Nikola Tesla FBI Files - Page 138

SEXTE The ill-fated Wardenclyffe tower built in 1901-03. It was intended for radio broadcasting and wireless transmission of power across the Atlantic. (Courtesy L. Anderson, after photo by Lillian McChesney) *41:aa An artist's rendering of Tesla's concept of the war of the future. The towerlike structures (based on the intended final form of the Wardenclyffe tower) are directing remote-controlled defenses against robot attackers. As Hugo Gernsback wrote in Science and Invention, where this illustration appeared, "Machines only will meet in mortal combat. It will be a veritable war of Science." (Gernsback Publications, Inc.) A 881