Project West Ford, also known as Westford Needles or Project Needles, was a plan to reflect radio signals by distributing metal needles in low-Earth orbit to form cloud-like rings, thereby addressing the major weaknesses in communications that the U.S. military had at the time. It is planned to try to transmit 430 million dipole antennas into orbit to form a cloud-like ring and improve long-range communication conditions. Fortunately, it was launched only once, and it ended with the development of communication satellites and the protests of all walks of life in various countries.
Recently, many people have been very interested in this American West Ford plan, and many people have asked, is this American West Ford plan real? In fact, this problem is still relatively easy to solve, Xiaobian has also found the answer, so there is interest in this problem, we can come together with a simple analysis and unveiling to see, look forward to everyone to join Oh.
It can be told very clearly that the "West Ford Plan" implemented by the United States at that time was real, although both the Soviet Union and the European Commission were strongly opposed to this matter at that time, but in the end everyone also found that the United States still implemented this plan.
So what about the causes and consequences of this plan? Below we can also continue to analyze and analyze the secret to see it.
We have moved the time back to the 60s of the last century, when the United States and the Soviet Union were still fighting each other and had gone to the sky. The United States has launched this "West Ford Plan", which is to spread 430 million copper even-stage antennas into the Earth's too fast orbit. Although the first attempt in 1961 failed. But the second success in 1963 was achieved, and an artificial ring-shaped needle cloud was scattered across the orbit.
Can you imagine that this ring of needles around the earth above is not a bit of a scalp tingling? This American is really too much to lose.
So many people are curious to ask why the Americans did this, in fact, the reason is very simple, that is, at that time, the United States communications did not have satellites, relying on this submarine cable and the natural existence of the Earth's ionization reflection radio.
However, the United States was afraid that the Soviet Union would cut off his submarine cable and the earth's ionospheric reflection would be unstable, which would be bad for American communications, so it used this West Ford plan to ensure communication security. These copper needles can indeed reflect this radio wave in space.
At that time, no matter how much others objected, the United States still did it, and many people asked whether it had an impact on the earth. So far it hasn't affected it, or one day you look up and a copper needle falls into your eye? Such odds are tantamount to buying a lottery ticket. When it comes to orbiting satellites, there will be an impact. But the United States...
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