Sensors technology has been highly classified and billions of tax dollars were spent for its development during the Vietnam War. The U.S. military and corporations then sold this technology to Europe. Many parallels to mind control technology can be drawn. The importance and funding of bionics, replacing man with electronic eyes and ears, to the military can be seen in the follwoing examples. Sensors development is like the development of the atomic bomb. It is a science-corporation-military-government bureacracy which has national security classification, no accountability, massive funding and military goals to develop lethal technology. This cold war bureaucracy rationalized government radiation experiments in order to defeat the diabolical communist enemy. Sensors technology has been found guilty of the similar crimes. Now mind control victims are alleging the same problems. This is how the unthinkable can happen, how something horrible like radiation experiments and now mind control experiments happen.Sensors technology is a part of the revolutionary change in military thinking. Technology has and is changing the nature of war. The use of sensors and the electronic battlefield in Vietnam was a turning point for waging wars . Many analogies to mind control technology development can be drawn from this example. It is clear that the political will at that time and today, favors the military-corporation goals. It becomes clear that mind control experimentation could take place and with the approval of top officials. The role of secrecy, the interest of the military to develop high technology and the serious implications of a lack of oversight are all contributing factors to the proliferation of sensors and now mind control technology.
Barnaby, Frank.(1984). Future War Armed Conflict in the Next Decade.Facts on File Publications.
Pg. 72 "...On the battlefield of the future, enemy forces will be located, tracked and targeted almost instantaneously through the use of data links, computer assisted intelligence evaluation, and automated fire control. With first round kill probabilities approaching certainty, and with surveillance devices that can continually track the enemy, the need for large forces to fix the opposition physically will be less important. I see battlefields on which we can destroy anything we locate through instant communications and ..." This version of the automated battlefield was described as long ago as 1969 by General W.C. Westmoreland, then Chief of Staff, US Army. The General based his statements on his experiences of new war technologies in the Vietnam war. Like most wars in the Third World, the Vietnam war was used enthusiastically by military scientists to test their new inventions under operational conditions."
Pg. 74. "Sensors. A sensor is a device used to detect the presence of matter or energy and locate it. The sensors on the automated battlefield may be sensitive among other things to light, sound, magnetic fields, pressure and infra-red radiation. They can transmit information about enemy forces by radio over long distances."
Barnaby, Frank & Huisken, Ronald.(1975).Arms Uncontrolled. SIPRI.
Pg. 60. The Automated Battlefield. ...The sensors on the automated battlefield can be sensitive either to the same physical stimuli as the human senses, for example light or sound, although usually with greater sensitivity, or to physical stimuli which is not directly detectable by a human being, such as infrared radiation, magnetic fields, electromagnetic waves, and so on."
Editor's note; For more information, see World Armaments and Disarmament SIPRI Yearbook 1974. Chap. 11. Here is a list of some sensors available in 1975. Acoustic seismic, radiofrequency, magnetic, chemical radar and infrared. Homing devices(infrared seeking and radar-seeking, laser guided and television cameras were also available at this time. The above book also quoted General W.C. Westmoreland..."Currently we have hundreds of surveillance, target acquisition, night observation and information processing systems either in being, in development or in engineering. These range from field computers to advanced airborne sensors and new night vision devices... SIPRI goes on to say "...The fully automated battlefield as envisaged by General Westmoreland...should probably not be anticipated, at least on such a scale, for some time to come . "The main concern in the recent public debate has been focused on the possibility that indiscriminate use of weapons might follow from the introduction of automated battlefield systems."
U.S. Senate, Electronic Battlefield Subcommittee of the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, Wed. Nov. 18, 1970 Pg. 1-5.
