"We are pleased to continue our role as a premier supplier of transmitters for the HAARP program," said Steven T. Schorer, president of DRS's C4I Group. "This award enhances DRS's position as a leader in high-technology radio frequency solutions for secure and tactical communications systems supporting the applications of the government scientific research community.”
“The high-frequency or short-wave Model D616G Transmitters were designed specifically for the U. S. government HAARP research facility. Currently, the ionosphere provides long-range capabilities for commercial ship-to-shore communications, transoceanic aircraft links, and military communications and surveillance systems.
“A primary goal of HAARP is to understand how variations in the sun's radiation affect the performance of radio systems and to improve military command, control, communications and surveillance systems.
“DRS Broadcast Technology, formerly known as Continental Electronics, is a global leader in broadcast transmitter equipment. It is the foremost supplier of advanced radio frequency transmission technology and the world's most experienced provider of the highest power radio broadcast equipment, offering a full range of products for broadcasting, military and scientific applications.
“DRS Technologies, headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, provides leading edge products and services to defense, government intelligence and commercial customers. Focused on defense technology, DRS develops and manufactures a broad range of mission critical systems. The company employs 5,800 people worldwide.”
So, what do the spokesfolks at HAARP say they are doing now? From the HAARP website:
“Since March 1999, when the current 960 kW power capability became available, approximately 7-10 research campaigns have been conducted annually at the Gakona facility. Research periods are scheduled throughout the year; however, specific research areas are studied optimally during certain seasons. For example, the detection of optical emissions is best studied during the winter when clear, dark skies are frequent. Two such campaigns were conducted during 2002 and 2003. Extended research campaigns were conducted during the summers of 2002 and 2003 to observe and characterize the seasonal occurrence of an upper atmospheric phenomenon called Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes (PMSE) that occurs only at high latitudes in the summer.”
This infrequently up-dated site seldom reflects when the array is in use. Usually the site does not mention such use until months, or even years after, and then usually in very vague terms. As I write this, the site claims the last time the IRI was in use was November of 2003. Independent researchers have established that the site was in near daily use in 2005, however. As best anyone can tell the technicians spent the days wiring up the new transmitters and antennae, then spent several hours each night broadcasting to check the quality of the workmanship and equipment.
So, that is where HAARP is today, a $300 million dollar plus “upper atmospheric and solar-terrestrial physics” observatory -- that may or may not also be a whole lot more.
Even if HAARP is exactly what it says it is, is that something good? A key DoD document defines HAARP saying:
“The heart of the program will be the development of a unique ionospheric heating capability to conduct the pioneering experiments required to adequately assess the potential for exploiting ionospheric enhancement technology for DOD purposes.”
Let's break that down. Technically HAARP is a type of device called an ionospheric heater because injecting all that radio frequency energy (3.6 billions watts) into the atmosphere heats it up. The big difference between HAARP and the dozen or so other ionospheric heaters in the world is that HAARP, based on the Eastlund/APTI patents is a uniquely designed phased antenna array. This phasing, or sequencing of the firing of the transmitters/antenna field allows for the focusing ability that sets HAARP apart from its peers. If used for over-the-horizon surveillance it would also have made HAARP a violation of the ABM Treaty, which was still in effect when work on HAARP began, and may be the real reason for the military’s calling HAARP a civilian science project in the first place.
Heating the atmosphere changes it, so you can make it do things. In this case the amount of heating literally blows the molecules of the air apart. That is what is meant by “ionospheric enhancement.” You have to love the use of the word enhancement -- only the military would think that breaking something makes it better! This heating to the point where the molecules are blown apart causes it to give off a “scream” of extremely low frequency (ELF) radio waves that penetrate deep into the earth and deep into the seas. The project was initially funded specifically to do this: to use this ionospherically generated ELF to communicate with deeply submerged submarines and to engage in something earth penetrating tomography to target and monitor enemy underground bases for the manufacture and launch of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). This heating also turns the “excited region” into a plasma (an electrically charged gas) that goes out into space, possibly destroying anything !
electronic (like an ICBM or a spy satellite) that passes through it. It also changes the shape and radio wave bounce characteristics of the ionosphere, effectively jamming some radio communications channels.
And what are DoD purposes? Why, to win wars! to make new weapons or to make existing weapons and personal more effective (which is called a force multiplier). So, simply put, what this quote says is that the DoD wants to know if they can use this technology to turn the atmosphere into a weapon, or use it to improve existing weapons.
As I have been asking for almost a decade now, is weaponizing the atmosphere a good idea? What about unintended and unexpected consequences? What happens when the enemy responds in kind? And why is it that the mainstream press is so silent on these issues?
This and a great deal more will be addressed in my new book "WEATHER WARFARE: The Military’s Plan to Draft Mother Nature." It should appear in bookstores in the fall of 2006. It will begin with an up-date on the many changes that have taken place behind the scenes with the HAARP project, from its change of management and ownership of the intellectual property that propels the program, to the creation of a defensive missile base “next door,” to its possible role in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Beyond that, the book will uncover the facts behind the next generation of 21st Century weapons and the globalist agendas that drive their development. About 1/3 of the book will cover “chemtrails” and the many government, scientific and private operations that are putting dangerous aerosols into our atmosphere.
Jerry E. Smith
Author & Lecturer
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Author of "HAARP: The Ultimate Weapon of the Conspiracy" and co-author of
the "SECRETS OF THE HOLY LANCE: The Spear of Destiny in History & Legend,"
both from Adventures Unlimited Press (AUP). Since HAARP's North American
release in 1998 it has been translated into Portuguese, in 2005, by Editora
Aleph of São Paulo, Brazil as "ARMAS ELETROMAGNÉTICAS: seria o projeto Haarp
a próxima ameaça mundial?" and in 2001 into Polish by Amber Supermedia as "HAARP
BRON OSTATECZNA." "SECRETS OF THE HOLY LANCE" is co-authored with George
Piccard, author of "LIQUID CONSPIRACY: JFK, LSD, the CIA, Area 51, and UFOs"
(AUP, 1999).
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