388 000 tons of napalm was dropped in vietnam during 1963 1973 period more than ten times the amount of napalm used in korea. When a bomb hit the temple the villagers ran out in fear.
Troops used a substance known as napalm from about 1965 to 1972 in the vietnam war.
Napalm vietnam war plane. Napalm was used in the vietnam war. Napalm is a mixture of plastic polystyrene hydrocarbon benzene and gasoline. Kim phúc joined a group of civilians and south vietnamese soldiers who were fleeing from the caodai temple to the safety of south vietnamese held positions.
South vietnamese planes began dropping napalm bombs on the village. The year after the napalm girl photo was taken the united states and north vietnam came to a shaky ceasefire that gave america all the excuse it needed to cut and run. The mark 77 bomb is a united states 750 pound air dropped incendiary bomb carrying 110 u s.
However those instances are dwarfed by american use of napalm in the vietnam war where the us dropped almost 400 000 tons of napalm bombs in the decade between 1963 and 1973. This resulted in many civilian casualties. The us first used napalm during world war ii in both the european and pacific theaters and also deployed it during the korean war.
Operation rolling thunder was backed up by the phosphorous and napalm bombs it caused a great deal suffering in vietnam giving many innocent civilians dreadful. Images spectaculaires de bombardements et d explosions de bombes incendiaires au napalm filmées depuis des caméras embarquées sur des avions a. The pentagon has claimed that the mk 77 has less impact on the environment than napalm.
A vietnam war veteran who took part in coordinating the. One of the most iconic photographs taken during the vietnam war depicted children fleeing from a napalm strike terrified. Instead of the gasoline polystyrene and benzene mixture used in napalm bombs the mk 77 uses kerosene based fuel with a lower concentration of benzene.
This mixture creates a jelly like substance that when ignited sticks to practically anything and burns up to ten minutes. Using napalm bombs dropped by a fast moving aircraft didn t guarantee much accuracy. Gallons of a fuel gel mix which is the direct successor to napalm.
On june 8 1972 south vietnamese planes dropped a napalm bomb on trảng bàng which had been attacked and occupied by north vietnamese forces. A napalm bomb could leave an area of 2 500 square yards engulfed in unquenchable fire. Napalm which was considered as one of the most successful weapons was quickly employed in the vietnam war in 1963.
The mk 77 is the primary incendiary weapon currently in use by the united states military. The war continued however between saigon and hanoi and there hangs a tale.
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