Can a bullet fired into the storm cloud cause lightning to strike?

BigChungus@startrek.website to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 70 points –

I’m just curious during thunderstorm, if anyone tried to fire a bullet during storm into clouds? Will the lightning strike the bullet? Mythbusters or someone else maybe did that ?

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I don't know about bullets, but laser beams seem to work: https://www.sci.news/physics/laser-guided-lightning-11572.html

Laser beams ionize particles in the air . Ionized particles are conductive. As they are lined up, they form a path.