Forget the light saber; the flashy sword is but a part of the fictional Star Wars universe. These five crazy, futuristic, and veritably frightening weapons may sound like they come from epic sci-fi ...

The U.S. Department of Defense is spending an average $1 billion a year on developing directed-energy weapons with the goal of using them to defeat threats including drones and missiles.

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Weapons are illegal and untraceable Have you ever heard of “ghost guns”? Ghost guns can be made at home with a 3D printer. They work like regular guns, but they’re illegal in Canada.

But what was once only a sci-fi staple could soon become a reality. Scientists are developing a real-life tractor beam, dubbed an electrostatic tractor.

On the other hand, the real world intervenes from time to time.” The real world that drives current war planning is the absolute imperative of thwarting Iraqi use of chemical or biological weapons.