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Date sent: Fri, 22 May 1998 12:40:08 +0100
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ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 98
INFOWAR. information.macht.krieg
Linz, Austria, september 07 - 12
http://www.aec.at/infowar
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Technologies To The People+
We don't just make better technology.
We make better tools.
Technologies To The People+ 10 Gigawatt Briefcase Bombs Developed


        We are working in a new electronic "bomb" that uses

        high-power microwave signals to knock out jet fighters

        computers. We try to control military communications

        satellites.


        Pay attention, governments

        maintains close watching brief on developments in

        weapons technology including electromagnetic devices.


        The bomb is store in a briefcase and emitted

        short, high-energy pulses reaching 10 gigawatts, which

        could destroy complex electronics systems.


        Despite the science-fiction flavour, the

        electromagnetic bomb is close to reality. It has been

        the subject of extensive research in the US and

        presumably Russia for decades.


        The concept arose through early nuclear testing when

        scientists realised that high altitude atomic blasts

        produced an electromagnetic pulse capable of destroying

        delicate electronics systems on the ground.


        That was done through induced voltages that could burn

        out electronic systems.


        Any thermonuclear war would have started with such

        ionospheric blasts. One consequence was that military

        computer and electronic systems were "hardened" to

        minimise such damage, but civil systems remain

        vulnerable.


        Two types of non-nuclear EMP devices have been

        developed. One uses conventional explosives to induce

        the EMP; another uses a single-use, high-power

        microwave generation device.


        The design and deployment of electromagnetic warheads

        for bombs and missiles was technically feasible in the

        next decade.


        Problems remained. The most fundamental is assessing

        whether the device has actually damaged or destroyed

        the target.


        Electromagnetic munitions for bomb and

        missile applications promise to be an important and

        robust weapon in both strategic and tactical

        operations, offering significantly reduced collateral

        damage and lower human casualties than established

        weapons.


        Infowar & Interpact Department/Technologies To The People+

        **ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY IS A HUMAN RIGHT**

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Date sent:        Fri, 22 May 1998 11:43:25 +0000
From:             Hans Mittendorf-Labiche <hwml@mail.cpod.fr>
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Subject:          Re: INFOWAR: RE: information and art

dva wrote:
>However moving on...,I wonder now about art and infowar.
>It seems that art can act in information systems to jam relationships
>etc.(...)

I am an artist myself and work as much as possible with information
technology, since technology is a natural partner to the arts. What I
doubt is that many artists will find it important enough to get involved
with kind of moralistic issues to correct information of others e.g.
agencies which have an interest in manipulation of masses etc. After all
Beethovens nonth synphonie is a lot of information for some, but for
others much more than that... We should recognise the fact that there is a
lot which can't be explained. This is the very true side of art, it does
not fit in categories like information. The magic is that it uses
information, transzends it and through this process of transformation
creates new information. Who ever experienced this power finds it a waste
of time to deal with crooks. 


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