[ad_1] Firaxis announced its second major expansion of Civilization 6, called Gathering Storm. The name is about because it will introduce a number of new effects on the environment as well as …
Read More »According to a new newspaper, a 1972 solar storm triggered the explosion of dozens, if not thousands, of American mines during the Vietnam War
[ad_1] (Newser) – According to a new newspaper, dozens – and according to one account up to four thousand – US mines exploded during the Vietnam War due to a historic solar …
Read More »A Solar Storm Detonated U.S. Navy Mines During the Vietnam War
[ad_1] We live together on the surface of a smallish rock in the immediate neighborhood of an angry plasma death-ball that gives us the energy we need to survive but could also …
Read More »The 1972 solar storm unleashed mines of the Vietnam War – Quartz
[ad_1] An article in the journal Space Weather might have solved a mystery of the Vietnam War and better understand the magnitude of solar activity likely to interfere with the technology on …
Read More »A Massive Solar Storm Detonated Sea Mines During the Vietnam War
[ad_1] By 1972, the Vietnam War was close to its end, though it would still be three years ago for Saigon to fall. In the wake of the long-awaited Easter Offensive by …
Read More »Is there a massive meteor storm on the horizon?
[ad_1] The annual Leonid meteor shower, which will peak overnight from Saturday, November 17, into Sunday, November 18, has been known to produce some of the most explosive meteor storms. In some …
Read More »Massive Solar Storm Detonated Hidden American Bombs During the Vietnam War, Navy Records Show
[ad_1] This so-called seahorse flare shot up on the disk of the sun on Aug. 7, 1972. The radiation it produced was so powerful, it would’ve been harmful to astronauts if a …
Read More »Dust storm could cause perchlorate formation on Mars
[ad_1] Electrostatic discharges in a simulated Martian environment produce perchlorates – a potential source of energy for microbial life – at much greater abundances than the sun. An ephemeral dust storm is …
Read More »Did a huge solar storm blow up deep-sea mines during the Vietnam War? | Smart News
[ad_1] On August 4, 1972, dozens of mines appeared to explode spontaneously from the waters of Hon La, Vietnam. The weapons were placed there as part of Operation Pocket Money, a US …
Read More »A Powerful Solar Storm Likely Detonated Dozens of U.S. Sea Mines During the Vietnam War
[ad_1] A solar eruption on September 26, 2014.Image: NASA's Solar Dynamics Laboratory An analysis of recently declassified U.S. military documents confirms suspicions that, during the late stages of the Vietnam War, a …
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