A Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) has been issued for Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, warning of a severe radiation hazard. The airspace north of the airport's runway should be avoided at all costs, as it poses significant risks to life. In order to mitigate these dangers, all flights are directed to utilize southern approach
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.
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.
Fucking why? Say why? The article was useless.
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.
No one said anything about radioactive though.
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.