In human blood, under its influence, the degeneration of red blood cells occurs. As a result, a person’s immune system as a whole is destroyed. That is, AIDS in a new package. This information is confirmed by the general director of MKB "Electron" Leonid Vilenchik.

Work on the creation of laser weapons began in the USSR, and its launch into space orbit was planned in accordance with space program"Energia-Buran" in 1976, where the task was to launch this type of weapon into orbit and service it in space.

Doctor of Technical Sciences and Candidate of Biological Sciences Valery Konstantinovich Kanyuka headed the secret complex of space biophysics, operating within the framework of NPO Energia. Provided leadership in the development of principles, methods and means of remote non-contact control of the behavior of biological objects, including humans, using technical means - generators. The work was carried out in pursuance of a closed resolution of the CPSU Central Committee and the USSR Council of Ministers dated January 27, 1986. VC. Kanyuka said: “Based on the developments of our center, at least seven military design bureaus were created. In them, ideas were embodied in metal.”

Such work was carried out in Kyiv, at the Arsenal plant (26, p. 20).

Ukrainian scientists V.P. Mayboroda and I.I. Tarasyuk studied the influence of torsion generators on various objects (30, p.44).

In 1973, research was completed under the direction of Academician V. M. Kandyba in the Central Laboratory of the Arsenal plant / city. Kyiv/, the creation of another weapon system - the Kandy-7 apparatus, which became the most powerful emitter damaging the human psyche and body (32, p. 130).

Artur Zhashkov, a teacher at the Department of Psychology at the Nikolaev Pedagogical Institute, confirms the existence of secret centers for the creation of emitters for use as weapons in Kyiv, Nikolaev, Kharkov in Ukraine.

State Research and Production Enterprise "Delta", head of department Boris Tesalovsky. Ultrasonic devices “Zaslon” and “Anchar” have been developed to repel rodents and pests. The principle of their operation is ultrasonic pressing. In other words, the impact on the psyche of animals by acoustic vibrations of ultra-high frequency (25, pp. 47-49). The generator operates according to a random law of signal frequency changes. The so-called bionoise method. Every second a barrage of new frequencies hits the rodents, causing either frenzied rage, gloomy apathy, severe pain, uncontrollable joy, or wild horror. It is impossible to get used to such a kaleidoscope. And if the rat cannot escape, it goes crazy and dies. Such products have also been developed for humans (25, pp. 47-49).

In the eighties, work was carried out in Crimea on the effects of microwave radiation on different groups of animals and human material. Similar studies before the collapse of the Union were carried out by specialists from military unit 10003 in Moscow.

In 1961 in Russia, Dr. Yu.V. Zhang conducted research in the field of "electrical control" magnetic fields", as a result of which an experimental installation of BIO - microwave communication was created, consisting of a transmitter and receiver.

Wave vibration technologies for influencing humans are given paramount importance.

Director of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the Academy of Sciences R.F. Academician Konstantin Vasilyevich Frolov is leading a project to study the influence of mechanical vibrations of various frequencies on the human body. The technique of deep zombification of a person was created by Candidate of Technical Sciences Yuri Krivonogov in 1983.

In 1993, the director of the Institute of Psychotronics in Moscow, A. Kochurov, named several organizations that are now independently implementing special projects on damage to the human psyche and body technical means(emitters). It was the NPO "Volna", the state-cooperative center "Lidar", which finally included such work in their plans and the famous ANT.

List of research conducted at the Moscow Institute of Psychotronics.

Column "Level of readiness"

• 8.5 Mental modulators. They successfully passed laboratory and field tests and were used in real conditions.
• 8.10 "Radio voice" (inner voice). Translator of thoughts and courses of action. Used in real conditions.
• 8.15 Psychotronic generators. Currently used in real conditions.
• 1.6 Information duplication of personality. Passed laboratory and field tests.

Research in this area is also carried out in Krasnoyarsk. The "Gradient" device with such properties is being developed in closed scientific institutions in Rostov-on-Don. This was confirmed by the leading designer of one of the “numbered” institutes B. Krutikov.

The International Institute of Human Reserve Capabilities also works on a program for the management of human material with the help of technical devices. Aleksei Petrovich Sitnikov, a former Yeltsin psychoanalyst, also works at this Institute.

