[nw_arizona_granny]

To Sidebar Moderator,

Thank you for your prompt answer.

I felt that we had put many links and information in the first thread and in a week it will be gone from the view as most will not know it ever existed.

I have been reading at Free Republic for about 2 1/2 years and rarely look in "Chat", as a rule, I am not a "chatter".

At least we still exist and for that I thank you,

Ruth

[Sidebar Moderator]

Locked threads aren't gone from view. They merely cannot be added to.

I will put a link to the original thread at the top of this current one so anyone interested can see it

[JustPiper]

How cool is this?

Fake fog could defend nuclear plants

18:18 12 January 04

NewScientist.com news service

Clouds of artificial fog could be used to defend nuclear power stations against airborne terrorist attacks under proposals currently being considered in Germany.

A spokeswoman at Germany's Federal Environment Ministry confirmed that the companies that operate the country's 18 nuclear power stations are assessing the installation of artificial fog machines as a defence against suicide attacks from the air, alongside other possibilities.

Under the proposal, "a nuclear power plant under attack is surrounded within seconds by an artificial, dense wall of fog", reads a statement from the ministry.

Fog or smoke would disguise a power station's location from the air. Although radar can penetrate fog, commercial aircraft are not fitted with radar systems capable of identifying structures on the ground.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994557