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The problem here is with the future we don't really know what is going to happen. We could have the revolutionary effect that could drastically alter warfare like the gun did. However, we don't know that they will even be fully developed. To say that with the knowledge there we can build it is nonsense. During WW2 the Japanese knew full well how to build jets, unfortunately they didn't have the proper industry to back it up and produce jet-grade steel. Yes they had some late in the war, but the base wasn't there when they needed it. For some of these Rod of God technologies, how many people do you think will know how to build them. Only with the fall of the USSR did nuclear weapons become more widespread and even now only so many countries have them. A great example of the non-dispersal of information is greek-fire. Sure we developed napalm and things that are close to it, but we never found out what the Byzantines actually used to make it.

Jersey John I geuss you just don't seem to catch us. With all the laws and safety-crazed parents running around, its not exactly easy to mess around openly. Boy Scouts seems to be an odd exception to it. I mean we aren't supposed to do that, but the leaders that are there don't seem to mind.