WEATHER WEAPONS: WHY THE ATMOSPHERE COULD BECOME THE NEXT GEOPOLITICAL BATTLEGROUND
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When devastating floods swept through Assam in northeastern India in 2018, the disaster quickly triggered a troubling question within New Delhi’s security corridors: could control over the weather become a new tool of… As technology advances, could control over the weather become a tool of geopolitical pressure, or even a weapon?
Much of the concern centred on neighbouring China. Assam’s then finance minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, publicly warned about Beijing’s...
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- News - South China Morning Post: When devastating floods swept through Assam in northeastern India in 2018, the disaster quickly triggered a troubling question within New Delhi’s security corridors: could control over the weather become a new tool of…
- News - South China Morning Post: As technology advances, could control over the weather become a tool of geopolitical pressure, or even a weapon?
- News - South China Morning Post: Much of the concern centred on neighbouring China.
- News - South China Morning Post: Assam’s then finance minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, publicly warned about Beijing’s...
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- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on WEATHER, WEAPONS, ATMOSPHERE, COULD, BECOME.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 18 Jul 2026, 13:00 UK.
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