Modern warfare - what are the weapons of today

Question

1945 - the A bomb nuclear weapons are 60 years old

60 years before the A bomb - 1885 - it was a cannon gun powder and straight lines in a Napoleonic style of battle

So 60 years after the A bomb what have we got ?

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The advancement must be staggering

1825 - weapons of choice ? crude guns and arrows with spears all on horse back

60 yrs later 1885 Cannons and slightly better guns still with swords as back up

60 yrs 1945 later an atomic bomb

60 yrs later 2005 - what are they playing with now

Answer 1

rail gun and metal storm

Answer 2

sonics is the new way to go.

The U.S. DOD has demonstrated phased arrays of infrasonic emitters. The weapon usually consists of a device that generates sound at about 7 Hz. The output from the device is routed (by pipes) to an array of open emitters, which are usually one wavelength apart. At this frequency, armor and concrete walls and other common building materials allow sound waves to pass through, providing little defense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_weapo...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_range_...

Answer 3

F-22s, and the good old ar-15