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Home » Bizarro » Air Force Aims for Weather Control

Air Force Aims for Weather Control

Someday the U.S. military could drive a trailer to a spot just beyond insurgent fighting and, within minutes, reconfigure part of the atmosphere, blocking an enemy’s ability to receive satellite signals, even as U.S. troops are able to see into the area with radar.

sand_cloud.jpg“This scenario may not be far away,” says Defense Tech pal Sharon Weinberger in this month’s edition of the always-excellent Defense Technology International.

An engineer with Research Support Instruments in Princeton, N.J. recently completed the first phase of work for a U.S. Air Force sponsored project called Microwave Ionosphere Reconfiguration Ground based Emitter, or Mirage. (scroll down)
The work involves using plasma an ionized gas to reconfigure the ionosphere. Mirage would employ a microwave transmitter on the ground and a small rocket that shoots chaff into the air to produce about a liter of plasma at 60–100 km. (36– 60 mi.) in altitude, changing the number of electrons in a select area of the ionosphere to create a virtual barrier. Ionosphere reconfiguration offers two major applications of interest to the military: bouncing radars off the ionosphere, also known as over-the-horizon radar, and the ability to jam signals from the Global Positioning Satellite system, according to John Kline, the lead investigator for Mirage.
This work is only the latest effort in Kline’s more extensive investigations of atmospheric plasmas Before Mirage, Kline had another contract for a project called Plasma Point Defense, which explored the possibility of using a plasma weapon on board a U.S. Navy surface vessel to protect against threats ranging from surface-to-surface missiles to mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.

In the past, NASA’s fringe science arm has looked into tweaking Mother Nature, to throw hurricanes off their course. But those were just computer simulations. No one actually tried to go out a build some weather control machine.

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  1. Pedro Marcos says:
    February 8, 2006 at 4:05 pm

    Check this one out:
    http://​www​.enterprisemission​.com/​w​e​b​l​o​g​/​w​e​b​l​o​g​.​htm
    After reading your site I am more convince of the truth of it.

    Reply
  2. egosbro says:
    February 8, 2006 at 4:31 pm

    this is really gonna help

    Reply
  3. DS says:
    February 8, 2006 at 7:41 pm

    This has actually been around for quite a while. HAARP in Alaska has been used extensively to test modification to various parts of the atmosphere.

    Reply
  4. Jr says:
    February 9, 2006 at 9:21 am

    Yup, I can just see the US using this to destroy the world, maybe not intentionally, but one day they will let the president play with it and then it’s all over.
    The end is neigh!

    Reply
    • jonny says:
      February 28, 2010 at 6:05 pm

      i totally agree with you

      Reply
  5. bosda says:
    February 9, 2006 at 11:10 am

    “At last! With the Weather Dominator, Cobra shall RULE THE WORLD!!“
    We have a shortage of tank engines, & not enough rifles, but they wanna waste our tax omney on chickensh%t like this.

    Reply
  6. strangeglove says:
    February 9, 2006 at 11:55 am

    Oh yea, I heard of this. Al Gore invented it right after he invented the Internet and that canned hair you spray on.

    Reply
  7. Voice says:
    February 9, 2006 at 12:53 pm

    Oh wonderful, not content with making their pilots fly off on their killing sprees while on drugs, some clever dick has the idea of modifying the weather as well. Join the US Air Force, get high, kill some innocents, and cause a storm.

    Reply
  8. Dave says:
    February 9, 2006 at 1:51 pm

    Al gore didn’t invent the internet.. Chuck Norris did… along with inventing the fork.

    Reply
  9. Owen says:
    February 9, 2006 at 3:57 pm

    Sounds like a storm in a tea cup to me.
    I wonder could they make Ireland a little warmer during the summer.
    OWen — Dublin — Ireland

    Reply
  10. nz1337 says:
    February 9, 2006 at 5:16 pm

    How about plugging the hole in the ozone layer first.….

    Reply
  11. 14303127 says:
    February 9, 2006 at 6:30 pm

    When they prefect this write mother and tell her to sell the out house. The the end is on the way.Or is this just a way to spend a tons of money. They do it by pour it in to a black hole Then say sorry it did not work Where have i heard this story before

    Reply
  12. Dave says:
    February 9, 2006 at 11:08 pm

    Sounds a LOT like a portable HAARP gun to me. Guess they found a way to shrink 10 acres into a mobile unit!
    Scarry!!!

