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Scientists are developing super-tanks which would exercise powerful magnets to melt and destroy incoming missiles and shells. Each vehicle would be covered in 'smart armour' using electrical fields,instead of thick metal, to give protection against anti-tank weapons. The technology, or which is being perfected by defence researchers on both sides of the Atlantic,would transform armoured-vehicle construction. Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com