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ENMOD - Environmental Modification
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Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD Convention)
U.S. Department of State
Signed in Geneva May 18, 1977
Entered into force October 5, 1978
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Good narrative about the Convention
"Each State Party to this Convention undertakes not to engage in military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects as the means of destruction, damage or injury to any other State Party."
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http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/acda/environ1.htm
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ADVISORY SERVICE
ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
1976 Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
(International Committee of the Red Cross)
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The ENMOD Convention is
specifically intended to prevent use of
the environment as a means of
warfare, by prohibiting the deliberate
manipulation of natural processes that
could produce phenomena such as
hurricanes, tidal waves or changes in
climate.
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http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/57JR8J/$File/1976_ENMOD.pdf
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The United States (U.S.) government, past to present, relies on its military defense resources for its primary means of protection against exterior threats. Advances in weapons development help to accomplish this task.
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Good Article
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http://www.engg.ksu.edu/NEER/pubs/papers/001.pdf |
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