Midway through 1996, the United States Air Force announced the publication of what was termed the USAF 2025 report. Prepared by the 2025 Support Office at the Air University, Air Education and Training Command, and developed by the Air University Press, Educational Services Directorate, College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research, and Education, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, the report was, to quote the military, “a study designed to comply with a directive from the chief of staff of the Air Force to examine the concepts, capabilities, and technologies the United States will require to remain the dominant air and space force in the future.”
One particularly intriguing sub-section of the report had the notable title of Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025. That’s correct: the U.S. military has been deep at work trying to determine if the manipulation, and outright creation, of harsh weather conditions – such as hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes, and other forms of devastation that are normally ascribed to the rigors of nature – might be considered viable tools of warfare in the very near future. Such a scenario might sound like nothing more than a crazy pipedream. It most assuredly is not, however. In fact, it’s precisely the opposite.
Read More: http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/06/weather-and-warfare/
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