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Extreme Radiation Hazard in Marshall Islands, Critical Airspace Warning Issued
(greekcitytimes.com)
Fucking why? Say why? The article was useless.
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2024
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The why doesn't seem to be public. Speculation is a military test, perhaps some radar test.
radar doesn't make things radioactive
It didn't say that it would make anything radioactive, it said there was a radiation hazard. Radar is in fact radiation, it's just non-ionizing which means that unless you're dealing with massive power levels it's generally safe to be around. If they're warning of an extreme radiation hazard it's either not radar, or they're pumping a ridiculous amount of power into it.
Microwave is an electromagnetic radiation, as in this big ass space radar https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/space-fence.html
non-ionizing...
Yes, microwaves are non-ionizing radiation. I would not suggest sticking your head in your microwave while it's running though.
they don't run with the door open
You now know a place in the world where you can overfly a giant microwave. Fo science!
if only i knew how to fly
Dude, I happen to have a metric shit ton of hours on various flight simulators. If you happen to have another shit ton of money we could manage something.
if only i had a shit-ton of money... :'(
The warning wouldn't be for you in that case.
It doesn't say ionizing either bud. Radar at close up or very high levels can fuckup avionics leading to crashes.
If it were ionizing they would probably say more because wind in that area isn't constant direction.
No one said anything about radioactive though.
Navy, Air force or something is probably playing with the new Space Fence that is on Kwajalein (or any of the shit ton of radars they have over there).
2.69MW radiated power in the microwave band could be enough to make any PAX aboard an aircraft into a way too hot pocket of meat.
Goddamnit, now I'm hungry and I'm out of hot pockets.
Says to contact base to deconflict with radiation hazard. Which would suggest it isn't nuclear radiation as that would just be contamination that isn't under control and able to be deconflicted with. Probably a powerful radar or electromagnetic weapon.
https://www.ll.mit.edu/about/facilities/reagan-test-site
Bunches of prototype radar and probably a sneaky x band pointed at nk & China.
This is a garbage website/source, but adds some more context:
Apparently a big concrete dome where loads of radioactive shit from old tests has cracked due to weather/climate related wear and tear.
An article from 2019, highlighting the risks of this thing becoming a problem: https://www.latimes.com/projects/marshall-islands-nuclear-testing-sea-level-rise/
The radiation warning is near a different atoll, so hard to say if the above is related or not, but it’s kinda blowing my mind how limited reporting is on the subject. It feels like it’s being suppressed in English language media.
The US doesn't want to draw attention to the absolute fuckfest that their nuclear testing wrought on the world.
The Soviets too, but at least the Soviets bombed bumfuck nowhere in Siberia.
Yeah that’s certainly what it seems like.
IIRC there was a giant rouge wave there recently and it flooded a US military base
rouge wave
Red tide!
IIRC there was a giant rouge wave there recently and it flooded a US military base
Just how much lipstick ended up there? Jeez!