The US Air Force reveals radical plan to 'bomb the sky' to improve radio reception

• CubeSats carrying ionized gas could create radio-reflecting plasma

• This would occur in the ionosphere, which becomes denser at night

• Bouncing signals between ground and ionosphere can improve range

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...al-plan-bomb-sky-improve-radio-reception.html

 

Smoke and mirrors, flying pigs, you all get the picture

 

Creating an artificial ionosphere would be welcomed by HF Fans G3SEA/KH6

 

If these projects have the possibility of reality, then quite possibility it would improve the communication for HF users and others. However in earlier articles it was revealed that the use of plasma bombs could be used to interrupt enemy satellites, making them unable to operative. I'm not a doomsday, chicken little, or any other conspiracy fanatic. I can see the benefit of improving communication capabilities if in theory this will work. The only way to see if it has a possibility is to experiment. However what may work in the lab under controlled environment, does not necessary work in the real world! Like I said earlier, it could be used to interrupt enemy satellites, what makes you think it wouldn't interrupt our own satellites. You know what happens to intellectual property, someone or some country generally gets a hold of it. So our secret spy device becomes a device to be used against us.

Enough of doom and gloom, it might work and become a benefit to the world as a whole!

 

"improve radio reception" are you kidding me. We bounce signals off the moon and meteor trails for heaven's sake. We give awards for a thousand miles per watt. We make contacts with the smallest fractions of a watt. How is reception going to be improved over what we already have!

 

This is intended as a transient event, not a mid term improvement. If it is used, there is a good chance of hostilities and shutdown of US hams...

 

Reading the original source, https://www.newscientist.com/articl...to-plasma-bomb-the-sky-using-tiny-satellites/, sounds like blue sky research funding from US government.
Phil.

 

Sounds like a retry of the old "Operation Smokepuff" from back in the 1950's. Don't remember many of the details, but a lot of us listened on our old receivers on 10 meters for signals that might be a result of reflection from a gas cloud released from rocket shots in NM. Never heard any results reported.

 

BLAH BLAH BLAH...Didn't Nikola Tesla think of this around 1920?

 

Massive amounts? Aren't CubeSats limited to just over 1 kilogram of payload each?

For some reason, I think this story is the result of someone pulling someones leg.

Scientist holding a CubeSat:

 

I BELIEVE THIS IS HOW RUMERS GET STARTED.

KB5PX

 

Your probably correct in the assumption it's a ploy. Even if it wasn't who would really benefit from it? To put up enough of it there would have to be a major cluster of them and, anything at that level can't be good for the environment.

 

New world order poison... yeah i think not... I guess the chem trails are not enough to control people with heavy metals.

 

WHAT?

 

Umm.. Can you be more specific?

These sats are made to produce a temp ionosphere in time of war, if HEMP takes out comsats.