In a press release dated November 3, 1993, the United States Air Force announces that the prime contractor on the HAARP project is ARCO Power Technologies, Inc.

The Pentagon's mysterious HAARP project, under construction at an isolated Air Force facility near Gakona, Alaska, marks the first step toward creating the world's most powerful "ionospheric heater."

The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project (HAARP), a joint effort of the Air Force and the Navy, is the latest in a series of little-known Department of Defense (DOD) "active ionospheric experiments."

On October 18, 1993, the United States Air Force releases a “Record of Decision, High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), Final Environmental Impact Statement”.

The document, in part, states that the “…research facility would be used to understand, simulate and control ionospheric processes that might alter the performance of communications and surveillance systems…[T]he selected site must fall in the range of 61 and 65 degrees, either north or south.”

Keating leads the ALP to another victory in the 1993 elections.

In 1993, the Australian government proposes making Australia a republic, severing ties with the British crown by 2001.

Younger Australians favor the creation of a flag which does not contain the Union Jack.

Australian filmmaker Jane Campion directs her first big-budget film, 1993’s “The Piano,” about a fierce, silent, mail order bride shipped to New Zealand in the mid-nineteenth century.

In 1993, the Australian government proposes making Australia a republic, severing ties with the British crown by 2001.

Younger Australians favor the creation of a flag which does not contain the Union Jack.

Australian filmmaker Jane Campion directs her first big-budget film, 1993’s “The Piano,” about a fierce, silent, mail order bride shipped to New Zealand in the mid-nineteenth century.

Keating leads the ALP to another victory in the 1993 elections.

In 1993, the Thai army, with support from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency launches its operation to destroy thousands of acres of opium poppies from the fields of the Golden Triangle region.

(Source: Opium: A History)