Operation Popeye
Operation Popeye (Project Controlled Weather Popeye / Motorpool / Intermediary-Compatriot) was a military
The former
The chemical weather modification program was conducted from Thailand over Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam and allegedly sponsored by
Build up
A report titled Rainmaking in SEASIA outlines use of
Objectives
Operation Popeye's goal was to increase rainfall in carefully selected areas to deny the Vietnamese enemy, namely military supply trucks, the use of roads by:[4]
- Softening road surfaces
- Causing landslides along roadways
- Washing out river crossings
- Maintaining saturated soil conditions beyond the normal time span.
The goal of the operation was to extend days of rainfall by about 30 to 45 days each monsoon season.[5]
Implementation
The
Public revelation
Reporter Jack Anderson published a story in March 1971 concerning Operation Popeye (though in his column, it was called Intermediary-Compatriot). The name Operation Popeye (Pop Eye) entered the public space through a brief mention in the Pentagon Papers[8] and a July 3, 1972, article in the New York Times.[9] Operations in Laos ceased two days after the publication of the Times article.[citation needed]
See also
- Project Stormfury
- Weather warfare
- Weather modification
- WC-130 Hercules
Sources
- Weather Modification Hearing, United States Senate Subcommittee on Oceans and International Environment of the Committee on Foreign Relations, March 20, 1974
Published government documents
- Keefer, Edward C. Foreign Relations of the United States 1964–1968, Volume XXVII, Laos United States Government Printing Office, 1998.
References
- ^ "Rainmaking used as a Weapon in SE Asia". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Daytona Beach, Florida. The New York Times News Service. 19 May 1974.
- Department of Defense. 1974. Archived from the originalon 12 June 2009.
- ^ Project Stormfury (PDF) (Report). United States Department of the Navy. May 1971. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 1, 2014.
- ^ "ENMOD and the US Congress". Sunshine-project.org. Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
- ^ The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. 2011. p. 921.
- ^ Thomas, Will. "Weather Warfare/Global Dominance Over Weather/Full Spectrum Dominance By Us Over Weather". Willthomas.net. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
- ^ THE AIR WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE ASSOCIATION GALLERY FOR JANUARY 2005
- ^ "The Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 4, Chapter 2, "US Ground Strategy and Force Deployments, 1965–1968, pp. 277–604, 3rd section". Mtholyoke.edu. Archived from the original on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
External links
- Transcript of the US Senate Hearing on Weather Modification of March 20, 1974
- Operation Motorpool Gallery
- Dr. Edwin X Berry's 1969 trip to Philippines for Operation Popeye Archived 2021-05-11 at the Wayback Machine (Berry now at www.climatephysics.com)