Arms technology is one of the driving forces behind warfare. While there was a period where most of humanity was ...

Military history is riddled with weapons systems failing to live up to the reality of the situation on the battlefield. […] ...

History isn’t short on creative ways to ruin other people’s lives. Long before drones or guided munitions, opium addicted inventors across continents were thinking, “But what if our weapons also spun, ...

In times of war, both sides are driven to develop weapons that can deliver overwhelming force and secure victory, whether ...

Following the announcement that the Royal Air Force is regaining nuclear weapons, we explore the service’s history using nukes, explaining why they were originally abandoned in 1998. For 43 years, the ...

From car keys to glasses to rifles, everyone misplaces something important from time to time. But when you’re the U.S. government, sometimes that important thing is a superweapon that is designed to ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Since mankind first warred over territory, resources, or ...

The term “Franken weapon” evokes an image of weird armaments—something unnatural and even satirical, as if the Battle of the Bulge met the eponymous monster of the famous novel. But these odd weapons ...

The legacy of the Star Wars lightsaber proves why it still stands above every other sci-fi movie weapon.