The following organizations have been working on the creation of psychotronic weapons in recent years: the Center for Unconventional Technologies of the USSR State Committee for Science and Technology (ISTC "VENT"), the USSR Ministry of Defense, the USSR Ministry of Atomenergoprom, the Military-Industrial Commission of the USSR Cabinet of Ministers, the USSR KGB, the USSR GRU, the USSR Ministry of Defense Industry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

Currently, the following types of psi-radiation equipment have been created that imitate mental suggestion:

laser equipment. Creator - Professor V.M. Inyushin;

pulsed infrasound technology. USSR Ministry of Defense;

electronic radio wave equipment. USSR Academy of Sciences;

microwave resonance equipment. Ministry of Health of the Ukrainian SSR;

magnetic generators. Made jointly with the USA;

ultrasonic locator generators. Made jointly with the USA;

VHF generators. Made in laboratories in Kyiv, in the systems of the USSR Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry;

spinor and torelon generators. Made according to the MK-Ultra program of the KGB of the USSR (Sixth Directorate);

special medical equipment with modified parameters. Made in laboratory No. 12 of the OTU KGB of the USSR;

special microwave generators. Fifth and Sixth Directorates of the KGB of the USSR;

installation of radio hypnosis. Registered on January 31, 1974 by the USSR State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries as “A method of inducing artificial sleep at a distance using radio waves.” Authors I.S. Kachalin and others (USSR Academy of Sciences);

"Radioson" installation. Made in 1972 by the USSR Ministry of Defense, tested in military unit 71592 near Novosibirsk (52, p. 46).

In 1987, it was planned to use a program for the development of special emitters and related technologies in the national economy and in military systems for human remote control. The last section talked about the creation of “means for controlling the psychophysical state of a person and influencing the decision-making mechanism.” The duration of the program was set at four years. This information was announced by Doctor of Technical Sciences Faryaz Rakhimovich Khantseverov.

In 1988, the Rostov Medical Institute, together with the companies "Hippocrates" and "Biotechnika", successfully completed testing of the latest psychotronic generator and submitted an application for the discovery of "The phenomenon of changes in the permeability of biological tissues under simultaneous exposure to magnetic and high-frequency magnetic fields." The new weapon "can suppress a person's will and impose another on him." Rostov generators are the most dangerous of all created types of psychotronic weapons and their use must be immediately brought under state control. The radiation of these devices is based on the resonant frequency of the natural vibrations of human internal organs, and the magnitude of the radiation is so small that it is much lower than “ethereal noise”, so no one will be able to detect these weapons, and its use can lead to illness and death for all of humanity and most biological objects of the Earth. That is why all scientists were shocked when General Kobets announced the possibility of using psychotronic generators in the events of August 19-22, 1991 in Moscow (52, p. 45). Since 1988, the production of spinor radiation generators began in Kyiv by the Institute of Materials Science Problems of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (V.I. Trefilov, V. Mayboroda and others). Serious developments have also begun at the Kiev International Research Center "Natural Resources" (A. Kasyanenko and others). Generators that control emotions have already been created, muscle tone, reaction, state of the nervous system, etc. (52, pp. 45-46).

The Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology and the Institute of Radioelectronics of the Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation carry out work under a special program with emitters. and others .

Academician Igor Viktorovich Smirnov Director of the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences in Moscow (Head of the Psychocorrection Laboratory Medical Academy Moscow) has been working for three decades in the field of finding ways to influence unconscious areas of the human psyche.

Research in the field of microlepton fields was carried out by Anatoly Okhatrin, head of the laboratory of microlepton technologies. He admitted that in 1982 he created a generator that had a very negative effect on humans.

Emitters prohibited for circulation are used not only to protect the fatherland, but also very often for criminal purposes.

At a meeting in the Kremlin on February 12, 1993, former Security Minister V. Barannikov said that there was a “brain drain” into criminal structures. The Ministry has information that in this environment there has been interest in pharmacological agents that affect the psyche, in technologies of hypnosis and long-term programming of the human psyche, in controlling human behavior and condition, in the use of persons with extraordinary abilities for criminal purposes. It is still unclear who, in conditions of poor government funding, became the sponsor of this research and technology. Sprawl secret knowledge outside of secret institutions is alarming. The high fences of once secret objects have become very permeable, and such technologies are already being used for criminal purposes, and this is also facilitated by the very low, purely symbolic salaries of scientists.

Experts say that currently various devices and installations that affect the human psyche and body are being made completely uncontrolled. They are invented and designed in the Russian Federation for various companies under contracts and for foreign organizations.

The unstable situation in the world, in connection with large-scale terrorist attacks in the USA, Great Britain, Russia and other countries, confirms the unlimited capabilities of terrorists. Currently, no one can guarantee that emitters intended to cause harm will not be used by terrorists or other persons for criminal purposes.