Senator Cannon. "...I want to make it very clear at the outset that the electronic battlefield program is not a clearly definable program as such. This term is used as the most readily available phrase to describe the many and varied types of equipment whose mission is to detect and locate enemy troops. ...Essentially, the key area of interest that gave rise to this inquiry was the development and use of sensor surveillance equipment which constitutes a new technique and innovation in locating enemy forces in South Vietnam. Former Secretary of Defense McNamara made the decision in 1966 to place in operation a military concept known as the McNamara Wall. Although this concept was never fully implemented, it did lead to the development and production of many types of sensor devices. These sensor devices were placed in operation in Vietnam on a very high priority basis. ...I do want to make one thing very clear to all the witnesses who will appear before this subcommittee. ... we do not want nor will we entertain any testimony that would jeopardize the safety and security of our forces or operations in Vietnam....we will receive this testimony later in executive[closed, classified]session. ...General Deane. ..."I personally think it has the possibility of being one of the greatest steps forward in warfare since gunpowder. ... There has been a lot of misinformation about this program on the floor of the Senate because we have not been able to release information that has been properly very highly classified. Statement of Maj. Gen. John R. Deane, JR, USA Director, Defense Communications Planning Group[DCPG]. "...I welcome the opportunity to report to you regarding the activities of DCPG. I shall briefly cover the history of DCPG; the sensor-aided combat surveillance systems... ...DCPG Established. In August of 1966, a scientific group known as the JASON Committee proposed to the Secretary of Defense a concept for inhibiting enemy troop and supply infiltration into South Vietnam by means of an air-supported barrier system, supplemented, of necessity, by a conventional barrier system. These systems basically called for the use of electronic sensors to detect enemy personnel and vehicles...
Editor's note. Please see article under section six for more information on the Jason group.
SESPA(1972). Science Against The People. The Story of Jason. Pg. 18.
"...Extracurricular Activities. A number of Jason scientists also involve themselves in the interaction of science with politics through non-governmental organizations. Drell, Goldberger, Glaser and Townes are all leading figures in the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), a 26-year old group of liberal, establishment scientists which tries to influence government policies on weapons development through Congressional lobbying. In a recent mailing, FAS Chairman Goldberger[a Jason member] asks scientists to "join with us in asking the Administration for a full accounting of past and present Executive Branch actions" concerning work on weather-modification in Vietnam and elsewhere. ...SESPA would ask FAS whether they also judge American pioneering in the use of the automated battlefield to be an intolerable misuse of science, and whether the many former (and current) Jason and PSAC people in the FAS should be expected to cooperate in a "full disclosure" of these and other weapons they have studied for the military.
SESPA (1971, Jul).
Pg. 28 "Electronic Battlefield, Inc. by Chris Robinson ...article describing the Pentagon's development of the electronic battlefield. Utilizing sensors systems... Companies involved include RCA, Westinghouse, Hughes, Honeywell, General Electric, Litton, Motorola, and ITT."
SESPA(1973,Jan.).
"" Humint" (human intelligence) seeks to detect people by amplifying their heartbeats and eyeball reflections."
Dickson, Paul. (1976). The Electronic Battlefield. Indiana University Press.
Pg. 37. "Anyone collecting bizarre weapons, weapons concept, and associated equipment will find the Vietnam era to be an especially fertile time for such things."
Pg. 41. "People sniffers-these pieces of equipment, which are more properly designated Aircraft Mounted Concealed Personnel Detector, were built to pick up ammonia in human sweat and urine as well as engine exhaust. ...proved invaluable in detecting the unseen enemy.
Pg. 42. "Ground target radars-....an important class of item in the overall collection were small ground target radars that were not too different from the older and larger models that saw service in Korea."
Pg. 72. "And if the Westmoreland speech served to give the electronic battlefield formal expression as a new military dream, the three-day, officially secret National Security Industrial Association (NSIA) symposium on the same concept showed it was becoming a contractor's dream as well. Some 850 industry representatives with secret clearances were seated for the meeting at the National Bureau of Standards in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Meanwhile an additional 1,450 were turned away due to the lack of space."
