probably you are talking about HAARP Operation?(ionospheric hegemony)
that's only achievable through scientific advancements.USA and Russia began working together on it as early as 1993(my hunch).

and I saw one of your posts regarding launching of satellites.I'm not sure if there are any holes at poles.The best place to launch satellite however is equator,because earth has maximum spin over there,so it helps launching a satellite.