I am not arguing whether they are dinking with nature. They always have and will continue to.
The argument I made was that it does not give them 'control' of the 'weather'.
Owning the Weather 2025 - report by US Air Force:
http://csat.au.af.mil/2025/volume3/vol3ch15.pdf
Interesting reading- sort of on this topic from 1996. Since this in not classified, and time has passed, it is likely further along.
What I find interesting was the remark about Hurricanes, something along the lines of - it’s controversial, so we won’t be covering that topic.