Pg. 102. "Finally on July 6, 1970, Congressional inattention was interrupted when Senator William Proxmire said, "Mr. President, I rise today to point out a classic example of the Pentagon's 'foot in the door technique,' one of the main reasons why the military budget is out of control. I am informed that the Pentagon has already spent some $2 billion on a secret weapons system called the electronic battlefield..." Congressional control- ...information on this program had been kept from Congress and its costs hidden within the Defense Department budget request.
Pg. 116. "...the program attracting more than the $3.25 billion in appropriations uncovered by the Subcommittee...Proxmire and the Subcommittee agreed, however , that the electronic or automated battlefield represented a whole series of technologies and programs that were combining to form a totally new American way of war, and that the investigation had only touched on one part of the whole. In other words it was a classic tip of the iceberg situation that seem to be begging for deeper examination...
Pg. 118. "While the misplaced millions paved the way for DCPG's dismantling, its actual demise was ordered by Congress when it began moving into new realms. ...Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard ordered the group to expand its activities from Southeast Asia,... to the rest of the world, especially Europe. Neither Packard's order nor an April change in the name of the group to Defense Special Projects Group (DSPG) were reported to Congress.
Pg. 122. "Having had great impact on the technology of jungle war in general and on the Southeast Asian War in particular, DCPG was given one more major job before going out of business. Under the specific orders of Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, DCPG began work on a project with the code name Mystic Mission at the beginning of 1971. the goal of Mystic Mission was to get the sensors and related equipment into improved, streamline shape for their European debut. ...$17 million bill for the Mystic Mission preparations..."
Pg. 130. "Formed in 1963, the Crows act as a booster group for electronic warfare (EW), which is that rich collection of esoteric equipment used to electronically detect, mislead, and evade enemy weapons efforts. They enjoy an almost legendary reputation in military circles for what they and their network of chapters have accomplished in creating a strong and burgeoning market for EW hardware. Like the Crows, the nascent Cricket Society[formed in 1974 to promote sensor technology] is open to people from government and industry and will have chapters dotted across the country.
Pg. 169. "He added that if I was hoping to write about "the automated battlefield in the large sense of the word" than I would hit a lot of dead ends marked secret, and that I would be lucky if I got a hint of what was going on. ...the electronic battlefield has already dwarfed most other huge Federal efforts and should soon be in the price class of the Apollo Program for space exploration. ...This is a "revolution in conventional warfare" talked about by Pentagon planners that will usher in abilities that existed only in science fiction magazines a few years ago.
Pg. 174. "There are others, but none is more intriguing than the "death ray" application first put to use by the likes of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in their scrapes with the forces of evil. Although few effort are so heavily wrapped in secrecy, enough is known to conclude that "high energy lasers loom very large in the military scheme of things.
Pg. 206. " The only major, sustained effort to educate the public about the electronic battlefield has been by NARMIC[National Action Research on the Military Industrial Complex, a branch of the American Friends Service Committee based in Philadelphia.] Its major effort at public education in this matter began in 1972 with the production and distribution of some 1,300 copies of a filmstrip and script entitled "The Automated Air War," which concentrated mainly on Igloo White. It was widely shown in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The NARMIC expose is a well-documented, strong condemnation of the electronic battlefield innovations used in Southeast Asia."
Pg. 208. "The "Winter Soldier" hearings staged in 1972. ...Eric Herter, grandson of the former Secretary of State Christian Herter which said in part: We have been participants in the new forms of war that are to replace the unpopular struggle of infantry and patrol against guerrilla bands. Replace it with a greater atrocity than a hundred My Lais: the systematic destruction of thousands of innocent persons, of entire cultures by an automated electronic and mechanical death machine whose killing will be one-sided, unseen and universal..."
Pg. 212. " The plans are drawn, the multibillion-dollar down payment has been made, parts of it have already been tested in real war, and the rest of the wiring is going in right now."