Blasts from the past: how massive solar eruptions 'probably' detonated dozens of US sea mines
- Written by Brett Carter, Senior lecturer, RMIT University
Solar flares captured on the Sun.NASA/SDO
An extraordinary account of the impact space weather had on military operations in Vietnam in 1972 was found buried in the US Navy archives, according to a newly published article in Space Weather.
On August 4, 1972, the crew of a US Task Force 77 aircraft flying near a naval minefield in the waters off Hon...