Not scarry enough! I need more destruction and death. These are just baby steps in my opinion. I have faith that we can do better and kill much more people. I want to see real death and destruction weapons. These are just the toys. Scarry is when we can kill millions and billions with just a simple thought. Now that is a real weapon. So far all we can do is kill a few hundred thousand or so with a single nuke. Not very scarry at all. We cannot even kill a million in one go yet. Thats not war, that is just playing with the enemy. When will we finally be able to exterminate an entire nation with a single hit? These are scarry weapons. Even interesting ones. From your list; Rods of God; just a few thousand dead. Not really much of a weapon. Lasers need to be a trillion times more powerful than the one on your list be be useful as weapons and man portable. At this point a simple US$10,000 missle will turn that billion dollar toy into a piece of junk. Nano weapons may be one approach to get us there. Weather modification and earthquake production weapons will be another nice ways to get to where we need to be. The real problem with most weapons is energy. You simply cannot produce massive effects without reliable sources of energy and effective methods to release energy. So far we just are not there yet. We need more powerful and effective weapons.
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