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New Delhi: In recent days, several Asian countries have been experiencing mild tremors of earthquakes continuously. Coincidentally, all these countries, including Pakistan, are against India. Pakistan's Balochistan and China's Xinjiang regions are both strategically sensitive. In such a scenario, with earthquakes occurring one after the other in these areas, the seismic weapon theory is gaining attention. According to this theory, several countries are working on utilizing earthquakes as a weapon against the enemy. What is seismic weapon theory
The seismic weapon theory suggests that humans can utilize earthquakes as a weapon against their enemies. The most notable reference to this is HAARP (High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program), which the United States began in 1993. The U.S. Air Force, the University of Alaska, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency collaborated to establish HAARP in Alaska. Its purpose was to study the ionosphere, which is the upper part of the atmosphere. This part is crucial for satellite communication.
Although public information about HAARP has been provided from the beginning, suspicion only started when heavy military funding was revealed. Initially, it was only mentioned that the University of Alaska was involved. Many documents were classified, which deepened the suspicion. The biggest accusation has been that HAARP can artificially create earthquakes. The earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010 caused devastation. At that time, the country's president, Hugo Chavez, accused America of using his country for its experiments. Several Iranian leaders also claimed that HAARP was causing tremors in the earth through Washington. Venezuela made similar accusations as well. Theory of seismic weapons
Scientists who support this theory believe that high-frequency radio waves or deep drilling can create disturbances in the Earth's tectonic plates. If the Earth's fault line, that is, the cracks in the plates, can be targeted, then it is possible to induce artificial earthquakes. However, for now, we can only create micro-seismic activity, meaning we can only cause small vibrations. Inducing earthquakes unnaturally is currently beyond our means. However, it is also true that countries like the United States and Russia have definitely thought about weather weapons.
When earthquakes start occurring repeatedly in a specific location or under specific circumstances, questions are naturally raised. For example, recently several terrorist hideouts were destroyed in Pakistan. There is heightened separatist activity in Balochistan. On the other hand, China has faced allegations of human rights violations regarding Xinjiang and Tibet. In such cases, earthquakes are linked to weapon theory. South and East Asia more susceptible to frequent earthquakes
The region where India, Pakistan, China, Nepal, and Afghanistan are located is part of the Himalayan tectonic belt. Here, the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate are colliding with each other. This collision has been ongoing for millions of years and is the reason for the formation of the Himalayan Range. The plates are still not stable, and due to the collision, earthquakes occur frequently. Continuous light tremors could be a sign that a major natural disaster may occur soon.
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