Military
| Emerging technology | Status | Potentially marginalized technologies | Potential applications | Related articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airborne laser | Research and development, trials | Missile defense | Tracking and destruction of tactical ballistic missiles | Advanced Tactical Laser, High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System |
| Antimatter weapon | Theory | Nuclear weapons | ||
| Caseless ammunition | Field tests and some niche markets | Cartridges | ||
| Directed energy weapon | Research, development, some prototypes | Firearms | Warfare | |
| Electrolaser | Research and development | Taser | ||
| Electromagnetic weapons | Research and development | Firearms | Warfare | Coilgun, Railgun |
| Electrothermal-chemical technology | Research and development | Conventional ammunition | Tank, artillery, and close-in weapon systems | |
| Particle beam weapon | Research and development | Firearms | Warfare | |
| Plasma weapon | Research | |||
| Pure fusion weapon | Theory | |||
| Sonic weapon | Research and development | |||
| Stealth technology | Research and development | Camouflage | Electronic countermeasures | Plasma stealth, Stealth aircraft, Radar-absorbent material |
| Vortex ring gun | Research and development | tear gas | Crowd control |
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“There was somewhat military in his nature, not to be subdued, always manly and able, but rarely tender, as if he did not feel himself except in opposition. He wanted a fallacy to expose, a blunder to pillory, I may say required a little sense of victory, a roll of the drum, to call his powers into full exercise.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
““My ancestors were all famous for military genius.”
My Lady smiled graciously. “It often runs in families,” she remarked: “just as a love for pastry does.””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“I’m not a military man, Captain. War holds no romance for me. The side effects are repulsive.”
—Richard Bluel, and Henry Hathaway. Major Hugh Tarkington (Clinton Greyn)