WORLD War 3 could be fought with "weaponised" weather by paralysing countries with apocalyptic flash floods or icy fog, experts fear.
Sabotaging the weather could "control enemies" and disrupt military operations during conflict - or be used by terrorists to launch attacks.
Weather modification includes attempts to create more rain, prevent rain, reduce hail, prevent fog, make snow - or reduce the severity of a hurricane.
It has historical precedent - with uses in the Vietnam War, during the 2008 Olympics in China , by Russia during one of Putin 's parades, and even by the British government.
But it's feared weather sabotage could set off a chain of events "that we have little control over".
If weaponised, it could stop rainfall over crops to starve a nation - or spark floods