"With Operation Popeye, the U.S. government made" Topic

…weather an instrument of war

"It was a seasonably chilly afternoon in 1974 when Senators Claiborne Pell, a Democrat from Rhode Island, and Clifford Case, a Republican from New Jersey, strode into the chambers of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations for a classified briefing. While the meeting was labeled "top secret," the topic at hand was rather mundane: They were there to discuss the weather.

More specifically, Pell, the chairman of the now-defunct subcommittee for Oceans and International Environment, and his colleague were about to learn the true extent of a secret five-year-old cloud seeding operation meant to lengthen the monsoon season in Vietnam, destabilize the enemy, and allow the United States to win the war…"

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Armand

Isn't there a scene in the movie The Green Berets where Lt. Nim (George Takei) is standing in the rain and says, "This is sure Charlie's weather."?
It seems that prolonging the rainy season could only work to the NVA/VCs advantage. Much tougher for aircraft and helicopter operations. Creeks and river's rise making it more difficult for ground transport, heavy trucks, tanks and APCs to move. Just the sound of falling rain can mask the sound of troops moving through the jungle.
I thought that was part of the problem, that Charlie did his best work in the rain.

You certainly would think so. I think at a national level, they are thinking logistics and how much harder it is for the North to supply the south.

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Armand