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Two top editions of the UK, the Air Force and independent, warn about the solar “super drill”, and that we have for action will only be only 30 minutes. Independent and Air Force February 7, 2013, at the same time, made articles on solar super drill, threatening Earth with cataclysms. Solar Superstorm May hit Earth communications satellites, lead to dangerous leaps voltage in the national network and disrupt air traffic, destroying the equipment at airports and in airplanes, we find in Most posts, writes. It is inevitable that the strongest solar storm as a result of the ejection of billions of tons by the sun high-energy particles that fly at a speed of a million miles per hour, will hit the Earth in the near future. Event impossible predict more than 30 minutes before it actually will happen, warns a team of engineers. Solar superstorm scientists estimate that occur once every 100 or 200 years, and the last covered the Earth in 1859. Although this did not happen in the space age, today we are much more vulnerable than a hundred years ago due to the ubiquity of modern electronics, said specialists. “The general view is that solar superstorms are inevitable, the question is not “if,” but “when?” space weather extreme group report experts from the Royal Academy of Engineering in London. IN the past half century, there have been several “misses” when the “ejection coronal mass “- the energetic matter of the Sun passed into space past Earth. In 1989, a relatively small solar storm disabled several key electrical transformers in the Canadian national network, resulting in main consumers of electricity were disconnected. Similar solar storms significantly increased the level of atmospheric radiation in 1956, 1972, 1989 and 2003, experts discovered. Professor Paul Cannon, who led the academy’s working group on solar storms, said the government should create a council on space weather to control measures to minimize exposure to solar storms. “Solar superstorm will not be easy task, but not catastrophic. For the government, there are two problems – a wide range of technologies that can suffer today and the emergence of unexpected vulnerabilities in emerging technologies, “- he said. “Our appeal:” Do not panic, but get ready. Sunny superstorm will happen one day, and we must be prepared for this. ” “Many steps have already been taken to minimize impact.” solar storms on modern technology … We expect that in Great Britain can further minimize the impact, “- added he. Small solar storms affect the Earth on a regular basis, but they are much less powerful than the “event of 1859”, named after the British astronomer Richard Carrington. it was the last real solar superstorm. Similar flash today will create serious problems in the electrical network, where transformers are especially vulnerable to power surges, will disrupt operation of satellites, GPS navigation, aviation, and possibly network mobile communications, in particular, the new 4G format, which relies on to GPS satellites to synchronize information. “Satellites of course the first to be hit by a superstorm. They are part of our infrastructure, and we are concerned about their vulnerability during solar superbores, “said Keith Ryden, a space engineer from University of Surrey.
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