    Reply
  13. johnq says:
    February 10, 2006 at 11:51 am

    for those that want a DVD just send me the address where you would like them delivered.
    you can contact me at jadam2594@aol.com

    Reply
  14. jtw says:
    February 11, 2006 at 9:02 pm

    Until the physics backfires and it magnify’s the sun ray’s and BURNS US ALL LIKE ANTS UNDER A MICROSCOPE!
    Lol no idea, but would’nt it be best to not play with the atmosphere all that much.
    I hate to think of the bad things it can do.

    Reply
  15. Robin says:
    February 12, 2006 at 7:49 am

    Regarding the article on “Airforce Aims For Weather Control” If we don’t do it someone else will. Go for it!!

    Reply
  16. erewhon says:
    February 12, 2006 at 7:07 pm

    As an aside, “weatherwars” is a bunch of, you will excuse me, “bravo sierra”, and if you get your ideas of what HAARP is from Begich et al you need to go floss your brain.
    This device enhances the reflectivity of the ionosphere in the area. It’s not “mad science”. We’ve been looking at that forever. If you can excite the ionosphere over the interdict area you can cut off high frequency comms from passing through it, thus blocking the satcomm signals.
    A similar trick lets you build plasma mirrors for OTH radar, although you couldn’t do that with this particular gimmick.
    However, it is possible to do. And Real Soon Now we’ll be able to interdict satcomm in an area, or interdict SAR imagery from enemy orbital assets.

    Reply
  17. TrustButVerify says:
    February 13, 2006 at 12:37 pm

    Massive, bulging, pendulous props to erewhon and Robin for saying exactly what I was going to say.
    As someone who followed HAARP for over a decade, not to mention the Russian Woodpecker and JORN, the sort of moonbattery stirred up by this sort of article is always a delight to read. It’s my fond hope that some day an innocuous KC-10 posting will attract the chemtrail community and we can have a tinfoil party.

    Reply
  18. John Bonnes says:
    February 14, 2006 at 3:02 am

    concerning weather modification james McCanney @ jmmcanneyscience​.com is a russian scientist who helped develop weather modification science and machinery would love to tell you all about the airforce and weather he was there.

    Reply
  19. Michael Price says:
    February 14, 2006 at 5:42 am

    Is it just me or is this the Americans developing technologies that are best used against them? I mean do the insurgents use GPS that much? I know that the yanks do. They did the same thing with biological warfare. It supposedly lets you kill people cheaply but the yanks were the richest country in the world at the time and were worried about the economically dysfunctional USSR.

    Reply
  20. Siddha says:
    February 14, 2006 at 11:57 am

    To set the record straight. The Yugas of hindu lore refer to ‘earth ages’ not planets. And for the record, we are currently in the Kali Yuga and have been for quite a long time.

    Reply
  21. the lost patriot says:
    February 14, 2006 at 9:28 pm

    If you would like to see what is really going on, go here and read this patent
    http://​patft​.uspto​.gov/​n​e​t​a​c​g​i​/​n​p​h​-​P​a​r​s​e​r​?​S​e​c​t​1​=​P​T​O​1​&​a​m​p​;​S​e​c​t​2​=​H​I​T​O​F​F​&​a​m​p​;​d​=​P​A​L​L​&​a​m​p​;​p​=​1​&​a​m​p​;​u​=​/​n​e​t​a​h​t​m​l​/​s​r​c​h​n​u​m​.​h​t​m​&​a​m​p​;​r​=​1​&​a​m​p​;​f​=​G​&​a​m​p​;​l​=​5​0​&​a​m​p​;​s​1​=​4​,​6​8​6​,​6​0​5​.​W​K​U​.​&​a​m​p​;​O​S​=​P​N​/​4​,​6​8​6​,​6​0​5​&​a​m​p​;​R​S​=​P​N​/​4​,​6​8​6​,​605
    The patent number is 4,686,605 . It is very technical, but near the bottom it explains in simple language the purpose of the patent — to control the weather, a missile shield, a way to stop communications. It is being implemented as we speak, and has been since the early 90’s. If one would like proof, jut slook up — chemtrails. Just read the patent. Chemtrails and HAARP, spells it all out yet people still refuse to believe it. Now as they can read it with their own eyes. As Dylan says “they play with my world like it’s their little toy“
    Scariest part is they actually admit they are blwoing holes in the ionosphere. They admit this. The patent is for actually raising the ionosphere by up to 8 miles into space.….…these people are insane. They have no idea of the ramifications. PLEASE read the patent. Skip to the end if you wish where it says it’s purpose

