Ultimate Weaponry: What It is and How It Will be Used, Now and in the Future

The most lethal conventional firepower in the world, what it is and how it will be used - now and in the future.

As the cold War recedes, the prospect of a nuclear Armageddon becomes less likely. But the events in Iraq have demonstrated the continuing likelihood of large-scale and sophisticated conventional warfare.

War, in fact, will certainly be with us in the next decade, tragically likely to break out at many points around the globe; but the weapons and technology coming forward today may radically after the face of battle. How then will war be fought and what weapons will be used in the many potential flashpoints throughout the world - for instance: the plains of Mongolia, in the streets of Hong Kong, in the deserts of the Middle East?

Will the traditional Second World War combination of tank and fighter bomber be overtaken by emerging new indirect fire weapons at long range, and devastating new line of sight death rays at short range? How devastating will chemical weapons really be? How will commanders and soldiers be trained to handle the new technology and tactics, and how will their expectations and attitudes limit their weapons' effectiveness? And suppose a 'fog' of jamming descends on all electronic communications, what happens then?

The Ultimate Weaponry, with the help of lavish colour illustrations, shows how the most sophisticated arms and military hardware available to man will be used now and in the forseeable future. The non-nuclear arsenal of destruction, the ultimate weaponry of conventional war, is both fascinating and horrifying.