7 Obscure, Remote and Super-Geeky Military Bases

7 Obscure, Remote and Super-Geeky Military Bases

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To start with, HAARP is a $250 million high-frequency radio array that can stimulate the ionosphere — a region of charged particles starting 50 miles up that's created by the interaction of radiation from the sun with the Earth's atmosphere. Built in the 1990s in rural Gakona, Alaska, and far enough north to where the ionosphere meets the Earth's magnetic field, HAARP can do all kinds of interesting things. The array can send out enough energy to manipulate the ionosphere into transmitting radio waves, and can artificially produce the aurora effect by exciting free electrons. For the Pentagon, it could be potentially used to help communicate with submarines deep underwater and help clean up electrons left over from nuclear tests — thereby clearing up interference with communication satellites.