Candidate of Technical Sciences Elena Blinnikova-Vyazemskaya, in a report at the seminar “Russia and the European Convention on Human Rights,” analyzed the information that came from 94 cities of the Russian Federation to the Human Rights Information Center about the use of emitters that damage the psyche and human body: “The main motive for complaints recent years“, the report says, “these are complaints about terror carried out against an individual with the help of radio-electronic equipment.” The appeal of victims of psychoterrorism to the Russian Parliament contains a demand “to ban and destroy in Russia all bioenergy weapons capable of having any effect on the mental and mental health at a distance.” human activity, cause irreparable damage to human life and health."

Other demands include “immediately stopping psychoterrorism carried out by government agencies and the scientific mafia,” as well as introducing articles into the criminal legislation “providing for punishment for the use of psychotronic and leptonic weapons on Russian territory.” The appeal ends with these words: “Today they are killing us, tomorrow the same fate may befall you and your children” (26, p. 51).

Thousands of citizens turn to government and law enforcement agencies asking for help in protecting themselves from attacks using various types of emitters used as a weapon of crime and posing a real threat to the life and health of citizens. But officials now have no time to redistribute state property; the state has again forgotten to protect its citizens.

Early in 1992, a statement was issued urging a ban on the use of generators as weapons (40). It was signed by the heads of the scientific centers "Hippocrates" and microwave "Biotechnics", heads of departments of the Rostov Medical Institute, professors, doctors of science, serious and well-known specialists in their field.

Vice-President of the League of Independent Scientists of Ukraine, Professor V.A. Sedletsky also supports the initiative to supplement the legislation with an article on criminal liability for the use of psychotronic and other types of psychophysical influence on a person. He also argues that it is necessary to provide legal assistance to citizens who have been attacked using these products as a weapon of crime.

Experts believe that the main reason for many people’s lack of understanding of all these problems is the “invisibility” of harm - radiation affects our body, bypassing the senses. We cannot hear it, see it, touch it, but this makes it bad influence does not decrease at all. If urgent measures are not taken, we will face a tragedy that cannot be compared with any mass disease, even AIDS. Further developments of events are unpredictable (30, p. 3), since the legislation of the Russian Federation does not establish liability for committing an act with various types of emitters prohibited for circulation.

FEDERAL LAW "On Weapons" (paragraph 7, paragraph 1, article 6) - prohibits the circulation of weapons and other items, lethal effect which are based on the use of electromagnetic, light, thermal, infrasonic or ultrasonic radiation and which have output parameters exceeding the values ​​​​established by state standards of the Russian Federation and the relevant norms of the Federal executive body in the field of health care, as well as the specified weapons and items produced outside the territory Russian Federation.

LAW OF THE RF "On sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population" and Sanitary Rules and Norms, Sanitary Standards also limit the use of these types of emitters prohibited for circulation.

We all know the expression “Trumpet of Jericho”: according to the biblical story of the capture of Jericho, the army led by Joshua approached the city of Jericho, the trumpets sounded, and the protective walls collapsed with a crash. According to the Bible, what happened was a miracle of the Lord, but even then smart people associated the destruction with the specific sound of trumpets, which created a unique vibration that destroyed the walls.

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were persistent rumors that Germany was developing the latest acoustic missiles capable of hitting personnel, aircraft and defensive structures. But, basically, these rumors were not confirmed.

Only after the end of World War 2, the Allies discovered a huge and incomprehensible structure on German territory. During the investigation, two working versions of the purpose of the structure emerged - either it was a huge model of a biblical pipe, or an experimental vortex cannon, which did not bring the expected results.

Development of modern acoustic weapons.

Successful tests of acoustic weapons became known at the very end of the 20th century, when a device was created in Cambridge, similar in design to a pipe, which could destroy a stone wall. But due to the fact that the use of ordinary explosives for these purposes is much more effective and cheaper, the creation of acoustic weapons was carried out mainly for scientific purposes.

By this time, the so-called weapons begin to develop mental impact and psychotropic weapons. It turned out that certain low frequencies cause fear, hallucinations, discomfort and even cardiac arrest.

By the way, there is a theory that in the notorious Bermuda Triangle, due to the occurrence of low-frequency modulations of natural origin, people disappear.

The United States has come close to creating acoustic weapons, officially for the armed forces, but in fact for police use. Didn't lag behind them Soviet Union and successor Russia, developments were also carried out to use the dispersal of uncontrollable demonstrations.

