1967 solar storm nearly took US to brink of war
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 11:11
in Astronomy & Space
A solar storm that jammed radar and radio communications at the height of the Cold War could have led to a disastrous military conflict if not for the U.S. Air Force’s budding efforts to monitor the sun’s activity, a new study finds. On May 23, 1967, the Air Force prepared aircraft for war, thinking the […]