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The time the military decided to “Make Mud, Not War.” 🌧️🪖
Controlling the weather sounds like a wild internet conspiracy, but from 1967 to 1972, it was a highly classified reality.
Here is the declassified file on Operation Popeye:
🗺️ The Problem: During the Vietnam War, enemy forces used a massive dirt road network called the Ho Chi Minh Trail to move supplies. The US couldn’t stop them with traditional airstrikes because the jungle canopy was too thick.
🌩️ The Solution: If you can’t bomb the road, wash it away. The military launched a top-secret “cloud seeding” program.
✈️ The Execution: The 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew planes directly into the monsoon clouds. They fired specialized flares containing silver iodide into the storm. This chemical caused moisture in the clouds to freeze, get heavy, and fall as massive downpours.
🌊 The Result: It worked perfectly. They extended the monsoon season by over a month.
• Dirt roads turned into impassable swamps.
• Landslides crushed supply trucks.
• River crossings were completely washed away.
📜 The Fallout: The operation was kept secret from the public and even from Congress. When a reporter finally broke the story in 1971, it caused a global scandal.
The idea of weaponizing nature was so terrifying that the UN drafted the ENMOD Treaty in 1977, strictly banning the military from ever modifying the weather again.
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