Phase plus Antiphase radio waves

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If you produced a focused beam from, say, a cassegrain transmitter which consisted of two waves merged but one inverted what would be the result. I presume there would be destructive interference.
My question is, where does the energy go?
 
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The energy goes to the regions where the interference is constructive. In other words, you can't get a purely destructive interference everywhere.
 
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