I am super skeptical about an earthquake gun because the amount of energy would be enormous. But the resonance frequency idea is plausible since you can pump that energy in over a long period of time. Let's assume this is possible.
Where would this weapon platform be based? Orbit would be ideal, but geosync could not hit everywhere so you would need several of them to cover the Earth.
How would it get enough energy? Massive solar panels? Maybe.
How would you aim such a weapon? It would be much easier to build and fuel if it were Earth-bound, but then aiming it through the Earth would be tricky and have side effects.
I'm with you on causing an earthquake, but what about triggering an earthquake? And can you trigger it in such a way as to maximize the amount of damage?
(I'm thinking similar to how we trigger avalanches, the power in the avalanche is many orders of magnitude more than what was used to trigger it)
I am super skeptical about an earthquake gun because the amount of energy would be enormous. But the resonance frequency idea is plausible since you can pump that energy in over a long period of time. Let's assume this is possible.
Where would this weapon platform be based? Orbit would be ideal, but geosync could not hit everywhere so you would need several of them to cover the Earth.
How would it get enough energy? Massive solar panels? Maybe.
How would you aim such a weapon? It would be much easier to build and fuel if it were Earth-bound, but then aiming it through the Earth would be tricky and have side effects.
I still think this is unlikely.
I'm with you on causing an earthquake, but what about triggering an earthquake? And can you trigger it in such a way as to maximize the amount of damage?
(I'm thinking similar to how we trigger avalanches, the power in the avalanche is many orders of magnitude more than what was used to trigger it)
Ah, the ol' earthquake gun trick, 99 ;)