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Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025 (1996)

A 1996 Air University (US Air Force) paper exploring hypothetical future weather-modification capabilities as a scenario-planning exercise; misread by chemtrail proponents as evidence of an active spraying programme, though the Air Force has stated it does not represent current or planned policy.

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  • Chemtrail Claim

    Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025 (1996) served as the basis for Chemtrail Claim — The document is an explicitly hypothetical scenario-planning exercise; proponents misread it as evidence of an active programme.

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  • United States Air Force

    Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025 (1996) was authored by United States Air Force.

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