Heres a weapon in the making, it is called the Railgun, and no im not talking about metal gear solid. The Railgun is really in the making.

The Railgun is a weapon that uses electromagnetic to shoot non-explosive projectiles at greater speeds. There are two railguns that have been experimented on the first is called the EDO-0 is was made in 1985 it had a 7 kJ (KiloJoule), 1 kilojoule is equal to a 1 square meter of radiation that the earth receives from the sun in 1 second. There was a second experiment created in 1987 it was called EDO-1. The EDO-1 made it to speeds of 3000 miles/second, a railgun can go 3500 m/s, or 11,500 ft/s.