INSANELY Futuristic Military Weapons And Tech

For as long as we have existed, humans have been hell-bent on destroying each other with

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ranging from clubs to cannons; In more recent times, however, armies around the world have developed much more destructive firearms to defeat their enemies, from tank-toppling terrors to 20,000 mile-per-hour shells here are the most powerful missiles and artillery systems. incredible deployed by the most powerful armies in the world. Oh, before we start, I want to mention today's sponsor video, Conflict of Nations, is an online PvP strategy game available for free on PC and mobile that puts you in charge of any army in the world, fight against up to 128 players more as you assemble your army with a variety of units including submarines Jets and, you guessed it, missiles.

What are you waiting for to declare war? Forge alliances and choose your strategy to lead your nation to glory and by clicking the link in the description below you will receive 13,000 gold plus one month of free premium subscription available for 30 days from the upload of this video, now that we are ready for battle, let's take a look at an incredible FGM 148 artillery javelin almost four feet long and weighing a considerable 49 pounds, the FGM 148 javelin is undoubtedly a strong firearm, now you are probably wondering why why any hand weapon should be so thick, well, the javelin is not. old handgun It's a man-portable anti-tank missile that this bad boy designed for the US Army by Rathon and Lockheed Martin first entered service in 1996.

The Javelin uses infrared guidance to lock on to targets by tracking their signatures of heat, making it known as a fire-and-forget missile system, meaning operators can fire and then move for cover while the missile is locked on the target foreign projectile, the javelin needs to work fast when in the field and considering that the launcher can fire a javelin missile over 1.5 miles at speeds in excess of 300 miles per hour, it certainly does and if that were not enough, the javelin can use a higher attack flight profile when attempts to shoot down tanks, this sends the missile to heights of 490 feet before crashing into the tank.

From above, where the armor is weakest, the tank's armor at its thickest point may exceed 13 inches, but while its explosive power is considered classified information, the Javelin's 19-pound warhead is estimated to have a penetrating of 30-inch explosive power in rolled homogeneous armor, but you didn't. Hear that from me, as expected, this evil weapon is not cheap. The Javelin is said to cost around $178k per unit, but consider the Kick-Ass capabilities of this thing, I think it sounds like a bargain, right? Feng 41. Now, if you thought the Javelin was bulky, then you haven't seen anything yet. Introducing the Dongfeng 41, also known as the DF-41.

This Chinese-developed intercontinental ballistic missile or mycbm weighs a whopping 88 tons and measures 72 feet long, making it similar. in size to an adult sperm whale in case you were wondering, an intercontinental ballistic missile is a missile that can be launched around the world with a minimum range of 3,400 miles in total, the DF-41 has a range of about 8,100 miles , making it one of the largest in the world. Longer range

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for some context that is farther than the distance between Shanghai and New York, so the DF-41 is huge and can travel around the world, but what exactly does it pack well while sorting out these details ?

It is believed to contain 10 multiple reentry vehicles or MERVs with independent targets. A MERV is a type of ballistic missile that contains several nuclear warheads, each of which is independently aimed at different locations, so, in what Regarding the DF-41, this missile has the ability to deliver 10 independently targeted nuclear warheads around the world and considering the potential power of this weapon, you wouldn't want it to land anywhere near you. Chinese

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analyst Shi Ajao stated that a DF-41 could attack and destroy megacities like New York without problems, man the size of a whale. missile that can travel the world and taste megacities for breakfast, anyone fancy a trip to well, I don't know, Mars, song 17 by Hua.

Across the border, China's infamous neighbor North Korea is best known for the dynastic dictatorship of its Supreme Leader Kim. Jong-un, but apart from that, this country has also become famous for its

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obsession. In 2022 alone, North Korea launched at least 95 missiles, which averages out to one missile launch every four days, and according to the US State Department's Global Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers report, North Korea spent around of four billion dollars in defense in 2019, a staggering 26 of its GDP. Clearly, these guys like their weapons, but there is one weapon in particular that is adored even more than the rest: the hwasong 17.

