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Originally posted by semperfortis
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Originally posted by defcon5
The following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.
reply to post by backinblack
All I can say is to "Alert" on those posts then.As an ATS Staff Member, I will not moderate in threads such as this where I have participated as a member.
Originally posted by defcon5
The following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.
reply to post by backinblack
It might be larger particulates, but its in much smaller amounts.The amount of aluminum that would be required to make persistent clouds would constitute a much greater over all amount then is normally in chaff.As an ATS Staff Member, I will not moderate in threads such as this where I have participated as a member.
Originally posted by defcon5
The following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.
reply to post by backinblack
It’s impossible to prove a negative.
However, we can extrapolate that there must be at least enough aluminum to form clouds and apparently cover a mountain.As an ATS Staff Member, I will not moderate in threads such as this where I have participated as a member.edit on 3/8/2011 by defcon5 because: (no reason given)
en.wikipedia.org...
Dinonylnaphthylsulfonic acid is used as an additive in industrial lubricants, greases, cutting fluids, industrial coatings, and corrosion inhibitors. Its calcium and barium salts (CAS numbers [57855-77-3] and [25619-56-1], respectively) have generally the same use.
Dinonylnaphthylsulfonic acid is also used as an antistatic agent added to some distillate fuels, solvents, commercial jet fuels, and to the military JP-8 fuel. This is done to increase their electrical conductivity and dissipate static charges to reduce the fire hazard. It is a component of such additive named Stadis 450.
environmentalchemistry.com...
Barium Bis(Dinonylnaphthalenesulphonate)
Identifications
* CAS Number: 25619-56-1
* Synonyms/Related:
o Barium Bis(Dinonylnaphthalenesulphonate)
o Barium dinonylnaphthalenesulfonate
o Dinonylnaphthalene sulfonic acid barium salt
o Naphthalenesulfonic acid, dinonyl-, barium salt
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Originally posted by neformore
OK people.
Chill.
If I can arrange this for the show, I will do. I'm working on it now. Right now there are ifs and buts and maybes, and nothing else.
If we do bring this to the show we will hear both sides of the argument - not just one - in an open forum with member call ins. The questions asked will be relevant to both sides of the subject.
The credentials of the invited guests (not individual private callers) will be checked beforehand as well by the radio crew. If they can't be verified we won't run it on the show. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, I think you'll all agree?
Originally posted by backinblack
No problems Nef..
Spread your "common sense" and tell me the average size of chaff..
Then use that same "common sense" to tell me the particle size of aluminum..
In the Earth's crust, aluminium is the most abundant (8.3% by weight) metallic element and the third most abundant of all elements (after oxygen and silicon)
Then, if you have enough "common sense" left, please tell me if aluminum can really be detected by radar or is it merely chaff, made with aluminum that radar detects.??
BTW, your stance/bias on this subject is well known but I'm just asking sensible questions.
Originally posted by burntheships
www.abstractstorm.com...
VTRPE (variable terrain radio parabolic equation) computer model. It is designed to provide the reader with a summary of the physics and numerical methods used in the VTRPE model, along with detailed instructions on the model's use and operation. The VTRPE computer program is a range-dependent, tropospheric microwave propagation model that is based upon the split-step Fourier parabolic wave equation algorithm. The nominal applicable frequency range of the model is VHF to K-band. The VTRPE program is able to make predictions for microwave propagation over both land and water. The VTRPE code is a full-wave propagation model that solves the electromagnetic wave equations for the complex electric and magnetic radiation fields. The model accounts for the effects of nonuniform atmospheric refractivity fields, variable surface terrain, and varying surface dielectric properties on microwave propagation. The code is written in ANSI-77 FORTRAN with MILSPEC-1753 FORTRAN language extensions
So what would VTRPE have to do with aerosols?
This computer radio frequency propagation program deals with radio waves and enables the RFMP system to visually see the terrain of a battlefield in three dimensions on a television-type screen.
www.libertylobby.org...
The RFMP system also depends on a satellites to supplement the images of a battlefield picture obtained from the ground, thus producing the 3-dimensional images. In providing an interactive picture portraying in the radar screen, the RFMP system allows the computer operator to develop familiarity with the "environment" before a war mission occurs by playing a variety of "what if?" virtual warfare scenarios on his computer screen. Since all major modes of radio frequency propagation are modeled in his computer (the RFMP system), special, sometimes counter-intuitive, cases can be examined in detail and exploited during a battle. Initially, the VTRPE computer program only worked accurately over water and along coastal areas but not over land masses because the system's radar waves required an atmospheric condition known as "ducting," over land, to operate accurately.
This "ducting" problem was solved by releasing an aerosol, a mixture of barium salts into the atmosphere over the United States. Thus, they can make an atmospheric radio frequency "duct" with a base of barium aerosol released from aircraft.
One of the researchers, the physicist from Brookhaven, explained how the process works: The chemical and electrical characteristics of the mixture cause moisture to stay in the clouds. The aerosol sets up an electrical and chemical environmental that supports RF ducting for the RFMP/VTRPE warfare system."The mixture of barium salt from the aerosol when sprayed in a straight line will also provide a ducting path form point A to point B and will enable high frequency communications along that path, even over the curvature of the Earth, in both directions," he said. "Enemy high frequency communications can be monitored easier with the straight line A to B ducting medium."