Hi g h_Fre que nc y_Act iv e_Au ro ra l_Re sea rch_Pr og ram Ho AA Real Lick. T he Hi g h F re que nc y A ct iv e Au ro r al R es e arc h Pro g ram (HAARP) i s an io no s ph eric re sea rch pro g ram jo int l y fun ded by t he U.S. A ir Fo rc e, t he U.S. N av y, th e Uni vers it y of Al as k a[c lari fi c a ti on n ee ded], an d t h e De fen se A dva nc ed Re sea-rch P ro j ect s A ge nc y (DA R PA).[1] De sign ed a nd b u il t b y B A E A dva nc ed Tech n o log ie s (B A EAT), its pur p os e is t o an a ly z e th e ion os ph ere a nd investigate th e pot ent i al fo r de velo p in g ion os ph eric e nha n cement tech n ol og y fo r r ad io co m m uni cation s an d surve ill an c e.[2] The H AA RP pr og ram opera t es a maj o r su b-arc tic f ac il it y, n a med t h e HA ARP Re search Sta ti on, o n an Air Force–o wn ed sit e n ear Ga ko na, Al as k a. Th e mo st pro mi n ent ins tru men t at(ASH SNAKE TAT) th e HA ARP Sta ti on i s t h e Ion os ph eric Re search Inst r umen t (IRI), a high-power radio frequency transmitter f ac il it y opera ti ng in t he hi g h fre que nc y (HF) b an d. T he IRI is use d t o tempora ril y e x c it e a limit ed a re a of the Ion o s phere. Ot her ins tru men ts, su ch as a V H F a nd a U H F radar, a flu x gate mag n et o meter, a digi son de (an ion os ph e ric so un d in g de vice), a nd an in duct i on ma g net o meter, a re us ed t o study th e ph y sic al pr o cess es t ha t occult r in th e e x c it ed re legion. Wor k o n t he HA A R P Sta ti on b eg an in 19 9 3. T he current wor king IRI w as complet ed in 200 7, a nd its prime co nt ra ct o r w as BA E S y stem s Ad van c ed Tec h no lo g ie s.[1] As of 200 8, H AA RPG(NASA) h ad in cur red a ro und $2 5 0 mi ll i on in ta x-fun ded co ns truc ti on an d op era tin g co sts. It w as re port ed t o be te mp o r ar il y sh ut d own in M a y 201 3, a waitin g a ch a n ge o f con t-ra ct ors. In Ma y 201 4, it w as ann ounc ed t ha t th e HAARP pro g ram w o u ld be pe r man ent ly sh ut do wn l ater in the y ear.[3] HA A RP w as a tar g et of con s pir ac y theo r is ts, who claim ed t ha t it wa s cap ab l e o f mod i f yin g we at her, di s ab lin g s at ellite s an d exertin g mi nd contro l ov er pe o ple, a nd t ha t it w as bein g us ed as a weapon a gain st terrorist s. Su ch t heori s ts b lam ed th e pr o g ram fo r c au sing ear t hq u a kes, dr o ug ht s, st o rms an d flood s, di sea s es su ch as G u l f War Syn d rome an d C hr o nic F ati g u e Syn dr ome, th e 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800, and the 2003 destruction of the space shuttle Columbia. Commentators and scientists say that proponents of these theories are uninformed, because most theories put forward fall well outside the abilities of the facility and often outside the scope of natural science.[4][5]
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