Quote Originally Posted by Big_John
which is why he strove to create the death-ray!
I think that he sought to create a weapon which would make any attack doomed to fail. Waging war would become impossible with a weapon like that. That is way he (and many others) called that weapon "peace ray". It would probably be impossible, even with his best intentions. If a weapon of such power was created, how long would it be before some other scientist modifies it for attack. But he did have best intentions, and he was against the war.