Submitted by Anonymous_Asker0813 t3_10y37hi in Futurology
The invention of the atom bomb was a revolutionary breakthrough in physics. Going from the ability to blow up small military targets, to leveling entire cities changed the world in a matter of years. My question is, why couldn’t there be another breakthrough of similar scale in the future? For example: going from current hydrogen bombs to bombs capable of destroying continents or even the Earth itself. Terrorists could potentially threaten the entire world at once if this happened.