Did a Solar Storm Detonate Deep Sea Mines During the Vietnam War?

Re:Did a Solar Storm Detonate Deep Sea Mines During the Viet... by taneq on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @06:37PM (#22950971)

Curious if it set off mines underwater but had no effect on the planes flying above the area. You’d think they would at least have noticed some unusual radio interference.

(My partner just pointed out that it was probably Bruce the Shark that’s set them off. :P )

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Re:Did a Solar Storm Detonate Deep Sea Mines During the Viet... by saagarjha on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @07:36PM (#22951350)

The planes were probably too small and far away to set off the detectors.

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Re:Did a Solar Storm Detonate Deep Sea Mines During the Viet... by morder on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @11:28PM (#22952555)

I think then statement was "wouldn't the planes have detected the solar storm" vs "wouldn't the planes have set them off"

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Re:Did a Solar Storm Detonate Deep Sea Mines During the Viet... by senectus1 on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @09:22PM (#22951915)

also the output is an order of magnitude lower than a decent solar storm from that raging ball of hate that we circle...

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