Winn Schwartau begs to differ with my opinion on his missed predictions of drive-by computer fryings using High Energy Radio Frequency guns.
Winn says:
“HERF Guns are not a missed prediction at all! The U.S. military spends more
than $500M annually on HERF R&D, under the general heading ‘non-kinetic’ and
‘directed energy’ weapons. A cover story in USA Today showed in explicit
detail the specific laser versions mounted in dedicated 747s. The classified
U.S. Army HERO (High Energy Radio Ordinance) program dates back to 1990, at
least. The testing grounds for HERF are at China Lake.
“Ergo: I am right, you are wrong. That being said, everything else you wrote is accurate. And, we sincerely appreciate your involvement because … You Get It! Keep up the great work… and watch out for drive by HERFings!”
My response: Yeah, yeah. But I was talking about drive-by HERFings at
corporations and home offices – not military offensives. Maybe I didn’t
clarify the context. But I do stand by my assertion that “drive-by computer
fryings with HERF guns” have not and do not seem to be happening out here in
the private sector.
