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NASA is looking in to the possibility of using nuclear weapons to defend Earth against asteroid impacts.
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The Pentagon and the US Air Force are working on developing hypersonic weapons and aircraft.
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A sophisticated new laser defence system could soon be making its way on to drones and fighter jets.
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Chimpanzees in southeastern Senegal have become quite adept at making their own weapons.
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A new report has urged the United Nations to ban 'killer robots' before countries start to develop them.
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A senior US scientist has expressed concern over the use of climate data by US intelligence agencies.
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An underground World War II complex used to develop nuclear weapons has been unearthed in Austria.
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The ultimate weapons of mass destruction could one day save us from complete annihilation.
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Speculation is rife over the purpose of a secretive Russian spacecraft currently orbiting the planet.
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The potential dangers of autonomous weapon systems have been emphasized at a recent UN meeting.
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The United States is keeping some of its nuclear warheads in case of an apocalyptic asteroid threat.
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Eccentric inventor Geoffrey Pyke came up with a number of unorthodox weapon concepts during the war.
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Weather experts have been baffled by a mysterious plume that erupted over a missile testing site.
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Experts have uncovered a series of strange weapon diagrams in a warfare manual dating back to 1530.
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The defense contractor has built and demonstrated a working 30-kilowatt laser weapon for military use.
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Recently discovered records suggest that Nazi scientists attempted to use mosquitoes as weapons.
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Physicists have been able to create a form of 'light-matter' reminiscent of the lightsabers in Star Wars.