    Reply
  22. Okie Boy says:
    February 15, 2006 at 1:53 am

    In 1958 Van Allen belts were blown up with nuclear bombs. Reason? To increase the number of Van Allen belts…to increase the energy in the electrojet. Geophysical warfare is nothing new…storm can’t be manufactured..they just add energy to one…to make it worse. They can then manipulate jetstreams to change trajectory of a given storm. Geophysical warfare is nothing new…it was used in Vietnam war. For instance…project Skyfire and project Stormfury…projects that created storms and tried to deplete the ozone layer over Vietnam. This tactic was used in conjunction with chemical agents etc…Because of these projects…A UN resolution/treaty states you can not use earths system as a warfare agent/modifier. However, this treaty is loosely worded.
    In 1972 both projects skyfire and stormfury were cancelled…however, both were reactivated and refunded in 2003. The USA has no choice in the matter…we must use “Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025″, because if we don’t our silent enemies will. Let’s not forget that the notorious Japanese cult , “Aum Shinri Kyo”, or Supreme Truth are rumored to have tried to acquire these (HAARP)like devices, and are rumored to be experimenting with them in the Australian outback and Southeast asia…I believe there is race by our enemies to acquire “scalar energy” devices…which will be used as tools of terrorism against this great country and our allies…I LOVE THIS COUNTRY…AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!!GODS SPEED!!!!!! For more information visit http://​www​.Snowshoefilms​.com and click on Rosalie Bertell…

    Reply
  23. Talion says:
    February 19, 2006 at 12:17 am

    Wikipedia, (notorious for having the largest collection of laughably erroneous data on the Internet), notwithstanding, perhaps you would do better to peruse some actual scientifically-oriented sites.
    As an example, from the “National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration” site noaa​.gov:
    “Several investigations have shown positive correlations of solar influences on climate change. The hydrological system is a major player in the weather system because 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water. Dr. George Reid, senior NOAA scientist, examined the sea surface temperature record for the last 130 years and found an interesting correlation with the 11 year running mean sunspot number (Reid, 1987, 1991). Though not identical, the two time series have several features in common, including a prominent minimum during the early 1900s, a steep rise to maximum in the 1950s, a drop in the 1960s and early 1970s, and then a rise that continues to date. Sea surface temperature data are from the British Meteorological Office, Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research. An updated improved version of these data will be provided soon and will reside in our ftp anonymous account under the GLOBAL_CHANGE subdirectory.
    Drs. Eigil Friis-Christensen and K. Lassen, Danish Meteorological Institute, studied the length of the solar cycle as an indicator of solar activity closely associated with climate change (Friis-Christensen et al., 1991). They used the Northern Hemisphere land air temperature during the past 130 years and found a good correlation with the length of the solar cycle. While the temperature data do show the enhanced greenhouse effect due to increased CO2 in the atmosphere, it also shows a departure from this trend from 1940 to 1970. This occurs simultaneously with a decrease in solar activity as seen in the solar cycle length database.“
    From the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” site pnas​.org:
    “Although the processes of climate change are not completely understood, an important causal candidate is variation in total solar output. Reported cycles in various climate-proxy data show a tendency to emulate a fundamental harmonic sequence of a basic solar-cycle length (11 years) multiplied by 2^N (where N equals a positive or negative integer). A simple additive model for total solar-output variations was developed by superimposing a progression of fundamental harmonic cycles with slightly increasing amplitudes. The timeline of the model was calibrated to the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary at 9,000 years before present. The calibrated model was compared with geophysical, archaeological, and historical evidence of warm or cold climates during the Holocene. The evidence of periods of several centuries of cooler climates worldwide called “little ice ages,” similar to the period anno Domini (A.D.) 1280–1860 and reoccurring approximately every 1,300 years, corresponds well with fluctuations in modeled solar output. A more detailed examination of the climate sensitive history of the last 1,000 years further supports the model. Extrapolation of the model into the future suggests a gradual cooling during the next few centuries with intermittent minor warmups and a return to near little-ice-age conditions within the next 500 years. This cool period then may be followed approximately 1,500 years from now by a return to altithermal conditions similar to the previous Holocene Maximum.“
    There are many, many, oh so many others.
    Frankly–sadly–“human caused global warming” being politically correct, it is easy for any hack to get funding on this issue, (and they do–in droves). Unfortunately, it is also very easy to get snubbed and shouted down if you try to point out any other means of weather variation. It’s psychologically much easier to find deficiencies your own kind than the in sun.
    And anyone would be frightfully naive to hand over this “debate”–or should I say, the welfare of mankind–to politicians. Or to Luke and Clem over in the holler. This issue is one purely of science. How tragic if it became one of “Okay, I’ll get my fellow senators to fund your billion-dollar quantum-climatological-discombobulator, but only if it gets built in my district–I don’t give doodly-squat about science.”

