The MH370 Tech Nobody’s Talking About
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Ashton Forbes discusses MHD (magneto-hydrodynamic) power extraction technology for hypersonic vehicles, tracing its development from the 1980s-2000s. He analyzes a 2011 paper on hypersonic vehicle MHD power extraction using shock wave thermal ionization at speeds below Mach 10. The system uses convergent inlets to create strong normal shocks that heat alkali-seeded air to ionization temperatures, generating over 1 megawatt per meter from a 50cm inlet. Forbes connects this to the 'Ajax' program and Professor Paul Siz's research on hypersonic aircraft. He proposes that plasma orbs in MH370 videos are essentially flying MHD generators - engines that use motion through air to compress plasma and generate gigawatts of electrical energy. The technology creates plasma sheaths (air spikes) that reduce drag by half while generating thrust and power simultaneously.
