The Chinese are at it again. This time our far eastern friends are taking on mother nature. Now, weather modification is nothing new, and the Chinese actually got the idea from the Russians, but the Peoples Republic of China has announced that it intends to use rockets and artillery to ensure a fair weathered olympic games in 2008. Here’s how it works: (1) Fill rocket and/or anti-aircraft shells with cigarette-sized sticks of silver iodide (2) blast those fuckers into clouds with high moisture content (3) cause the clouds to rain themselves away (4) sunshine.
Genius.
FRAGRANT HILLS, China — When he’s not tending cherry orchards outside Beijing, Yu Yonggang can be found behind the twin barrels of a 37mm anti-aircraft gun, blasting shells at passing clouds.
According to the Chinese government, the idea is for the peasant gunners to work with meteorologists watching radar in the capital. Together, they will hunt pregnant rain clouds and pound them with rockets
That’s right, dude is an orchardist, not in the military. I wonder if the Chinese government threw in the camo coat and helmet for a couple pounds of Raniers.
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