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As part of the US’s attempt to win the Vietnam War, the US military undertook a secret weather manipulation operation in South East Asia.
More than US$3 million was spent from 1967 to 1972 as the secret project sought to make the monsoon season longer and flood the Ho Chi Minh trail, which was being used by the North Vietnamese as a supply route.
It was hoped that the extra rains would cause rivers to flood cutting off bridges and crossings, as well as landslides. It was the first military operation that attempted to influence the weather.
Some saw it as a positive alternative to fighting and bombing.
The operation included creating clouds over South East Asia using silver iodide. American jets made about 2000 sorties to create the clouds. The cloud making units were attached to the side of WC-130A Hercules aircraft.
More than US$3 million was spent from 1967 to 1972 as the secret project sought to make the monsoon season longer and flood the Ho Chi Minh trail, which was being used by the North Vietnamese as a supply route.
It was hoped that the extra rains would cause rivers to flood cutting off bridges and crossings, as well as landslides. It was the first military operation that attempted to influence the weather.
Some saw it as a positive alternative to fighting and bombing.
The operation included creating clouds over South East Asia using silver iodide. American jets made about 2000 sorties to create the clouds. The cloud making units were attached to the side of WC-130A Hercules aircraft.