Hi, Fred:
I am reading thru the thread, so apologies if someone else answers this further down.
Several years ago, there was a large article in the US Popular Science about plasma weapons and microwave weapons. Recently, there was a heat weapon using microwaves shown on US TV for use in Iraq.
Wasn't the SCRAM jet prototype Australia just tested a joint US/OZ venture? That wasn't in WA, IIRC, but nearer to the center, near Alice Springs?
Point is: these weapons exist and the collaboration between our 2 countries does, as well.
The article seems to end in 1997. Have there been reports of plasma sightings since then?
The article mentioned NZ (although the detail was all WA). Isn't the present government there virulently anti-war? I can't see them collaborating w/us or w/Australia on weapons.
"...so apologies if someone else answers this further down."
Not that I have noticed. I think there's only two of us. I have been reading what I can find on plasma and microwave weapons for quite some time. For anyone not a scientist, some of this stuff is pretty technical...and gets mixed up with conspiracy/ufo sites as well.
The SCRAM jet prototype (from what I recall) began its life at the old testing site named Woomera.
Like you, I have no doubt electromagnetic/plasma/microwave weapons technology exits. From reading about Tesla, HAARP etc my head is full of it. But where's the wheat and how much is chaff I have no idea.
As for plasma sightings, well, no tinfoil needed; I saw several myself some months ago in Queensland. Stunning light displays, brilliant flashes across the night sky off and on as if someone was flicking a switch. Concentrated brilliant light...NOT lightening. (Same phenomenon as shown on: http://www.earthfiles.com/Images/news/I/ItalyMontegranaroLight2.jpg
Collaboration with NZ isn't such a stretch IMO. Anti-war the present gov may be, but anti-defence? I doubt it. Poor NZ has to go along, they know they can't defend
themselves. (Applies to Oz as well.)
Have you read 'Scalar Wars The Brave New World of Scalar Electromagnetics' ?
http://www.prahlad.org/pub/bearden/scalar_wars.htm