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How Would an Anti-Gravity Gun Function

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Is making bullets from scratch possible?

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Is it possible for a country to develop the equivalent of a Second Industrial Revolution while under a war of attrition?

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How Weaponizable Are Optical Illusions Without Camouflage?

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Is My Historical World Domination Reasonable?

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Modern warfare theory in a medieval setting

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Is it now possible to undetectably cross the Arctic Ocean on ski/kayak?

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How to make a war to end all wars

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How would Centaurs be utilized in modern armies?

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Is it realistic that an advanced species isn't good at war?

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Practicality of Hybrid Hecaton Humanoids

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How does a spacecraft attempt an intercept course with a hostile one realistically (Part II)?

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From which point on would including a dragon on one side of a historical battle not be an instant victory?

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Could a small private island protect its sovereignty?

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