Navy Research Paper: ‘Disrupt Economies’ with Man-Made ‘Floods,’ ‘Droughts’
By Noah Shachtman
February 11, 2008
Translation by Autumnson Blog
A recently-unearthed U.S. Navy research project calls for creating mad-made floods and droughts to "disrupt [the] economy" of an enemy state.
一份最近出土的美國海軍研究項目報告，呼龥創造人造的水災和旱災，來“擾亂“敵國的經濟。
"Weather modification was used successfully in Viet Nam to (among other things) hinder and impede the movement of personnel and material from North Viet Nam to South VietNam," notes a Naval Air Warfare Weapons Division – China Lake research proposal, released last month through the Freedom of Information Act. But "since that time military research on Weather Modification has dwindled in the United States."
“天氣改造成功地被用於越南去(夾雜在其它東西中）阻礙和妨礙人員和物資從北越到南越的移動，" 一海軍空戰武器分部記錄 - 中國鹽湖的研究建議，上月通過信息自由法公佈。但是，“自那時以來，軍方科研人工影響天氣已逐漸在美國減少。
The proposal suggests a study of the latest weather manipulation techniques, to "give the U.S. military a viable, state-of-the-art weather modification capability again." With that in hand, American forces would be able…
該建議提出最新的天氣操縱技術研究，以“再次給美國軍方一個可行的、藝術狀態的人工影響天氣的能力。“有那在手，美國軍隊將可以...
To impede or deny the movement of personnel and material because of rains-floods, snow-blizzards, etc.
去妨礙或拒絕人員和材料的移動，由於降雨洪水、暴風雪等等。
(2) To disrupt economy due to the effect of floods, droughts, etc.
（2）由於洪水、乾旱等的影響去擾亂經濟。
The proposal is undated. But it’s pretty clearly from the Cold War
該建議是沒有日期的，但它是相當清楚是來自冷戰的。
Not only is "the Soviet Union (Russia)" mentioned. The money is also relatively small, by today’s standards — less than a half-million dollars, over two years.
不祇是“蘇聯（俄羅斯）“被提及，而且錢是相對地少，按今天的標準 - 不到50萬美元，超過兩年。
A military in-house newspaper calls "weather modification" an "area of China Lake preeminence. Between 1949 and 1978, China Lake developed concepts, techniques, and hardware that were successfully used in hurricane abatement, fog control, and drought relief. Military application of this technology was demonstrated in 1966 when ProjectPopeye was conducted to enhance rainfall to help interdict traffic on the Ho Chi Minh Trail." (Here’s a picture of China Lake’s "Cold Cloud Modification System."
In 1980, the United States ratified a treaty banning military weather manipulation. But every once in a while, someone in the armed forces floats the idea of doing it again. "Our vision is that by 2025 the military could influence the weather on a mesoscale [theater-wide] or microscale [immediate local area] to achieve operational capabilities," a 1996 Air Force-commissioned study reads.
Today, Chinese officials are trying to figure out ways to keep it from raining over Beiing, during this summer’s Olympics.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/02/navy-research-p/
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