Wonder weapons is the term given to very advanced weaponry whose design, production or deployment in the field of battle are radical departures or improvements of the arms or machinery used at the time and are often intended to turn the tide of a current conflict. These weapons are either never completed, or are introduced near the end of hostilities in limited capacity so the expectations far exceed the results. They had minimal impact on the war. Land Cruisers P-1000, P-1500 Ratte.

Tuesday, September 25, 2001. It bespeaks a purity and innocence long absent from our war-making vocabulary. It evokes our forefathers who defended this land with steel, powder and muscle. Like all bureaucracies, the newly created Office of Homeland Security may or may not prove salutary for America in the long run. But I like the name. It took 14 months and 700 American lives to drive them off U.