"In this paper we show that appropriate application of weather-modification can provide battlespace

dominance to a degree never before imagined. In the future, such operations will enhance air and space

superiority and provide new options for battlespace shaping and battlespace awareness. “The technology is

there, waiting for us to pull it all together;” in 2025 we can “Own the Weather.”

- Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025 (A Research Paper Presented To the Air Force, 1996)