- Weather warfare
Weather warfare is the use of
weather modification techniques for military purposes.The Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (Geneva: 18 May 1977, Entered into force: 5 October 1978) prohibits "widespread, long-lasting or severe effects as the means of destruction, damage or injury" [http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20051127&articleId=1336] . However it has been argued that this permits "local, non-permanent changes" [http://www.dtc.army.mil/tts/1997/proceed/abarnes/sld003.htm] .
Prior to the
Geneva Convention , theUnited States used weather warfare in theVietnam War . Under the auspices of theAir Weather Service , the United States usedcloud seeding over theHo Chi Minh Trail , increasing rainfall by an estimated thirty percent during 1967 and 1968. It was hoped that the increased rainfall would reduce the rate of infiltration down the trail.With much less success, the United States also dropped salt on the airbase during the siege of
Khe Sanh in an attempt to reduce the fog that hindered air operations.See also
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Scalar warfare
*Weather control
*Weather Modification Operations and Research Board
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