Iran Produces Cloud Seeding Rockets
Tehran (Basirat):Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says the country has managed to produce rockets by which clouds can be inseminated
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, the energy minister said the rockets to seed
clouds used to be imported from abroad, but now the Islamic Republic is able to
produce them inside the country.
As Iran is located in a low-rainfall region, cloud seeding is a method used to
increase precipitation and solve the drought problems.
Back in February, Ardakanian said the ministry has launched cooperation with the
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in cloud seeding operations.
In January, the IRGC Aerospace Force commander expressed preparedness to help
the Energy Ministry to carry out such operations, saying his forces were at the
Iranian nation’s service and would mobilize all equipment to help the
administration.
Cloud seeding is a type of weather modification that aims to change the amount
or type of precipitation that falls from clouds by dispersing substances into
the air that serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei, which alter the
microphysical processes within the cloud.
Source: IFP