Secret of Solar Flares in the Vietnam War

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In 1972, the end of the Vietnam War was nowhere in sight.

The United States was desperate to gain an advantage over their enemy in any way they could, as North Vietnam had just launched an offensive on the country's southern border.

In the spring, President Nixon announced that the only way to stop the attacks would be by mining the entrances to North Vietnamese ports.

And so, the American Army hatched a plan, codenamed Operation Pocket Money. In it, eleven thousand underwater mines were placed near the Haiphong port to block and hinder all maritime trade for the remainder of the war.

These explosives were set to detonate with the pressure of the ships passing by. But on August 4 of that year, several of these mines spontaneously exploded, wreaking havoc in the Vietnamese port.

Military officials were baffled and suspected that some sort of solar interference was the culprit of the explosion, but the research done on the event was highly classified.

Decades after the war had ended, the information went public. A group of researchers from the University of Colorado decided to explore the incident much further.

Their study, published in 2018, confirmed that a powerful solar storm triggered the mines' sensors and led to the surprise explosions. The research has become fundamental for preventing another similar catastrophe in the modern world.

Suppose a solar flare similar to the events of 1972 happened today. In that case, the globalized and technology-dependent world we have become so accustomed to could face significant consequences.

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