UTOPIA (ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSIONS OPTIMIZED TO PRODUCE INTERFERENCE ANOMALIES

THERE IS A DIRE NEED FOR AN EFFECTIVE OPTICAL COUNTERMEASURE TO PROTECT ARMY ASSETS FROM OPTICAL THREATS. THIS PROPOSED EFFORT IS DESINGED TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A POTENTIAL OPTICAL COUNTERMEASURE THAT CAN BE USED BOTH IN THE AIR AND JON THE GROUND. THE INTERACTION OF UTLTRSONIC RADIATION WITH LIGHT HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THE VISUAL OBSERVATION OF A TARGET IS COMPOSED OF A SERIES OF LIGHT RAYS THAT CAN BE ALTERED WHEN PASSING THROUGH AN ULTRASONIC RADIATION FIELD. THE APPLICATION OF THIS PRIOR RESEARCH TO NEW AND MODERN ULTRASONIC TECHNOLOGY MAY PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT INTERFERENCE PATTERN WHICH CAN DEFRACT THE VISUALLY DIRECTED WEAPON AWAY FROM ITS TARGET. THE INTERFERENCE PATTERN, INDUCED BY THE COMPRESSIONS AND RARE-FRACTIONS OF THE AIR DUE TO THE ULTRASONIC RADIATION (PRESSURE WAVES), CREATE AN INVISIBLE DEFRACTION GRADING THAT DEFRACTS AND REFRACTS LIGHT IN ALL WAVELENGTHS. PRELIMINARY RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THE EFFECT, HOWEVER, THE PARAMETRIC VARIA-TION OF ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY AND AMPLITUDE MUST BE COMPLETELY DEFINED AND OPTIMIZED. IF THE APPLICATION IS SUCCESSFUL, A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN SELF-PROTECTION FOR BOTH AIRCRAFT AND TANKS CAN BE ACHIEVED.