Operation Barrel Roll

E172013

aerial bombing campaign covert military operation

Operation Barrel Roll was a covert U.S. bombing campaign conducted in Laos during the Vietnam War, aimed at disrupting North Vietnamese supply routes and supporting Royal Lao Government forces.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Barrel Roll canonical	3
Barrel Roll campaign	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerial bombing campaign ⓘ covert military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Operation Barrel Roll ⓘ surface form: Barrel Roll campaign
casualties	significant civilian casualties in Laos ⓘ
characteristic	high level of bombing secrecy from U.S. public ⓘ
commandedBy	United States Indo-Pacific Command ⓘ surface form: United States Pacific Command
conflict	Vietnam War ⓘ
coordinatedWith	Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ Operation Steel Tiger ⓘ Operation Steel Tiger ⓘ surface form: Operation Tiger Hound
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1973-03-29 ⓘ
followedBy	continued U.S. bombing in Laos under other code names ⓘ
impact	contributed to making Laos one of the most heavily bombed countries per capita in history ⓘ
legalStatus	conducted without formal declaration of war in Laos ⓘ
location	Laos ⓘ northeastern Laos ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Air Force ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
natureOfOperation	covert ⓘ
objective	disrupt North Vietnamese supply routes ⓘ interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail network in Laos ⓘ support Royal Lao Government forces ⓘ
opponent	Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: North Vietnam Pathet Lao ⓘ
participant	Royal Lao Government ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf	Laotian Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	initial limited U.S. air strikes in Laos ⓘ
result	strategic stalemate in northeastern Laos ⓘ
startTime	1964-12-14 ⓘ
supported	Royal Lao Air Force operations ⓘ
supportedBy	CIA-backed Hmong forces ⓘ U.S. embassy in Vientiane ⓘ
target	North Vietnamese Army positions in Laos ⓘ Pathet Lao positions in Laos ⓘ logistics and supply routes in Laos ⓘ
theater	Southeast Asia ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ
usedAircraft	Douglas A-1 Skyraider ⓘ surface form: A-1 Skyraider AC-130 gunship ⓘ surface form: AC-130 Spectre AC-47 Spooky ⓘ Boeing B-52 Stratofortress ⓘ surface form: B-52 Stratofortress F-105 Thunderchief ⓘ McDonnell F-4 Phantom II ⓘ surface form: F-4 Phantom II North American T-28 Trojan ⓘ surface form: T-28 Trojan

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Operation Barrel Roll
Description of subject: Operation Barrel Roll was a covert U.S. bombing campaign conducted in Laos during the Vietnam War, aimed at disrupting North Vietnamese supply routes and supporting Royal Lao Government forces.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laotian Civil War → significantEvent → Operation Barrel Roll ⓘ

Secret War in Laos → relatedTo → Operation Barrel Roll ⓘ

Operation Barrel Roll → alsoKnownAs → Operation Barrel Roll ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barrel Roll campaign

Operation Steel Tiger → relatedTo → Operation Barrel Roll ⓘ