This missile takes the title of North Korea's most powerful. It is an intercontinental ballistic missile first unveiled on October 22 20 that measures 85 feet long and is believed to weigh up to 165 tons, making it twice as heavy as the imperious DF-41. The exact capabilities of the missile are yet to be confirmed, however, Japan's Ministry of Defense estimated that the range of this weapon could be even greater than that of the DF-41, reaching a mind-boggling 9,300 miles, if that weren't terrifying enough. . The missile is also believed to have the capacity to carry between three or four Mervs, allowing for this.

ICBM to strike multiple locations simultaneously Much is still unknown about the capabilities of North Korea's Hwa Song 17 being developed by a country that is shrouded in secrecy, but any projectile that weighs 165 tons and can travel nearly 10,000 miles is my I vote to be on top. there with the most incredible missiles in the world, Astra mark 1. As we have seen with the df-41 and the Hua song 17, modern missile

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nology is pretty mind-blowing, but what is a way to make it even more metal to launch it from Of course, it turns out that an airplane, that's exactly what happens with the Astra Mark 1, an air-to-air missile launched from an airplane with the goal of shooting down enemy aircraft.

India's defense research and development organization introduced the Astra Mark 1 in 2017. An incredible creation that costs more than nine hundred thousand dollars per unit, measures 12 feet long and weighs 340 pounds, making it the Light enough to carry on an airplane without hindering its maneuverability, but despite its size you should not take this missile lightly. With a firing range of up to 68 miles, the Astra Mark 1 is capable of eliminating aerial targets at long and wide, this missile also uses Active Radar, a guidance system that relies on the radar transmitter on the missile emitting a signal towards the target, the signal bouncing off the target before being directed by a receiver on the missile which allows you to track enemy aircraft.

Oh, and if being tracked by one of these while flying through the air wasn't enough, the Astra Mark 1 is also capable of traveling at speeds of Mach 4.5, which is close to 3,500 miles per hour and the last piece of resistance, this missile carries a 33-pound high-explosive warhead, so anything this fearsome flyer collides with can expect to be obliterated. It's okay, I never wanted to fly anywhere again anyway. Gustav Wicked's weapons are not something The most powerful armies in the world have only recently discovered, although, in fact, to find the heaviest piece of artillery ever built you have to go back to 1937.

Almost 100 years ago, it was at this time that German manufacturer Krupp came up with the shiverr. Gustav, a 155-foot-long killing machine that weighed an unreal 1,490 tons in perspective, which is more than six times the weight of the Statue of Liberty in total. This machine cost Germany 7 million Reichsmark, which is equivalent to about 30 million dollars today, but it's not hard to see. Why was the Shurer Gustav so large that, in addition to being occasionally confused off the mountain to reach the battlefield, it had to be dismantled and transported by 25 seconds by rail? The question is who needs such a huge weapon, as World War II approached Germany. to invade France by destroying the French magnoline, the strongest fortification that had ever existed, Schwer Gustav seemed like the perfect candidate for the job, as it turned out that this big boy was not completed until 1942, by which time Germany had already invaded France, so the gigantic Gustav was moved to the Crimea on the Eastern Front, instead it was here, at the Siege of Sevastopol, that the impressive artillery in total would finally be tested.

It took four thousand men, about five weeks to get the gun ready, but finally, in June 1942, the Schwer Gustav was ready to go. which was bad news for the city of Sevastopol, this metal monster had two types of sinister projectiles that riddled the city with seven ton concrete piercing projectiles that could fly 24 miles through the air. One such projectile was reported to have penetrated 100 feet into the ground destroying a Russian underground ammunition depot. Additionally, this artillery could also unleash five-ton projectiles loaded with over 1,500 pounds of explosives about 30 miles into the air, although This mega machine blew Sevastopol into pieces, the Germans ended up destroying the Schwer Gustav in just a few years.

