Russian-Chinese experiences "to change the atmosphere"

Russia and China have conducted a unique scientific experiment, modifying an important layer of atmosphere in Europe, to test a controversial technique that could be suitable for possible military applications, said Chinese scientists involved in the project.

The two countries conducted five tests in June, including a June 7 experiment that caused physical disruption over 126,000 square kilometers, about half the size of Britain.

The region is 500 km above the Russian city of Vasilskorsk in Eastern Europe. The region experienced an increase in electrical charges with non-atomic particles less than 10 times the charge of the surrounding area.

In another experiment of June 12, the temperature of an ionizing thin layer, at a very high altitude, increased by more than 100 ° C because of the flow of the particles.

The particles were pumped into the atmosphere over the city by the Sora, an air heating system of the Soviet era during the Cold War.

The Sora Foundation has launched a series of high energy antennas, injecting into the upper atmosphere a large amount of microwave waves and enough energy to light up a small town, with an estimated energy at 160 megawatts.

A Chinese satellite has collected data on its orbit with extremely sophisticated sensors.