War Machines

"It's possible," Lt. Col. David Branham of the Air Force says, "that in our lifetime we will be able to run a conflict without ever leaving the United States."
MQ-9 Reaper
armed remotely piloted drone, being deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan late 2007


SWORDS TALON
armed remotely operated vehicle, currently deployed in Iraq


Sarin nerve gas
lethal dose: approximately 1 lb./million


Smallpox
eradicated in nature, maintained in 2(?) storage facilities

Ebola
"Ebola shows potential as a biological weapon because of its lethality but due to its relatively short incubation period it may be more difficult to spread since it may kill its victim before it has a chance to be transmitted. As a result, some developers have considered breeding it with other agents such as smallpox to create so-called chimera viruses." (wikipedia)
M-388 Davy Crockett nuclear recoilless rifle
yield: .5 Kt


MK-54 nuclear backpack
yield: 1 Kt


Little Boy
the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
yield: 16 Kt


W-80 nuclear warhead
yield: 170 Kt


B-83 nuclear bombs
yield: 1200 Kt


Tsar bomb
most powerful bomb tested (1961)
yield: 57,000 Kt


Weapon of Total Destruction (WTD) (theoretical)
radiation weapon designed to kill all human life on Earth
estimated yield: 5,000,000-10,000,000 Kt




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