Later, to prevent the Allies from taking it over, everyone else thanks their lucky stars that they will never be blown to pieces by this nightmare fuel weapon from Paris. Surprising as it sounds, there is a mobile artillery piece that comes close to rivaling the Gustav shur in terms of At first glance, its size may seem like a half-finished bridge, but what you are looking at is the Paris cannon, a weapon long-range siege that was used in 1918 at the end of the First World War. In all, this colossal canyon was over. 110 feet long with a barrel of about 70 feet for reference, the barrel alone was more than twice as long as a standard school bus despite the name France did not have the honor of owning this weapon, it was a German weapon, the weapon of Paris got its rather appropriate nickname when the Germans used it to bomb the city of Paris the artillery shell was a three foot long shell composed of thick steel to make things more gruesome each shell was filled with around 15 pounds of TNT that would explode when they landed when The weapon was first deployed.

The Parisians believed they were being bombed by a Zeppelin plane at high altitude, since neither the sound of a plane nor a gun could be heard. That's because the shells came from Crepey, the site where the Paris gun was based, about 80 miles north of Paris about 350 shells were fired in total and caused great carnage; However, in 1918, when Germany lost the weapon, it was destroyed to prevent the Allies from getting their hands on it, you know what they say, what happens, it comes around shrapnel shells 130 years earlier. The invention of the Paris Guns created another impressive piece of artillery, as well as an artillery ammunition to be precise, Henry Shrapnel.

This is the British lieutenant responsible for devising the shrapnel shell back in 1784. an artillery ammunition packed with individual bullets within its casing when fired at a timed moment. The fuse inside the projectile ignites an explosive charge causing the case to open in mid-air and metal bullets are shot outward creating a deadly arrow of shrapnel that descends towards the enemy during World War I. Shrapnel shells like this British one were fired at troops in the open. Since the fragments could cover a wide area and inflict casualties on a large number of soldiers, the gunners set the projectile's fuze time so that it would explode as it retreated toward the ground about 450 feet before it hit the enemy, a team of gunners.

Trained could shoot. 20 shrapnel rounds per minute and each round contained around 300 lead pellets which would cause the enemy to be sprayed by 6,000 individual shrapnel balls per minute. The terrifying sound of endless waves of shrapnel bullets was not a constant in war. New weapons. and tactics were quickly deployed to minimize the effect of these Terrors, which were eventually eliminated in favor of more explosive projectiles. Hmm. I have to say, I'm not sure if being riddled from head to toe with sharp shrapnel sounds much better than being blown to pieces, which do you think sounds worse for shrapnel?

Hit the Like button and for the explosive endings hit Subscribe. All done great, what do we have next? Thanks 550. Well, let's bring things back to the 21st century and what better way to do it than in this air. Defense system whose development was completed in Russia in 2021, the S550, as it is known, is an air defense missile capable of reaching spacecraft with a maximum altitude of thousands of miles, as the projectile is stillIt is in its testing stage, not much is known. About its full capabilities, however, by looking at its predecessor, the S-500, we can get an idea of ​​the potential power of this projectile.

Essentially, the S-500 is a Grizzly guard dog of a missile defense that can intercept and destroy intercontinental ballistic missiles on top. which can intercept and destroy missiles at a range of up to 370 miles and destroy air targets traveling at speeds exceeding Mach 5. Over 3,800 miles per hour, basically, you don't want to mess with this now, considering the S550 has been described As a more specialized derivative of the S-500, this shiny new toy is likely to be able to intercept and destroy even faster missiles at even greater range than its predecessor. It's safe to say that every ICBM in existence is sweating Archer. artillery system coming from Sweden, the Archer artillery system is as badass as they come today.

The Swedish Army owns 26 Archers first developed by BAE Systems in 1995. And let me tell you, it's not a bad weapon to have the expensive Archer in your arsenal. around 4.5 million per unit is designed for high tactical, operational and strategic mobility, so it helps that the system's fully automated 155-millimeter cannon, howitzer and weapons station are mounted on a 6x6 chassis that It can travel at speeds of up to 56 miles per hour, but the archers are super. The speed doesn't end there, this weapon system is capable of firing eight shots per minute, making it the fastest-firing artillery system of its kind. caliber.If that were not enough, just 20 seconds after the last shot is fired, this artillery system can be on the move again.

