Weather control device (Red Alert 2)

Description
The Weather Control Device, or Weather Machine, was Albert Einstein's ultimate superweapon to wield against Romanov. Interestingly enough, Einstein initially didn't want the Device used believing that it was "God's Toys", but he relented when he decided that the ends justified the means (ie. ending the Soviet Union as a threat to the free world). This also later applied to Yuri and his minions. 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. The Weather Control Device also shuts off all allieds and enemies radar for a short period of time.

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 way to withstand the lightning storm's barrage. Fortunately, the weapon was expensive, and it took 10 minutes to recharge and deploy. There was approximately 12 second delay before the lighting storm cloud were visible. 2 seconds after that, the lightning bolts commenced. Also, a Weather Control Device could not be destroyed instantly with a direct hit from any of the three superweapons.

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 nuclear strike against the city of Seattle.

In the Soviet campaign, the Allies deployed their Weather Control Device in the US Virgin Islands in a desperate attempt to counter the Soviet onslaught. This superweapon was modified to trade power (enough to 'level entire cities') for armor so only one well-timed nuclear missile was sufficient to destroy the weapon.

Post-War
After the war, the Allies reviewed the performance of this Structure. While the superweapon was powerful, it was very costly in terms of funds and power to maintain the structure in the battlefield. For this reason, the Allies deployed some Weather Control Devices around the globe and allowed an Allied Commander to use it once a Defense HQ was deployed, instead of having to construct the superweapon during the battle itself.

The Allies later developed the Proton Collider as their main superweapon to replace Weather Control Device.