    Reply
  24. phantom63 says:
    February 24, 2006 at 4:55 pm

    A few comments down, ‘okie boy’ posted a few points, and I will try to add to them.
    The HAARP project (High Altitude Atmospheric Research) uses technology invented by Nikola Tesla. Basically, it is the opposite of a radio telescope: it SENDS radio waves to heat the ionosphere. At a higher frequency, these same waves can be bounced off the ionosphere as an Over-Horizon radar antenna. Raise the frequency a lot more and it is an over-horizon radio tower. The radio useage is already done with normal towers at night, known as “sporadic E-skip”…why you can pick up stations 500 miles away.
    Also, UN signed a treaty banning nations from using weather as a weapon. If such a device was not already built, why would we need rules to regulate it? This technology has been around for many years. A small derivative is being brought out of secrecy here, just as the Air Force had the F-117 for quite a few years, in secret.
    In a book called “Stealth Warplanes” by Doug Richardson, he tells us about a Russian aviation company with a “plasma emitter” that can act as a stealth device. Doesn’t that sound like the article we read? This is known as a Tesla shielding device…used to deflect radar waves, solid objects (our article here), and move around storms.

    Reply
  25. nope says:
    March 21, 2006 at 10:33 pm

    lie! the u. s. government is creating hurricans.
    GOD’s judgement is comming soon. so enjoy your fun man because your ruling the earth is cooming to an end soon.

    Reply
  26. OMEGA 19 says:
    April 18, 2006 at 11:26 pm

    THE IDEA SOUNDS NERVE RECKING BUT HOW ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL WATER AS IF IT WAS ALIVE WELL THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER WEAPON IN PROCESS AS WE SPEAK THAT WORKS WITH SOME SORT OF PLASMA.THE ABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO FLOOD A COUNRTY IN MINUTES EMAIL ME AT PRESTOL21@YAHOO.COM WITH NEW FUTURE WEAPON IDEAS

    Reply
  27. unowen says:
    September 21, 2007 at 1:27 pm

    it will be ausome to use

    Reply
  28. Prabath says:
    October 8, 2007 at 6:00 am

    How about trying to decrease the global warmth and try to live longer in mother planet?

    Reply
  29. WakeUpCall says:
    July 29, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    Guys this is another part of the new world order plan, John is right and we are all deeply submersed in a falsely imposed reality.
    Take the freakin RED pill before it is too late.
    Search google and you tube learn what the masons and illuminati have been manipulating for centuries. How they have controlled our laws, education and more importantly 2/3 of the worlds money. We are all living the existance they choose right now and their greatest strength is our ignorance.
    I am neither religious or insane so just spend a few evenings learning. Oh and u gotta google the rothschild family history..i mean this guy “a Jew” pretty much masterminded anti-semticsm as we know it.
    Peace out

    Reply
  30. tmitchell says:
    January 22, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    This technology was used in Africa by the Russians in 1977, as per Scientific American Magazine article at that time!!! It can probably be verified via the Freedom of Information access netwoks.

    Reply

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