Abstract of the presentation
" 'The Army After Next ­ How Will We Test?'
WEATHER MODIFICATION"

at the

Proceedings of
TECOM Test Technology Symposium '97

by Dr. Arnold Appleton Barnes:
" 'The difficulty, cost, and risk of developing a weather control system for military applications are extremely high. However, the potential benefits for national security could be even higher. Enemy weather modification weapons are possibilities which, like it or not, may be possible and must be considered,' Spacecast 2020. This paper considers such concepts as hole boring for surveillance; the use of space mirrors for night battlefield illumination, modifying the environment, enforcement of curfews and similar civil control measures; use of carbon black to retarget precipitation; fog dissipation; and cirrus enhancement."
http://sulatestagiannilannes.blogspot.de/2013/09/chemtrails-us-army-test-technology.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20010514025756/http://www.dtc.army.mil/tts/1997/proceed/abarnes.html


"The difficulty, costs, and risks of developing a weather control system for military applications are extremely high. However, the potential benefits for national security could be even higher. Enemy weather modification weapons are possibilities which, like it or not, may be possible and must be considered."
Spacecast 2020
produced in a Department of Defense school environment: "(...) The United States Air Force Chief of Staff, General Merrill A. McPeak, challenged the faculty and students of Air University to break the bonds of the present and envision the possibilities, capabilities, and technologies the United States will require to exploit the space high ground in pursuit of national security objectives. (...)"
"Disclaimer
The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or the United States government."
http://fas.org/spp/military/docops/usaf/2020/exec-sum.htm