Like any other innovative weapon, acoustic weapons had critical drawbacks, namely: the use of acoustic weapons equally affected the psyche of ordinary people and special forces. Sound waves in urban environments bounced off buildings, and the effect of the weapon was exactly the opposite.

The LRAD system was developed in 2000 to protect surface ships from terrorists, pirates and unauthorized demonstrations. Due to the fact that there are practically no reflective obstacles in the sea, the installation is completely safe for the ship’s crew. LRAD basically uses a monstrous roar at low frequencies down to 150 dB. An airplane, for example, creates a roar of 120 dB from its engines, which is the limit for human hearing. Therefore, installation on ships operates on the “cheap and cheerful” principle.

At the end of 2005, Somali pirate boats attacked the cruise ship "Seabourn Spirit", but when trying to get on board they began to throw their weapons and covered their ears with their free hands from the terrible pain that came from nowhere. This was the first time the LRAD acoustic weapon was successfully used.

The development of this system was carried out to ensure secrecy at sites of special importance, but after the successful use of acoustic weapons on the Seabourn Spirit liner, a proposal was made to use it on all large surface ships.

The countries of Europe, East and Asia became very interested in such weapons. Israel even used similar developments when creating the Tsaaka system, which was even tested on demonstrators in Jerusalem; there are rumors about attempts to use this weapon in the Gaza Strip.

To create the surface-based LRAD, developments from the American Technology Corporation were used.

The company produces:
- mobile LRAD units up to 130 dB, installed on armored personnel carriers and jeeps.
- manual LRADs. The design resembles a megaphone, up to 120 dB.

The latter is safe to use even in urban environments; thanks to its rapid dissipation, after 20-30 meters the reflected sound will lose most of its power.

LRAD Sound Cannon.

Let's take a closer look at the mobile version of the acoustic weapon used by US police forces.
Based on the weight and overall characteristics, these tools can be installed on any vehicle and more.
The US police used these weapons no more than a dozen times to disperse demonstrations.

Although the acoustic weapon is “humane,” after its use, waves of protests against the use of such weapons by the police swept across the United States. After all, an LRAD weapon can be fatal if exposed to it for a long time.

Key Features of LRAD Sound Cannon:
- weight 20 kilograms;
- diameter 83 centimeters;
- sound wave propagation sector up to 30 degrees;
- power can reach (LRAD 2000X) up to 162 dB;
- audibility reaches 9 kilometers;
- coverage area is approximately 100 meters, in boost modes up to 300 meters;
- zone of critical organ damage up to 15 meters.
There were also projects for sonic pistols, but due to design flaws and large dimensions and accidental effects on the owner, they were not included in mass production.

Interest in sound, or as it is also called acoustic or sonar, weapons today is greater than ever. According to experts, the possible consequences of its use against humans are in a very wide range

Sound weapons are an integral part of the new principles of warfare, the essence of which is the desire to minimize material and human losses, not to destroy the enemy, but to control him, to deprive him of the ability to conduct combat operations and, above all, to break his will to resist. In this context, these weapons can be seen as the quintessence of new principles of warfare.

Interest in sound, or as it is also called acoustic or sonar, weapons today is greater than ever. According to experts, the possible consequences of its use against humans are in a very wide range, ranging from discomfort, temporary hearing loss and even death. Sound can influence the human psyche, create fear, invisible obstacles, and plunge entire units into panic. Sound weapons can be intended for various uses - dispersing crowds (demonstrations), organizing panic, protecting objects, rescuing hostages, stopping the movement of people and vehicles.

The entire world around us is a collection of waves. Everything fluctuates, from elementary particles to galaxies. The human ear perceives a very narrow range of vibrations, but this does not mean that sounds beyond our hearing do not affect our body - they affect it even to the point of changing the structure of the body’s tissues at the molecular level.

Previously, it was believed that sound was neutral in terms of its impact on humans. There is a well-known example when, at a demonstration of the first steam engines, where there was quite good noise, the creator of the machines, White, began to reduce it. Those present asked him to leave everything as it was - they liked the noise, especially its background and monotony.

For a long time, noise was generally considered an indispensable companion to the development of technology and the success of technology. Few people expected that this phenomenon would become dangerous for the functioning of living organisms, especially since humans have some degree of auditory adaptation, which, by the way, does not protect against hearing loss and other pathological processes in the body.

