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Bah. Weapons technology is what advances the fastest of all, so all that means is that we're likely to see our own extinction - though as noted with less and less forewarning.
The trend toward weaponry is toward precision nowadays. And only fanatics would consider launching a nuclear strike. Unfortunately, there's plenty of them around.
Quote:Ah, yess...Operation Meteor...
About the only thing I can think of as being really practicable would be a fucking huge falling rock, and by the time we get that far, I expect we'll have both nanotech and a fairly serious offworld population base.
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