Additionally, the howitzer can be loaded with Excalibur m982 rounds, giving the weapon a wide range of 31 miles. Excalibur projectiles are also corrected in flight towards a pre-programmed target through the use of a GPS guidance system that allows the archer to accurately hit targets at long ranges. Is there anything the system can't do well considering it's Swedish? It's probably a flat pack too. m142 High Mars across the Atlantic in the US Lockheed Martin began developing its own impressive artillery system in the late 1990s. Say hello to the m142 high mobility artillery rocket system, better known as the m142 highmars.

This $4 million artillery system consists of a light multiple rocket launcher mounted on a 5-ton truck chassis sounds impressive, but what really makes this such a formidable artillery system is that the tall Mars only carries one capsule that is capable of accommodating two different missile configurations, six multiple launch guided rocket systems known as GM lrs or an army tactical missile system. o ATA CMS, First of all, GM lrs rockets have an extended range that hits targets up to 93 miles away, but despite the distance, these rockets hit their targets accurately thanks to their GPS-based guidance system. ATA CMS, on the other hand, is 13 feet long and two tons.

Mega missile, but even with its large size, this thing can be launched about 190 miles, more than twice the distance of gmlrs like gmlrs. The ATA CMS system also features GPS assistance, allowing it to strike precisely where it is needed. We're talking about a killer anti-tank combo. missiles, not all artillery systems have left the production line; However, take this mind-blowing military concept conceived by

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design company Tahir in the chat known only as Element One, these strange looking devices would be dropped onto the battlefield by a cargo plane flying overhead in In the air, it opens a parachute that allows devices to land safely on the ground.

This is where things start to heat up after the devices land, they become camouflaged by a grass-like display that blends seamlessly into its surroundings. You may be wondering what these things are. Need to hide, it turns out that these devices are actually anti-tank artillery systems, so when an unsuspecting tank approaches, an observer drone triggers each system into action. At this point, the device activates and sprays enemy tanks with what appears to be anti-tank. -Miss every second tank with a double-ended arm capable of firing and reloading its ammunition simultaneously, being a conceptual design, nothing else is known about the rate of fire or the strength of the ammunition, but would you really want to cross that thing so cool like her?

It seems that the concepts are far from perfect, with the amount of time, money and planning that can be devoted to modern warfare, there is virtually no chance that a huge cargo plane could travel for free over the top of an airspace. battle prone, so none of these devices would. First of all, we will ever get the chance to be thrown onto the battlefield, but who knows, maybe we will soon see a modified version to hear Inshot's invention in the coming years. I mean, I hope I don't because that will mean I dropped it outside my house, Smart 155.

Now, one ammo that is more than just a concept is the Smart 155, also known as Fused Sensor Ammunition for Artillery. This ammo 155-millimeter artillery projectile was first developed in 1989 by the German company Deal Bgt Defense before entering full production rate for the German Army in 1998, the 104-pound heavy artillery projectile is designed to be fired from the. Panzer Habita 2000, a German self-propelled howitzer, when fired, one would think that the weight alone of the Smart 155 projectile would cause some damage, however, the true power of this weapon does not come from its weight in mid-flight, a matchlock. with timer inside the projectile turns on an ejector on the gun which drags two submunitions out of the projectile, once they have escaped the casing the submunitions fall downwards, falling towards whatever it is.

The target they were fired at now here is where the smart 155 comes into a league of its own as the submunitions descend, open a parachute and then as they slowly descend the submunitions rotate scanning the area below with an infrared sensor and a millimeter wave radar. The internal electronics of each submunition. They use a multi-mode sensor system that allows them to detect targets and reject false threats; Then, once they have detected a target below them, the submunitions detonate their explosive charge near the target, creating a high-velocity explosion that hits the target vehicle from above. where the armor is usually much weaker, it is fair to say that the smart 155 certainly lives up to its name phalanx ciws 20 years before the smart 155 was developed.

