The Unknown Zone: Military Meteorology or Weather as a Weapon

"Scenario: Imagine that in 2025 the US is fighting a rich, but now consolidated, politically powerful drug cartel in South America. The cartel has purchased hundreds of Russian-and Chinese-built fighters that have successfully thwarted our attempts to attack their production facilities. With their local numerical superiority and interior lines, the cartel is launching more than 10 aircraft for every one of ours. In addition, the cartel is using the French system probatoire d' observation de la terre (SPOT) positioning and tracking imagery systems, which in 2025 are capable of transmitting near-real-time, multispectral imagery with 1 meter resolution. The US wishes to engage the enemy on an uneven playing field in order to exploit the full potential of our aircraft and munitions.

Thus begins Weather as a Force Multiplier by Col. Tamzy J. House and other military personnel who were tasked by the military to use weather as a militaristic weapon, both to harm enemies and to aid allies.  From trying to induce droughts lovingly referred to as precipitation denial to storm modification and enhancement, removal of clouds or fog (cloud busting) or the formation of clouds and fog to causing earthquakes the military does it all

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Did you know that one of the most common fields of employment for a meteorologist is in the  military?