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Originally Posted by Inziladun
As technologically advanced as Númenor was in Pharazôn's time, I don't see them having any sort of WMD capability. After all, some of the King's Men escaped the Downfall, becoming the enemies of Gondor. If that sort of technology had been available, surely they'd have used it against Gondor at some point?
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I am not talking about Atomic weapons and napalm bombs. I am talking about dynamite and primitive guns.
I think that the greatest of the kings men would be at the invasion. It was said to be the greatest armada that had been seen. If they did have any secret weapons then it would have been kept at Numenor to be used for this invasion.
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Speaking of WMDs in Middle-earth, Sauron apparently used bioterror weapons in the Third Age. Good thing he didn't pass that along to the Easterlings or Southrons.
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Biological weapons have been used for thousands of years, when it was just throwing dead cattle into the enemy battlements.
What Sauron did is probably breed some from of disease or easier still just transport a disease that had already been found in the south or east.