| dc.description.abstract | Weather warfare or in other words weather
modification, finds its place in warfare history in the past and in
emerging technologies in the present context. During different
eras of world history amidst being challenged for its legality and
environmental impact, weather modifications survived under the
shield of scientific purposes. Against this backdrop, weather
warfare being the elephant in the room in power rivalry, this
paper finds 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
find feasible solutions, the methodology adopted in this paper is
qualitative based on secondary sources including media and the
internet and it is further analyzed using the four alternative
scenarios for the future. The discussion includes evaluating the
usage of weather warfare in the past, elaborating on the usage of
weather warfare in the present context, revisiting the possible
methods of weather warfare based on inventions in world history,
critically examining the legality of weather warfare and finally 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 modification as a military
strategy in alternative futures with its' possibility to identify as a
game changer in world power rivalry. | en_US |