The sounds that surround us, for all their apparent simplicity and commonness, are not so harmless. There was a report in the press that the elevator had been replaced in one of the houses in the southwest of Moscow. After which most residents began to experience constant headaches and sleep disturbances. It turned out that the working mechanism is the source of the unfavorable range of infrasound, and the elevator shaft, like a giant pipe, further enhances it. A similar effect is well known to volcanologists. The sound of erupting lava also generates infrasound, causing an uncontrollable feeling of fear and a desire to hide.

In 1929, a historical drama was staged at the Lyric Theater in London. The authors sought to evoke special emotions in the viewer. They shared their problems with the famous physicist Robert Wood. He suggested using an acoustic effect. The low-frequency wave of sound emitted by a giant organ pipe, inaudible to the human ear, caused a monstrous resonance at the premiere. The glass shook, the chandeliers rang, the whole building shook... The audience was gripped by horror. The panic began. The performance was disrupted.

What is sound?

Sound is called regular and periodic vibrations, and noise is a collection of sounds of varying strength and height, randomly changing over time and causing unpleasant subjective sensations. Characteristics of sound waves: frequency, length, intensity and sound pressure. The physical essence of noise consists in the mechanical vibration of particles of the medium (gas, liquid, solid), which arise as a result of the influence of any exciting force. Speaking about the dangers of noise, we primarily mean the effects of three of its characteristics: intensity, duration and frequency. All quantities are measurable, and the measurement results serve to determine the degree of exposure hazard and evaluate effective protective measures.

The human ear can withstand sound pressure ranging from 0.00002 (sound perception threshold) to 200 Pa (pain threshold), or sound intensity from 10-12-10-5 W/m2 and a frequency of 16-20,000 Hz. Illness and age greatly affect sensitivity.

Noise with an intensity of 60-70 dB improves mental performance, and more than 80 dB reduces attention and productivity.

It is known that certain sound frequencies cause fear and panic in people, while others stop the heart. In the frequency range of 7-13 Hz, a natural “wave of fear” sounds, emitted by typhoons, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, prompting all living things to leave the source of natural disasters. With the help of this infrasound, you can drive a person to suicide. Sound with a frequency between 7 and 8 Hertz is generally extremely dangerous. Theoretically, such a powerful enough sound could rupture all internal organs.

Seven Hertz is also the average frequency of alpha rhythms in the brain. Whether such infrasound can cause epileptic seizures, as some researchers believe, is not clear. Experiments give conflicting results.

The natural frequency of vibration of the human body is approximately 8-15 Hertz. When the body begins to be affected by infrasound, body vibrations fall into resonance, and the amplitude of microconvulsions increases tens of times. A person cannot understand what is happening to him, infrasound is not heard, but he has a feeling of horror and danger. With a sufficiently powerful impact, internal organs, capillaries and blood vessels begin to rupture in the body.

Scientists studied how the roar of rocket engines affects an astronaut and found that low sound frequencies from 0 to 100 Hertz, with a sound intensity of up to 155 dB, produce vibrations in the chest walls, reduce breathing, cause headaches and coughs. When the sound became even stronger, the astronauts became violent and did not want to fly into space. And then - up to death.

Association scientific research and Applications (SARA) in Huntington Beach, California, conducted sound research. It was found that infrasound at a level of 110-130 dB has a negative effect on the organs of the gastrointestinal tract, causing pain and nausea. At the same time, high levels of anxiety and frustration are achieved during minute exposures at levels as low as 90-120 dB at low frequencies (from 5 to 200 Hz), and severe physical injury and tissue damage occurs at levels of 140-150 dB. Instantaneous injuries similar to shock wave injuries occur at sound pressure levels of approximately 170 dB. For comparison, we can say that the maximum sound level when fired from a rifle is about 159 dB, and from a gun - 188 dB. At low frequencies, excited resonances of internal organs can cause bleeding and spasms, and in the medium frequency range (0.5-2.5 kHz) resonances in the air cavities of the body will cause nervous excitement, tissue injury and overheating of internal organs.

At high and ultrasonic frequencies (from 5 to 30 kHz), overheating of internal organs up to fatally high temperatures, tissue burns and dehydration can be created.

Now there is a debate between scientists whether infrasound is so dangerous or not. From the above information we can say that yes, it is very dangerous. Moreover, if new types of weapons are being developed on its basis (and quite successfully), and there is no control over them.

Robert Koch once predicted: “One day humanity will be forced to deal with noise as decisively as it deals with cholera and plague.” Scientists from many countries around the world are solving the problem of combating noise, since it is also a source of infrasound. All sorts of measures are being taken to combat both infrasound and noise. For example, in shipbuilding: the price of a ship is determined as 70-80% for its construction and 20-30% of the cost of noise insulation work.

