He swept one hand across his desk, casually brushing papers out of the way. "Flying machines each carrying enough explosives to obliterate an army. Land vehicles only a little larger than the Whirlwind, impervious to any lance or cannon Equestria can muster, one or two of which would be enough to effortlessly slaughter this city's defenders before reducing the place to rubble. Even our ordinary foot soldiers carry enough weaponry to potentially kill hundreds of other people so far away they can scarcely be seen with the naked eye."