WWII was fought with the science and economic might of the 1930/40s. We've come a bit farther since then. People seem to seriously lack imagination concerning

WWII was fought with the science and economic might of the 1930/40s. We've come a bit farther since then. People seem to seriously lack imagination concerning what a scientific and economic major power might do if its existence were threatened by a hated enemy. (Gene drives, anyone?)