To give themselves plausible deniability by hiding clandestine activities within an otherwise routine weather surveillance mission. If a P3 can hold 180 pounds of cargo, which is less than the weight of a healthy adult man, then it could have seeded the storm with dry ice at the same time as it collected meteorological data -- the mission it is typically used for.
To give themselves plausible deniability by hiding clandestine activities within an otherwise routine weather surveillance mission. If a P3 can hold 180 pounds of cargo, which is less than the weight of a healthy adult man, then it could have seeded the storm with dry ice at the same time as it collected meteorological data -- the mission it is typically used for.