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Old Japanese weapons and other military paraphernalia, c. 1892–95 A Gilbertese shark-toothed weapon (late 19th century). Major innovations in the history of weapons have included the adoption of different materials – from stone and wood to different metals, and modern synthetic materials such as plastics – and the developments of different weapon styles either to fit the terrain or to ...
Nuclear weapons and logistics, provide water supply for bases hidden in polar regions Colonization of Mars: Satellite navigation: 1970s United States Air Force. Soviet Union. Nuclear weapons force multiplier, increased warhead accuracy through precise navigation Navigation, personal tracking Sanitary napkins: 1920s United Kingdom. France
This is a list of all military weapons ever used by the United States. This list will include all lists dealing with US weapons to show all weapons ever used by the United States of America. American Revolution
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.
Notable weapons: North American P-51 Mustang, North American T-6 Texan, North American B-25 Mitchell North American Aviation produced perhaps some of the most iconic aircraft of World War II.
The United States is known to have possessed three types of weapons of mass destruction: nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.As the country that invented nuclear weapons, the U.S. is the only country to have used nuclear weapons on another country, when it detonated two atomic bombs over two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
The history of the firearm begins in 10th-century China, when tubes containing gunpowder projectiles were mounted on spears to make portable fire lances. [1] