It was late June of 2005 in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan, and four outnumbered US Navy SEALs were pinned down, low on ammunition, and without high ground advantage. As the seconds turned into minutes and the minutes into hours, the escape options began to run out. Over 100 insurgents had steadily cornered them, and more enemy combatants were on their way. Team Leader Michael Murphy realized that the only hope for survival was to call in a Quick Reaction Force, and in a heroic move, he left

184K views · 2K reactions | In 1967, the U.S. launched Operation Popeye, a top-secret mission to control the weather over Vietnam. C-130s seeded clouds with silver iodide to extend the monsoon, flooding the Ho Chi Minh Trail and delaying enemy reinforcements. The project continued until 1972, when it was exposed and condemned worldwide. #VietnamWar #OperationPopeye #WeatherWarfare #TheWarRoom #fblifestyle | The War Room | Facebook

Operation Popeye was a secret U.S. military project conducted from 1967 to 1972 during the Vietnam War. Its objective was to extend the monsoon season over the Ho Chi Minh Trail—a critical supply route for North Vietnamese forces—by artificially increasing rainfall through cloud seeding. The operation used silver iodide and lead iodide flares dispersed from specially equipped aircraft to stimulate precipitation in moisture-laden clouds. Over roughly five years, the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Sq