Critical Airspace Warning: Extreme Radiation Hazard at Kwajalein Atoll - Greek City Times
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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
    • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
      144·
      8 个月前

      The why doesn’t seem to be public. Speculation is a military test, perhaps some radar test.

            • Breve@pawb.social
              6·
              8 个月前

              Yes, microwaves are non-ionizing radiation. I would not suggest sticking your head in your microwave while it’s running though.

              • Madison420@lemmy.world
                1·
                8 个月前

                It doesn’t say ionizing either bud. Radar at close up or very high levels can fuckup avionics leading to crashes.

                If it were ionizing they would probably say more because wind in that area isn’t constant direction.

                • Skunk@jlai.lu
                  5·
                  8 个月前

                  You now know a place in the world where you can overfly a giant microwave. Fo science!

            • freagle@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
              1·
              8 个月前

              Non ionizing radiation means it doesn’t produce free radicals through destruction of chemical bonds. Any type of radiation that interacts with a material and has a high enough ERP will heat that thing up. Cell phone spectrum is non ionizing but the high powered towers can still cook the brain inside a skull.

        • orclev@lemmy.world
          83·
          8 个月前

          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.

        • PowerCrazyEnglish
          62·
          8 个月前

          No one said anything about radioactive though.

    • Skunk@jlai.lu
      6·
      8 个月前

      Navy, Air force or something is probably playing with the new Space Fence that is on Kwajalein (or any of the shit ton of radars they have over there).

      2.69MW radiated power in the microwave band could be enough to make any PAX aboard an aircraft into a way too hot pocket of meat.

    • virr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 个月前

      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.

      • Hotspur
        10·
        8 个月前

        The radiation warning is near a different atoll, so hard to say if the above is related or not, but it’s kinda blowing my mind how limited reporting is on the subject. It feels like it’s being suppressed in English language media.

        • nekandro
          102·
          8 个月前

          The US doesn’t want to draw attention to the absolute fuckfest that their nuclear testing wrought on the world.

          The Soviets too, but at least the Soviets bombed bumfuck nowhere in Siberia.

          • Hotspur
            1·
            8 个月前

            Yeah that’s certainly what it seems like.

  • robocall@lemmy.world
    111·
    8 个月前

    IIRC there was a giant rouge wave there recently and it flooded a US military base