There is nothing complex at all in making fully controlled modulated neutrino beam generator of any desired power. Humans do that from 60s.
The problems begin when you want to force neutrinos to interact with anything. They just don't want to do that. :)
Really, neutrino communications could be a breakthrough, but unlike transmitter, receiver is a huge problem and pain in the ass.
One who will discover a decent way to detect neutrinos without giant pools or other things of enormous size, will get an unstoppable means of communication. Guess, who will suffer most if people will be able to undetectably and uncontrollably communicate through Earth p2p?
Some game being played. Neutrinos can't be used to damage anything. They are chargeless and nearly massless, which means you can't hit anything with them. You can't change them into anything useful.
So naming them as part of a weapon is just plain baloney.
He never said neutrinos are being used as a weapon. He said the detectors are being used as a weapon (specifically the 5k+ digital optical modules or DOMs). I'm not saying I agree with him, just clarifying what he said. He said while working as an electrician he found anomalous power draw from the station or something like this. I do suspect there are hidden activities going on at that base but I'm not convinced that the DOMs are a directed energy weapon.
I was sloppy and did not pay enough attention due to time constraints.
No question that the DOMs are used either or both for a kind of 'x-ray' detector or for communications. They definitely would not capable of being energy weapons. Yes, no doubt there are classified functions operating there. I assume the place has a satellite uplink and it carries encrypted intelligence data. Hah, puts me in mind there should be an Ice Station Zebra Part 2, which these days would have Tom Cruise on a rocket-powered ski mobile.
I meant no disparagement of you - the cited guy could be talking about esoteric uses.
Here's a bit more background. The Sun emits neutrinos and they pass harmlessly through the Earth like it was a ghost. My guess is that if there is a neutrino detection facility at the pole, it could be being used to image the Earth. That use would make sense. Where would it be useful? Case 1. Let's say you want to detect underground facilities. In theory you could use solar neutrinos to 'x-ray' the Earth and see where some other country has its DUMBs. But putting the detector at the poles would have a poor angle of view so would be not very useable.
Case 2. Another possibility is that if a deep undersea sub used neutrinos for communication, 1) that would be unstoppable, 2) it could reach anywhere no matter how deep the sub. A nuclear-powered sub already generates random neutrinos, all one would need is to find a way to modulate the reactor emissions. Also in theory this might be usable to detect subs of other nations, but in a very coarse manner.
The word weapon does not always mean blow-up, sometimes it might mean intelligence gathering.
There is nothing complex at all in making fully controlled modulated neutrino beam generator of any desired power. Humans do that from 60s.
The problems begin when you want to force neutrinos to interact with anything. They just don't want to do that. :)
Really, neutrino communications could be a breakthrough, but unlike transmitter, receiver is a huge problem and pain in the ass.
One who will discover a decent way to detect neutrinos without giant pools or other things of enormous size, will get an unstoppable means of communication. Guess, who will suffer most if people will be able to undetectably and uncontrollably communicate through Earth p2p?
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Some game being played. Neutrinos can't be used to damage anything. They are chargeless and nearly massless, which means you can't hit anything with them. You can't change them into anything useful.
So naming them as part of a weapon is just plain baloney.
He never said neutrinos are being used as a weapon. He said the detectors are being used as a weapon (specifically the 5k+ digital optical modules or DOMs). I'm not saying I agree with him, just clarifying what he said. He said while working as an electrician he found anomalous power draw from the station or something like this. I do suspect there are hidden activities going on at that base but I'm not convinced that the DOMs are a directed energy weapon.
I was sloppy and did not pay enough attention due to time constraints.
No question that the DOMs are used either or both for a kind of 'x-ray' detector or for communications. They definitely would not capable of being energy weapons. Yes, no doubt there are classified functions operating there. I assume the place has a satellite uplink and it carries encrypted intelligence data. Hah, puts me in mind there should be an Ice Station Zebra Part 2, which these days would have Tom Cruise on a rocket-powered ski mobile.
agreed
I meant no disparagement of you - the cited guy could be talking about esoteric uses.
Here's a bit more background. The Sun emits neutrinos and they pass harmlessly through the Earth like it was a ghost. My guess is that if there is a neutrino detection facility at the pole, it could be being used to image the Earth. That use would make sense. Where would it be useful? Case 1. Let's say you want to detect underground facilities. In theory you could use solar neutrinos to 'x-ray' the Earth and see where some other country has its DUMBs. But putting the detector at the poles would have a poor angle of view so would be not very useable.
Case 2. Another possibility is that if a deep undersea sub used neutrinos for communication, 1) that would be unstoppable, 2) it could reach anywhere no matter how deep the sub. A nuclear-powered sub already generates random neutrinos, all one would need is to find a way to modulate the reactor emissions. Also in theory this might be usable to detect subs of other nations, but in a very coarse manner.
The word weapon does not always mean blow-up, sometimes it might mean intelligence gathering.
I wonder if there is any correlation to this and the lab in Lead, South Dakota?