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>Will a superweapon on par with or exceeding the capabilities of nuclear weapons ever be developed?
Sure, why not? At the very least you could have incredibly refined weapons a la ripple (Dominic Housatonic).

On a related note
>I believe that the US is much more hardened against ICBMs than anyone will admit thanks to a network of extremely capable KKVs
>I believe that the US possesses at least one type of exotic propulsion system(s) and have used these in the construction of flying demonstrators
>I am convinced that the US that the US has continued and is continuing work into plasma-based weapons a la MARAUDER
>I believe that the US has designed, created and deployed space-to-ground weapons systems
>I am convinced that there are at least half a dozen undeclared nuclear states, including Japan, Germany, South Korea and Taiwan