Geophysical Weapons

Geophysical weapons are a common term used in a number of foreign countries to describe a combination of various means that allow the destructive forces of inanimate nature to be used for military purposes through artificially induced changes in the physical properties and processes that occur in the Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. The huge energy content of many natural processes accounts for their destructive potential. As an example, the energy released by a single hurricane is equivalent to the energy released by thousands of nuclear bombs.

In the form of seismic weapons, these are the kind of weapons that can alter the climate and environment, as well as the Earth itself. It has long been assumed that the United States military operates a station in Alaska known as HAARP, which stands for High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. According to conspiracy theories, this facility is researching high frequency radio waves and how they can impact the ionosphere when deployed as a geophysical weapon. Beyond Alaska, China has made advances in technologies that many believe may be used as geophysical weapons. They only recently reported success in managing the local weather. So while it may sound a lot like fiction, it seems like China has at least had some success moving forward with these plans.