Historical aspects

Sound waves and their use for military purposes have long attracted the attention of specialists. The first examples of the use of weapons on the properties of sound have deep historical roots. The Bible tells of the destruction of the walls of Jericho through sound. Egyptian sources report that with the help of sound, the Egyptians could put stones (and other materials) into a state of levitation (hovering above the ground), and, if necessary, destroy these stones. Mentions of the use of sound in combat with the troops of Alexander the Great are found in Ancient India, where this weapon was called Sammokhana. Sammohana caused the troops to flee in panic. The warriors of Genghis Khan used whistling arrows, sowing fear into the attacked ranks of the enemy.

The first real attempts to create infrasonic weapons were made by the Germans during World War II. In 1940, they were developing an operation to supply the British with many special copies of gramophone records with recordings of popular performers, but with the addition of infra-sound. The plan was to induce confusion, fear, and other mental disturbances in listeners. German strategists lost sight of the fact that no players of those years could reproduce these frequencies. So the British listened to the records without any panic. At the same time, there are known examples of steel barrels with holes being dropped on columns of refugees. As these simple devices fell, they emitted a terrible whistle and howl, escalating the situation in the columns of already frightened people.

The situation related to sonic weapons changed significantly after the end of the Cold War, when research on the creation of “non-lethal weapons” was launched on a wide front in a number of countries (especially the USA, Great Britain, Japan). Various modifications of these weapons began to be considered as a very effective means for neutralizing large masses of people, especially in cases where it is necessary to avoid causing them fatal defeat or severe injury.

The Iraq War was a landmark event in the development of modern weapons. Precision weapons, including sonic weapons, have finally taken the place in the US Army arsenal that analysts predicted for them back in the early 90s: while during Operation Desert Storm the use of precision weapons in bombing campaigns was 10%, during operations in Afghanistan - about 60%; during the war in Iraq, its share, according to preliminary estimates, increased to 90%. The Iraq War demonstrated that the US Army has become a complex technological complex, the effectiveness of which is based on the skillful use of various types of weapons. Almost all major types of non-lethal weapons were used against Iraq, including acoustic devices.

What is characteristic of the war in Iraq is that with the appearance of the American cruiser Belcap in the waters of the Persian Gulf, strange things began to happen in the ranks of the Iraqi army. Saddam Hussein's guards, hardened by years of brutal war with Iran, began to be seized by animal fear. At first they surrendered in dozens, then in thousands. This was the first psychotronic war in the history of mankind. It was won by the United States under President George W. Bush, who, when he was still the chief of the CIA, personally supervised the department involved in psi-development.

Sources of sound emissions

Considering promising sources of strength sound emissions, experts point to the use of loudspeakers connected to amplifiers based on generators or powerful batteries. At the same time, to obtain high sound pressure values ​​​​in the open air, a fairly large number of loudspeakers will be required. The Mobile Acoustic Source System (MAS) was constructed at the National Center for Physical Acoustics at the University of Mississippi for the Battlefield Environment Command, a US Army research laboratory. Preliminary estimates suggest that the linear dimensions of such a radiator, taking into account additional equipment, will be on the order of one meter or more, and the mass dimensions will be measured in hundreds of kg. This means that all such sound sources will either be stationary or based on helicopters, armored vehicles or trucks.

In this regard, the development of non-lethal acoustic weapons for installation on a helicopter with an adjustable frequency ranging from 100 Hz to 10 kHz with a range of up to 2 km is underway. In the future, it is planned to increase the range to 10 km. Such a helicopter will be equipped with a siren powered by an internal combustion engine with infrasonic power of many kilowatts, as well as acoustic beam weapon, operating on the basis of a thermoacoustic resonator with a frequency from 20 to 340 Hz, designed primarily to prevent unauthorized access by unauthorized persons to warehouses of weapons of mass destruction.

There are known examples of the creation of acoustic weapons that emit infrasound in order to transmit voice over a considerable distance. During the development, one of the properties of infrasound was used - transmission by a directed beam. The beam is weakly scattered in the atmosphere and travels a considerable distance before fading. At the same time, although infrasound is perceived by the human ear, it is not heard by it. The device, using infrasound, is capable of transmitting voice orders that appear spontaneously in the brain and force people to act in a certain way. Behind the scenes (conditionally) this device was called the “voice of God.”

An employee of the British representative office of Jane's Information Center, Mike McBride, states that with the help of special modulators, the voice of any person can be made similar to the original voice of the leader. Subsequently, the required text is read, recorded on film and broadcast, including on radio and television.