The American company General Dynamics designed what is now one of the most fearsome defense the world has ever seen, the Phalanx. CIWS is a $5.6 million defensive weapons system used to protect military vessels against aerial missiles and naval threats. This defense system consists of a Vulcan cannon installed on a rotating base. Many other mandalorian fans think he looks a bit like ig's long lost brother. -11 anyway, this defense system not only looks intimidating, but it is also capable of firing up to 4,500 rounds per minute and, to make it even more metallic, the Phalanx ciws have a muzzle velocity close to 2,500 miles per hour, which makes this Killer's rate of fire exceed three. times the speed of sound, if that wasn't enough, the Vulcan cannon is radar-guided, allowing the weapon to move at fast speeds and take down targets with pinpoint accuracy.

The Phalanx weapon is believed to take just two seconds to react to any threat detection. In 2007, around 900 faulty systems were built and 22 countries had these defense systems deployed in their navies. I can't say I'm surprised. I mean what nation wouldn't want a laser guided kill machine version of the ig-11. Its Arsenal 3m-22 Zircon and badass sound the Phalanx ciws and it has a lot of work ahead of it if it takes on this next missile featuring the 3m-22 Zircon, a hypersonic anti-ship missile produced in 2021 for the Russian Navy. But what is a hypersonic missile? Well, first of all, these things travel.

You guessed it. Hypersonic speeds fly between Mach 5 to 10 or 4,000 to 7,600 miles per hour in comparison, supersonic missiles like the HD1 here can reach speeds up to Mach. 3.5 or 2,700 miles per hour anyway Hypersonic lesson over, back to the Zircon, this missile can travel at speeds of up to 6,900 miles per hour, allowing it to reach Macha 9. As expected, this super speed makes make Zircon extremely difficult to intercept and defend. Even for the ig-11, the high speed at which the missile travels also causes the air pressure to form a plasma cloud in front of the Zircon as it moves.

This cloud absorbs radio waves, making the missile virtually invisible to enemy radar systems. I am alarmed. Therefore, it probably won't surprise you to learn that this missile is not cheap, while classified information experts currently believe that the Zircon can cost a whopping $211 million per missile at a price so high that this hypersonic missile needs more. of velocity to justify its price and rest assured it's worth it, the Zircon also has a long range capable of hitting targets 625 miles away, meaning this projectile could almost reach Oslo from St. Petersburg, oh, and the trip would take five minutes, hey Elon, and when?

Are we going to Mars again? Is soon? Please tell me it will be soon. It turns out that the real railgun is not just the hypersonic missiles that have a fast and furious reputation. Railguns are also known for their super speed and before the player contingent asks, no, I'm coming. I'm not talking about the gun you can pick up in GTA 5. I'm talking about the linear motor device that uses electromagnetic force to help fire projectiles faster than any other gun on the planet. This monster of ammunition consists of two parallel metal rails along which. By passing an electric current, the current creates a strong magnetic field that propels a metal projectile along the rails at high speed.

Recently, a U.S. Navy prototype railgun launched a projectile at Mach 6 at about 4,600 miles per hour, whereas military cannons with explosives cannot achieve a muzzle velocity greater than Mach 5.9. Braille cannons are believed to be the fastest-firing weapon on Earth and, if fast bullets weren't enough, railguns with Mach 6 capabilities are also believed to be capable of firing projectiles close to 110 nautical miles, reports recent. indicate that China is in the process of developing its own full-fledged electrical destruction machine. Its prototype is said to have launched a Mach 7 projectile at a speed close to 5,500 miles per hour. If that wasn't crazy enough, the projectile was too.

It is said to hit targets up to 155 miles away, yes, despite the capabilities of this weapon, the railgun is not perfect, the powerful electrical currents generate significant heat that damages the rails and other components of the weapon, which makes the railgun useless after a few rounds, in addition to what railguns require. significant energy to operate a 1947 report theorized that these Bs used enough energy when firing a single shot to illuminate half of Chicago, unsurprisingly so much energy is not cheap, as the estimated costs of the railgun prototype of US Navy reach $500 million, who knows if we'll soon see a breakthrough in the railgun world, not that I'm desperate to coexist with weapons that launch projectiles seven times the speed of sound from anyway before I go I want to thank Conflict of Nations for making this video possible to help support the channel, click the link in the description below to download this entertaining military strategy game and don't forget that you are only 30 days to claim your exclusive gift, so don't miss out, as always, thanks for watching.