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merper68
Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:02:39 +0000

I’m not even coming at it from an ethical angle really. Small arms are just so passe. The weapons of the future will all be about automation and electronics - military robots and nanoscale swarms, emp blasts. Even the most revolutionary new gun is electronically fired:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/1281426.html

Navy is working on electormagnetically fired railguns to replace missiles:

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Pure mechanical weapons & Biological troops are increasingly being replaced. Electrical engineering or Mechanical engineering w/ a focus on control systems, would be much much more valuable than industrial design. Even if he decides to stay with “defense” and not work in something like energy or robotics, the latter two will make the weapons of today look as antiquated in 20 years as swords look to us now.