Evaluating Weather Warfare in Alternative Futures: A Game Changer in Future Power Rivalry

Abstract

Weather warfare or in other words weather modi cation, nds its place in warfare history in the past and emerging technologies in the present context. During di erent eras of the world history amidst been challenged for its legality and environmental impact, weather modi cations survived under the shield of scienti c purposes. In this backdrop, weather warfare being the elephant in the room in power rivalry, this paper nds it imperative to evaluate its futuristic aspects in terms of alternative futures. Therefore, the problem statement of this paper is to answer the plausibility of weather warfare in alternative futures. In order to nd feasible solutions, the methodology adopted in this paper is qualitative based on secondary sources including media and internet and it is further analyzed using the four alternative scenarios for future. The discussion includes to evaluate the usage of weather warfare in the past, elaborate the usage of weather warfare in the present context, to revisit the possible methods of weather warfare based on inventions in the world history, to critically examine the legality of weather warfare and nally to analyze weather warfare as a possible game changer in future world power rivalry. As a result, the main objective of this study is to unveil the plausibility of weather modi cation as a military strategy in alternative futures with its’ possibility to identify as a game changer in world power rivalry.