Weather control device (Red Alert 2)

Description
The Weather Control Device, or Weather Machine, was Albert Einstein's ultimate weapon to wield against Romanov. It could manipulate the weather patterns to create a powerful lightning storm. The lightning bolts could destroy heavily armored structures. Interestingly enough, the more surface area (of the Earth), that a building occupied, the more likely that it would be to be destroyed. Therefore, structures such as War Factories, although significantly armored, could be easily destroyed. However, structures such as sentry guns, though they had low health, were much more immune, owing to their small surface area.

Counters
There was really only one counter, and that was to destroy the weapon before it could be used. Once launched, a devastating lightning storm would form, and short of vacating the area of effect, or deploying an Iron Curtain or Force Shield to make the affected area invulnerable, there was no defense. Fortunately, the weapon, although heavily armored, was extremely expensive, and took a full 10 minutes to charge and deploy, after which time, there was an approximately 11 second delay before storm clouds were visible. About 1 to 2 seconds after that, the lightning bolts commenced.

Usage
It was deployed during the final battle against Romanov during the final battle of Great World War III, as well as several times during the war against Yuri, that followed immediately after, particularly in the incident surrounding the threatened atomic warefare against the city Seattle.