China Launches Giant Cloud-Seeding Drones To Combat Record Drought

A giant UAV named Wing Loong-2H has been launched by China to combat record drought by cloud-seeding, which means releasing silver iodide flame bars to produce artificial rain.

Officials in the southwestern province of Sichuan have deployed two enormous cloud-seeding drones in the hopes of reversing the dire situation that is currently affecting hydropower production as China's water supply rapidly deteriorates to catastrophic levels, which could have profound effects on the global food,...

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