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Blowing Up the Bombers 

Jack Wheeler
Freedom Research Foundation
Saturday, April 13, 2002 

One of the most critical imperatives for Israel right now is to stop
the suicide bombing. One of the best ways would be to blow up the
bomb ­ and preferably the bomber along with it ­ prematurely. The
ideal would be to blow up the bomber so only he (or the occasional
she) dies without killing innocent Israelis. 

Here are two different versions of how to accomplish this. 

The bomb is set off by an electrical blasting cap. The suicide belt
contains, in addition to the explosives, a battery. Two wires come
out of the battery, two wires come out of the blasting cap. One
battery wire is connected to one blasting cap wire; the other two
are unconnected and separate until the bomber puts them together
(either physically touching them together or with a switch),
completing the circuit. 

The resultant electrical charge is carried to a thin bridge wire inside
the blasting cap. The electricity heats up the bridge wire to such a
fiery temperature that the primer, such as lead azide, detonates,
which in turn sets off the TNT. 

The key thing to realize here is that the bridge wire doesn't care
where the electrical energy comes from. From a battery, or from
another source ­ such as a sufficiently powerful radio frequency ­ it
doesn't matter. If there is enough electricity, the bridge wire will
heat up enough to set off the primer. 

Further, the wires coming out of the battery and the blasting cap
that the bomber puts together to blow himself up can act as an
antenna. All you need is the right radio frequency ­ between 200 to
600 megahertz (MHz) ­ and the wires, acting as an antenna, will
pick up the RF energy, transmit it down to the bridge wire, and …
kaboom. 

The megahertz frequency required depends on two factors: the
length of the battery and blasting cap wires, and the amplitude (the
power measured in watts) of the frequency. 

For a wire to act efficiently as an antenna, it has to be no less than
one-quarter of the length of the radio frequency wavelength. The
energy pick-up drops with the square of the wavelength, if the
antenna is less than one-quarter wavelength long. The shorter the
wire, the shorter the wavelength must be for efficient coupling. 

The higher the frequency, the shorter the wavelength. A 200 MHz
frequency radio wave has a wavelength about five feet, or 60
inches long; 600 MHz has a wavelength of about 20 inches long.
For a wire to act as an antenna, efficiently coupling or conducting
electrical energy transmitted at 200 MHz, it would have to be at
least 15 inches long (one-quarter of 60); at 600 MHz, 5 inches.
(Note: The wire can be longer than a quarter-wavelength; if it is
longer, you don't need to lower the frequency for efficient coupling.) 

Experiments could be quickly done using captured bomb belts
(with explosives removed) to determine what frequencies would be
best for detonating the blasting caps, at what amplitude and
distances, given the length of wire used in the belt. 

It is the total length of wire used in the belt, the total of all four
battery and blasting cap wires, that counts. It is quite unlikely all four
wires will total less than five inches in any given bomb belt, and
most likely will be at least 15 inches ­ so 200 to 600 MHz seems
the appropriate frequency range. 

The range of 200 to 600 MHz will also work with cell phone
detonators, which also have wires at least a few inches long
connected to a blasting cap that can act as an antenna. 

Thus version one. At every checkpoint in Israel, have people and
vehicles pass between two walls of sandbags about 7 feet high
and 30 feet long. Put two waterproof tarps, on the bottom and along
the top, forming a floor and roof. Midway, put an electrical coil ­ a
single turn of 12 gauge wire ­ between the floor tarps (the bottom
to keep the coil dry, the top so it can't be seen). Run another coil
between the roof tarps directly above the bottom coil. 

Couple the coils to a radio transmitter adjusted with an antenna
coupler. The coils must be in the same electrical plane ­ horizontal
­ as the bomb belt wrapped around the bomber standing vertically.

A short distance from these two horizontal coils, run another coil as
a continuous loop, under the bottom tarps, along one sandbag wall,
between the roof tarps, and down the other sandbag wall. This coil
is in a vertical electrical plane to detonate belts hidden in vehicles
and lying flat. 

Both the amplitude and frequency of the radio energy going through
the coils will need to be adjusted. One kilowatt of radio energy
transmitting at 200 megahertz may likely prove sufficient to be
picked up by the wires in a belt bomb worn by an individual only a
few feet or so away. 

It may take two kilowatts, or it may take a higher Mhz. But once that
is determined, any terrorist wearing a bomb belt walking past the
coil loop will be blown apart ­ and since the sandbags contain the
explosion, all by his lonesome. 

With vehicles, the metal will shield the RF frequency, but it will pass
through windows closed or open. A car's trunk or ambulance's
back hatch should be open while passing through. Higher
amplitudes should be used, say around 5 kilowatts. 

Version two is to sweep entire areas with RF energy, setting off
any bombs or blasting caps in the area. This, however, requires far
more power due to the famous inverse square law: The amount of
RF energy required multiplies with the square of the distance. 

To set off a bomb belt a few feet away, such as at sandbagged
checkpoints, requires only a few kilowatts (1-2 for individuals, up to
5 for vehicles). To set off a bomb 100 or 200 feet away (say, half a
block) would require 50 to 100 kilowatts. 

Armored personnel carriers equipped with 50,000-watt radio
transmitters systematically driving through Palestinian areas could
set off the blasting caps of any bombs in that area. A two-ton truck
with a TV camera could act as a RPV (remotely piloted vehicle),
with a 200hp engine running a generator to power a transmitter for
a 100kw RF output. Any blasting caps out of their metal shipping
containers, in a bomb or not, within a 100- or 200-foot radius, will
blow. 

No harm is done to innocent Israelis or Palestinians with this
method. Harm is done only to those with bombs. And the more
harm done to them, the better. 

© Copyright 2002 Dr. Jack Wheeler and the Freedom Research Foundation