HOLY CRAP MAN!!!

Before the Iraq War, the Alchemists at the Pentagon came out with an Environmentally friendly nuclear weapon called a MOAB. A weapon so powerful, that even the people watching the blasts on TV fall out of their chairs!

A few months after, they created Metal Storm. A gun that fires 1,000,000 rounds per minute! A MILLION ROUNDS PER MINUTE!!! You don't even have time to say "Oh Sh*t!" You'd be gone! They'd have to sweep what's left of you into a dust pan and put your remains in a mayonase jar!

In October, 2003, the United States and Israel created a Rail Gun that could knock missiles out of the air. If you don't know what a Rail gun is, it's A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BIG LASER CANNON WITH A BAD ATTITUDE!!!

What's next for Modern Warfare?

[Firestormalpha]

Whackmiester, while I am concerned with the disgusting amount of cash that goes into weapons research I must inform you that a rail gun is not a laser. It is, at least in concept, an array of electro magnets that accelerates a metal projectile to extremely high speeds. It's also referred to as a mass driver cannon. Oh yeah, what's the purpose of a gun firing bullets at 1,000,000 rounds per minute? Is this anti-personel weaponry or anti-vehicle weaponry?

[Stormymystic]

I will say it again..are you out of your damn mind?

[Azimaith]

The rail gun needs to fire tons of ammo for to shoot down missiles probably, plus its supposed to be powerful enough to intercept missiles in flight.

Wouldn't you much rather have a MOAB being researched as an alternative to the hydrogen bomb? It doesn't leave a thousand year radioactivity so why should be bitch that were getting non-nuclear weapons?

[Firestormalpha]

Azi, why are you making such a big deal about it? The Rail gun only needs one shot to be deadly, against anything. It's the Metal storm the fires countless rounds of ammo. For what reason I don't know. You could easily fire fewer rounds, be just as deadly and save money on ammo in the process. As far as MOAB. Kudos on the more ecologically sound weapon of mass destruction, but in the end it still just destroys. War is an unnecessary side effect of world leaders who think they have something to prove. Sometimes they do, and sometimes its just an over-inflated ego.

[SecretMaster]

As much as I hate to say this, war is necessary. And you really can't have world peace, because there is always that one person wanting conflict. It is the sad sad truth behind humanity. The only good thing i see about war is that we learn from it.

[Intrepid]

a metal storm that shoots 1 million rounds a minute is used for intercepting misiles especially approaching a ship,it can fire that many bullets because it has many barrels, it is not used for anti personal purposes. Although it could be usefull when used on annoying blackbirds. And that "safe" nuclear weapon had the nickname "daisy cutter", because instead of causing a spherical blast zone it creats a shockwave that travels along the ground destroying buildings and other stuff on the ground etc.
I have no idea what will be next, possibly germ but they have had germ warefare for well over 50 years so now with genetic engineering etc, they may be able to do something more powerfull
.....scary thought.

[Intrepid]

Originally posted by SecretMaster: The only good thing i see about war is that we learn from it.

yeah the romans etc had sword battles, since then we have learnt to make nukes, wow aren't we humans smart, we learn to kill ourselves faster and on a larger scale. (not flaming you, just the human race in genral)

[Azimaith]

Originally posted by Firestormalpha: Azi, why are you making such a big deal about it? The Rail gun only needs one shot to be deadly, against anything. It's the Metal storm the fires countless rounds of ammo. For what reason I don't know. You could easily fire fewer rounds, be just as deadly and save money on ammo in the process. As far as MOAB. Kudos on the more ecologically sound weapon of mass destruction, but in the end it still just destroys. War is an unnecessary side effect of world leaders who think they have something to prove. Sometimes they do, and sometimes its just an over-inflated ego.

Scuse me? First off, a rail gun fired against a person would not always be deadly, dependant on the kind and size of the projectile. Even if it hits at 100 times the speed of a chemical exposion propelled bullet if it goes right through it runs the risk of a deadly richchet to friendlies and it won't do enough damage. Its not 1 hit deadly against everything. Maybe you play to many FPS's.

Once again dependant on what your shooting and what projectile your using. If your trying to shoot down a missile i'm sorry but one bullet might not do the job, by firing thousands of rounds they can fill the area with bullets maximizing the chance of hitting and destroying that missile. You can't just fire less rounds and hope that it destroys it. Its does its job of tearing its target apart. This is why they mount multibarrel vulcans on planes they also use them on helicopters to kill tanks, they're just good at their job.

War is an unecessary side effect of world leaders? I think its more along the lines of its a side effect of being human. No offense but that line sounds rather naive. It would seem to me as the population on the earth gets larger wars will become more and more common, not only is there a battle for scarce resources but also the clashing of cultures and conflicting interests. War is inevitable so long as populations of people come into contact with one another.

[Skunk]

Originally posted by The Whackmiester : What's next for Modern Warfare?

Arnold Schwarzenegger as President