Problem
Planned weapons
Other Names:
Weapons under researchEnvisaged weapons
Anti-matter bombs
Transuranic weapons
Infrasonic radiation weapons
Incidence:
According to a report in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, there are several new ideas under consideration for nuclear weapons. As well as the EMP bomb, there is a proposal for a small-yield earthquake bomb which would be designed to burrow underground to destroy command bunkers which even the most advanced conventional bombs could never reach. Another proposal is for a so-called "micro-nuke" with a destructive force equivalent to only 100 tonnes of high explosive, which would intercept Third World ballistic missiles possibly armed with chemical warheads. Larger bombs or missile warheads are already available.
In 1993 a Russian ultranationalist leader revealed that Russia was developing a new weapon, termed the Elipton, which had the capacity to "annihilate the whole world". Commentators believed that it could be one originally conceived for use in space in response to the Strategic Defence Initiative of the USA.
Broader Problems:
Offensive weaponsRadiological warfareDeliberate invention of new threatsIrresponsible scientific and technological activity Narrower Problems:
Genetic weaponsElectromagnetic pulse bombOffensive microwave weapons Subject(s):
Biosciences → GeneticsDefence → Arms
Fundamental Sciences → Material
Fundamental Sciences → Metallic elements and alloys
Fundamental Sciences → Radiation
Fundamental Sciences → Sound
Management → Planning
Research, Standards → Research
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST