[IP] Hi-tech rays to aid terror fight
Thomas Shaddack
shaddack at ns.arachne.cz
Thu Jul 8 19:05:13 PDT 2004
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> 5. One could call terahertz "hard RF" in same way that hard x-rays
> bleed into soft gammas. But calling anything "hard" implies danger,
> and we mustn't scare the proles. Perhaps soft IR is better.
Technically, it's closer to soft IR. If I remember correctly, terahertz
detectors are closer to bolometers than to antennas.
However, "hard microwaves" could be good (or bad, depending on your side
of the chessboard) name for psyops purposes.
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