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Future Weapons of War in the Works

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the avril-and-leviathan dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Who needs explosive missiles when you can just launch a 3 foot long chunk of metal at near Mach 7 speeds and get the same result? Popular Science looks at weapons the military is developing for future wars including electromagnetic railguns, space darts, superfast torpedos, laser cannons, and a gun that fires a million rounds per minute."

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  1. Funny thing... by -noefordeg- · · Score: 2, Troll

    Spend billions and billions of dollars on new weapons.
    Sell off all the old weapons to foreign nations to get some balance in the budget.
    Realise that the weapon you sold are almost as good as the weapon you developed and start all over again researching even better and more deadlier weapons.
    Sell off all the old weapons....

    And then you have it going. Great profit for those who make weapons tho :) So it's not all bad.