title: Tomorrows War: The Threat of High-Technology Weapons
author:  David Shukman 
description: The next time Tom Clancy writes a techno-thriller, he will want to have this book by his side. David Shukman, a defense correspondent for the BBC, shows how the military may take full advantage of the information age over the next 30 years. Electronics, computers, miniaturization, automation, and genetic engineering will all play a role in future conflict, he writes. <b>Tomorrow's War</b> covers the somewhat mundane (improved missile targeting) as well as the seemingly improbable (ant-sized robots). And throughout this well-written book is an implicit argument for why we will still need advanced weapons in the 21st century.
zlib_text: MILITARY
  MEDUSA: Microwave crowd‐control raygun
  By Loz Blain
  July 18, 2008
  July 18, 2008 As part of the U.S. Navy's investigation into futuristic nonlethal weaponry, the Sierra Nevada Corporation is building a microwave
  energy pulse gun that can produce a painful screaming sound inside a person's head from a long distance away. The inescapable sound, which is
  inaudible to untargeted bystanders, can be set to irritate, nauseate or even incapacitate people and animals that lie within range. Future applications
  may include crowd control, military use and even shopping mall security, provided it proves safe from permanent side effects. The science behind it
  also has the potential to give hearing to certain deaf people, or even projecting voices into peoples' heads.
  The Sierra Nevada corporation has signed a contract with the U.S. Navy to follow up on successful recent testing of a non‐lethal crowd control
  weapon that uses microwaves to project high‐intensity sounds in the heads of targets,