Russian Scholar Warns Of US Climate Change Weapon 415
According to Russian political scientist, and conspiracy aficionado Andrei Areshev the high heat, and poor crop yields of Russia, and other Central Asian countries may be the result of a climate weapon created by the US military. From the article: "... Areshev voiced suspicions about the High-Frequency Active Aural Research Program (HAARP), funded by the US Defense Department and the University of Alaska. HAARP, which has long been the target of conspiracy theorists, analyzes the ionosphere and seeks to develop technologies to improve radio communications, surveillance, and missile detection. Areshev writes, however, that its true aim is to create new weapons of mass destruction 'in order to destabilize environmental and agricultural systems in local countries.'"
Truth is perspective (Score:3, Insightful)
Oh, yes, HAARP.... (Score:5, Insightful)
How did this garbage get posted? (Score:5, Insightful)
Hey, do you think I can get an article posted if I post a link to a paranoid rant about Obama's birth certificate?
Snowglobe (Score:4, Insightful)
Standards have surely fallen (Score:5, Insightful)
Better targets (Score:3, Insightful)
If it was real you would think we would pick better targets such as:
Oh but I guess picking bad targets must be part of the conspiracy because that would hide the conspiracy. But then, knowing that I know that they know that I know then they would pick good targets.
Re:Standards have surely fallen (Score:5, Insightful)
Contradiction in terms? (Score:5, Insightful)
One might be a "Political Scientist" in much the same way as one might be an "Honest Politician".
Re:Yes, (Score:2, Insightful)
no, the problem is selfish and greedy attitudes, and "but he's worse" finger pointing.
running of suburban SUVs or subsidized coal fired power stations are both just symptoms of this.
Re:Truth is perspective (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Truth is perspective (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Truth is perspective (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Truth is perspective (Score:3, Insightful)
Except of course that Science as a system proves and then verifies proofs. Science does not disprove except in so far as invalidating unverifiable proofs such as hypotheses, theories, and laws.
Theist: I hypothesis that God exists but I cannot offer verifiable proof.
Atheist: Then you cannot hypothesis that God exists.
Theist: But I feel that it is correct. And besides, you're a jerkface for making me feel bad.
Atheist: I'm sorry your feelings are hurt, but Science cannot be objective if it is subordinated to feelings.
Re:Russian propaganda channel (Score:3, Insightful)
No conspiracy or control needed.. just simple economics and self interest on the part of the networks.
Killing for the profit of oil & weapons invest (Score:1, Insightful)
"destabilize environmental and agricultural systems"
The U.S. government kills anyone, anywhere if it will make money for someone who secretly holds the strings of power. Climate destabilization is trivial by comparison.
Vietnam is an example. The poisons are still there. People are still dying from the land mines. Bombs costing more than a car were dropped on poor farmers.
Re:Truth is perspective (Score:3, Insightful)
Plus, the weather phenomenon which caused the Russian heatwave also caused the floods in our ally, Pakistan, which are threatening to topple their government. Does he really think the US is willing to destabilize nuclear-armed Pakistan in order to give Russia a heatwave?
We do have a climate change weapon, mind you. It's called carbon dioxide. They have it, too. Both forecast and observed effects include the tendency for the polar jet to shift northward and strengthen, which is what caused their 20F+ hotter-than-average weather (and Pakistan's corresponding flooding).
Re:Truth is perspective (Score:3, Insightful)
Wow, way to miss the whole point of my post. I seldom have seen any level of deliberate self-obfuscation. Bravo sir, your doublethink skills are the acme.
It is impossible to disprove the existence of ANYTHING. Science only proves existences. Science disproves only hypotheses, theories, and laws.
Re:Killing for the profit of oil & weapons inv (Score:3, Insightful)
US weapons, airframes, sigintel, uniforms, food, oil
Most of the above are in private hands or have shareholders that get a nice return on investemnt for any new system tested, deployed or upgraded.
To them distant death is a car, holiday, better private school, medical care, extra homes, toys.. the good life.
Any US politician talking of arms reductions would by default be talking of profit reductions. That is really not a good place to be in unless a whole new system replace the old.
The average US taxpayers may eat the public debt, people who dont pay much tax create vast amounts of generational wealth.
Ready to push back into the next small war
As for climate change Cuba faced some interesting pest outbreaks and a few very real export destroying missions.
The idea that weather could altered at a local level to do the same is ??? The historical desire is in place, the rest would be tech.