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It doesn't take high technology to kill someone.

Simple chemicals propel pieces of lead out of steel tubes.

Other simple chemicals are placed in larger vessels and are triggered

by the weight of a vehicle or even a human body. Some are even set off by strings attached to

fuses. Not one computer involved. But the weapons of warfare do evolve, some

into trillion-dollar monsters that gobble up whole defense budgets and can destroy all life on earth with the turn of a key, and new weapons

are always on the horizon. Today we've brought on Patrick Tucker to talk about some recent developments

and what may lie ahead.

Patrick is the technology editor at Defense One

and writes about Weapons Technology every day.

Patrick, thank you so much for joining us.

Okay, thank you for having me.

So start off with the most basic question in the world, which is the United States still the most technically advanced military power?

Oh yeah, totally.

But having being the most technically advanced military power

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