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The Science of War: Weapons, A ScientificAmerican.com Special Online Issue 

The art of war, according to Sun Tzu's 2,000-year-old text of the same name, is largely a matter of strategy, but the science of war begins squarely with weapons. Physics and engineering--and more often today, chemistry and biology--drive the creation of new military tools, from smart bombs and stealth aircraft to nerve gases and plastic explosives. Thus it is with a collection of articles about weapons that we are launching online a special anthology of Scientific American's recent coverage on war.

In the Weapons issue, scientists share their expertise on one terror of the ancient battlefield, the trebuchet, as well as several modern-day scourges, including land mines, third world submarines and biological arms. Additional articles feature in-depth research by staff editors on more futuristic threats--in the form of swift subsea systems and so-called non-lethal weapons.--the Editors

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This ScientificAmerican.com special report covers the development and spread of weapons. You'll hear how ancient weapons worked; about the growing concern of the proliferation of submarines and fast warp drives in subs; the threats posed by bio-weapons and land mines, and the future of non-lethal weapons. 

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