Atom bombs are just the beginning. In the last half-century, the greatest military minds on Earth have developed an arsenal of weapons to make mutually assured destruction seem tame.
Whether these masterpieces of destruction come from miles above Earth or millimeters below the skin, they have one thing in common: they're spooky as hell.
Can turning animals into cyborgs ever end well? Should lasers really be strapped to planes? Is dispersing humans with the worst smell ever created a better alternative to doing it by burning their skin? You be the judge. Launch our gallery of the world's spookiest weapons—some decades away and others already implemented—and marvel over what humans can create when they work apart.

The Atomic Bomb

Project X-Ray

MK-ULTRA

The Stargate Project

The CornerShot

Cetacean Intelligence Mission

The Gay Bomb

The Trophy Active Defense System
Metal Storm

Cyborg Moths

The Navy's Railgun

The Puke Flashlight

Mobility Denial System

A Military-Grade Stink Bomb

The Scream

Active Denial System

The Rods from God

Modular Disc-Wing Urban Cruise Munition

Airborne Laser
