The Vietnam War was a dark piece of human history. During this war, the U.S. Army struggled to figure out and disrupt the Vietcong’s supply chain. The battle fields were covered in thick bush and huge forests, meaning that airplanes could not see the enemy and move around in a safe manner. A new approach was developed, which aimed to defoliate the Vietnamese forests, providing better visibility. This become known as the infamous “Agent Orange”, which did manage to strip the forest of its leaves, but had serious other consequences as well. What few people realize is that, today, thanks…
How Copper Has Been Used as a Weapon of War
