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Operation Popeye / Sober Popeye (Project Controlled Weather Popeye / Motorpool / Intermediary-Compatriot) was a military cloud-seeding project carried out by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War in 1967–1972.
The Many Flags campaign was an initiative by United States President Lyndon Johnson to get U.S. allies in Asia and the Pacific to participate in the Vietnam War in support of South Vietnam. While it served a military purpose, the program was also a propaganda effort by Johnson to enlist Free World forces in the Cold War against communism .
June 25, 2011 – Tropical Storm Haima (Bão số 2) moved over Hanoi as a weakening system. July 30, 2011 — Tropical Storm Nock-ten (Bão số 3) affected north-central Vietnam with 6,200 acres of rice and other crop fields were reported to be completely submerged due to flooding. 20 people have died from the storm.
The following is a list of weather events that occurred in 2011. The year began with La Niña conditions. There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones.
2011 Ongoing Ethnic violence in South Sudan (2011–present) Part of the Sudanese nomadic conflicts. Various tribes Various tribes 2011 2012 Operation Linda Nchi. Part of the Somali Civil War (2009–present) Kenya. Somalia Raskamboni Front ASWJ Azania. Al-Shabaab: 2011 2014 Factional violence in Libya (2011–14) Libya. Government-sanctioned ...
The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 [A 1] – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies.
North Korea begins two days of funeral services for former leader Kim Jong-Il, who died on December 17 of a heart attack, aged 69. (BBC) ( Tripoli Post ) 2011 Yemeni uprising : Labour strikes take place in Yemen as protesters demand reforms and the dismissal of managers over alleged corruption under the regime of outgoing President Ali Abdullah ...
September 8 – Võ Chí Công, Chairman of the Council of State of Vietnam (p. 1912) October 23 – Trương Vĩnh Lễ, politician (b. 1914) October 27 – Hoàng Hồng Cẩm, painter (b. 1959) November 17 – Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc, prelate (b. 1919)