Use of weapons

Of interest is the joint use of various types of non-lethal weapons during combat operations, which ultimately makes it possible to achieve a high psychological impact.

A hybrid of optical and acoustic weapons deserves serious consideration. Due to the low scattering power of the laser, you can use the so-called. "25th frame effect", known as visual zombies. The combination of a laser with a 25th key frame, which contains the necessary information, with the “voice of God” bringing the “good news of submission” has a very powerful effect on the psyche of people. The skillful combination of these types of weapons with narcotic chemicals such as LSD can lead to a high final effectiveness of non-lethal effects. Against such a symbiosis of complex impact on the enemy or the rebel population, there will no longer be a need to use conventional weapons that can lead to massive fatal losses.

It is well known that when a charge with a power of 1 kg of TNT explodes, pain occurs in the ears at a distance of up to 200 m, and death occurs within a few meters, which, in general, corresponds to the damaging factors of conventional weapons. The effect of creating a “chain” of low-power explosions, the frequency of which will correspond to infrasound, makes it possible to use this effect on manpower. In this case, the acoustic power can reach megawatts, and the sound level near the source is 180 dB. Sound levels above 185 dB cause eardrums to rupture. A stronger shock wave (about 200 dB) causes lung rupture, and at about 210 dB it is fatal.

It should be noted that the damaging effects of acoustic weapons on a noticeable scale were carried out by Great Britain during the fight against riots in Northern Ireland. Infrasound sources based on the nonlinear superposition of two ultrasonic beams were also tested there for similar purposes.

Acoustic weapon weaknesses and defenses

Acoustic weapons have dosage and sensitivity issues that vary from person to person. When exposed to the same intensity of sound, some people may experience hearing loss, while others will experience only a temporary shift in their hearing threshold.

Almost all experts agree that due to the rather high vulnerability of the hearing aid, it is necessary, first of all, to ensure its protection. To protect the eardrum, rubber headphones or simple “plugs” can be used, blocking the entrance to the sound channel, which can reduce the sound intensity by 15-45 dB at frequencies of the order of 500 Hz and higher. At lower frequencies (below 250 Hz), headphones are less effective. To protect against exposure to pulsed sound at a level of 160 dB and above, it is advisable to combine headphones and a sound-absorbing helmet, which will be quite effective in the range of 0.8-7 kHz, providing a reduction in sound pressure by 30-50 dB. External protection does not provide greater sound attenuation.

A more difficult task is to protect the entire human body. This can be achieved by creating sealed chambers or shells, which must have sufficient rigidity so as not to vibrate and transmit vibrations inside. Of great interest is the use of personal protective equipment based on air (gas) filled inflatable containers built into personal protective equipment. These personal protective equipment can be coated on the outside with protective or shielding coatings that will enhance protective properties not only from acoustic impact, but also from other types of weapons of mass destruction, including those developed on the basis of new physical principles.

Porous and sound-absorbing materials can also be used to create protection. However, it must be taken into account that at low frequencies the absorption mechanism loses its effectiveness when the thickness of the protective layer becomes thinner than a quarter of the sound wavelength (for 250 Hz this is 0.34 m). A high protective effect is, in principle, possible when using personal protective equipment equipped with built-in inflatable containers, which, if necessary, are filled with air (gas).

The country that is the first to officially adopt sonic weapons and develop highly effective means of individual and collective protection against them will receive real superiority in weapons. Probably, in this case, even the possession of nuclear weapons will cease to be the main factor of independence.

Temple chime resists epidemic diseases

Sound can bring a lot of trouble. But with skillful use you can get even more good out of it.

In Rus', it has long been known that church chimes are able to withstand outbreaks of epidemic diseases, which is why in the event of illness, bells were constantly rung in Orthodox churches. At the same time, it turns out that they not only notified the district about a terrible disaster and in this way limited contact with patients and the spread of disease (quarantine measures), but also fought against bacteria and germs.

The most interesting thing is that, in the opinion of materialists, this absurd statement is confirmed by scientific experiments. The ultrasonic vibrations created by the bell, inaudible to the ear, exceed 25 kHz and are capable of influencing pathogens of infectious diseases and increasing immunity. The medium spectrum of sounds produced by bell ringing (100 Hz - 20 kHz) increases capillary blood and lymph flow, and the low spectrum (40–100 Hz) calms the psyche. Ultrasound in the 20 kHz range has bactericidal properties (“Microbiology”, Pyatkin K.D. - Moscow, 1971), which is currently used for sterilizing food products, making vaccines and disinfecting objects. At the same time, low- and medium-intensity ultrasound causes positive biological effects in human tissues, stimulates the flow of physiological processes, which generally contributes to recovery.

