It has been a constant fear of the US military that with the weather system ageing will it be able to predict correctly the climatic conditions to come in the near future.
And it has been found that this fear is actually based on the reality that Mother Nature is increasingly becoming unpredictable and with obsolete systems, it is sure to hit the US operations hard since most of them rely heavily on satellites for weather predictions and other data.
It is important to understand the weather statistics to gauge the future changes in the environment as well as it impact on the security of the nation. But unfortunately, no funding has yet been allocated for weather satellites that cater to the military in terms of security of the nation as yet.