Naturally, these parameters are objective, which means they affect not only believers, but everyone equally. Therefore, inside and around churches there is an extremely beneficial microclimate that can heal not only mental wounds, flu and colds, but also more serious illnesses.

It is well known that the sounds of the forest are better than any medicine in lowering blood pressure in patients. Music also has a wonderful effect. Experts have found that the gastrointestinal tract has a resonant frequency of the note “F”. The note “do” can cure psoriasis, and the combination of notes “b”, “salt” and “do” is extremely useful for cancer patients.

Non-lethal LRAD weapons

American soldiers in Iraq have received a new non-lethal LRAD weapon that transmits deafening noise in a directed beam - 150 dB at frequencies of 2100-3100 Hz. The United States began using similar devices on military ships in 2000 to prevent small boats from approaching dangerous distances. Now the developer of LRAD, American Technology Corporation, has entered into a contract with the Army to supply mobile systems to the Marine Corps. The LRAD has not yet been officially adopted for service; it will be tested in Iraq. The system will be used as a deterrent because soldiers often have to deal with angry crowds. Experts believe that although the system is a non-lethal weapon, prolonged exposure to a sonic gun can be extremely dangerous to human health.

Sonic weapon saved cruise ship passengers

The crew of the cruise ship Seabourn Spirit gave a fitting rebuff to sea pirates, using sonic weapons against them during the hijacking of the ship by a gang off the coast of Somalia. Fortunately, the ship was equipped with a LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) system. The weapon belongs to the non-lethal class and affects the human nervous system with a special, unbearable sound. Under the influence of a directed sound wave, the pirates were forced to retreat. The Seabourn Spirit was 100 miles off Somalia when pirates began firing rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at the ship, then wounded one of the crew while trying to board it. The captain gave the command to use LRAD against the attackers, and in order to break away, he changed course and increased the speed of the ship.

The LRAD non-lethal sonic weapon was developed at the initiative of the Pentagon following the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000. The combat model of the sonic weapon weighs about 45 pounds, has a hemispherical shape and produces a highly focused, high-pitched, high-pitched sound that the developers compare to the sound of a fire siren, only much louder. If the fire siren is capable of 80-90 dB, then the maximum volume of the LRAD is 150 dB.

New superweapon - baby crying

The Pentagon is developing a new type of weapon that will use sound as a damaging factor. American sonic weapons will be used to "scare off" enemy troops. One of the most terrible sounds for a person is the crying of a child. The sound weapon will have a directional effect, and a special “hypersonic acoustic system” provides for the reproduction of “ baby crying» only when two ultrasonic signals reach the victim. The owner of a sonic gun will not hear frightening screams (played backwards, by the way). The sound volume will be 140 decibels, which is comparable to the roar of a commercial jet airliner taking off right above your head. It is assumed that after a sonic attack, enemy soldiers will flee the battlefield in fear.

Sound weapons used against Israeli demonstrators

The unique development of Israeli scientists is sound system emitting painful sound waves. Officials from the Israel Defense Forces confirmed the use of new tactics to disperse demonstrations in the area of ​​the Palestinian village of Bilin (Ramallah - Judea). According to sources in the press service, sound waves of a special frequency are capable of dispersing any aggressive crowd. The technology was developed by Israeli scientists for about four years, but it was used for the first time in a real situation. The IDF declined to provide any additional details.

An Associated Press photographer reported that strange looking An IDF vehicle arrived at the site of the demonstration against the construction of the security fence almost towards the end, when the demonstration almost escalated into open confrontation. Stopping at a distance of 500 meters from the crowd, the car released several sound waves, each lasting about a minute. Even though the sound was not loud, demonstrators were forced to cover their ears with their hands. After some time, the demonstrators, who were trying to prevent the construction of the barrier, were forced to disperse.

Ethnic aspect of sonic weapons

Torsion, micro-belt and other recently discovered particles have enormous permeability. Generators of such particles are being created, for example, in the Zelenograd laboratory. From the instructions for one of these devices: “The device is adjusted to the individual wave characteristics of a person. Obviously, it is possible to tune to the parameters of an entire ethnic group. At the same time, concentration camps are no longer needed to solve racial problems. Everything happens completely unnoticed. The object either becomes extinct or loses its national features”...

Vladimir Golovko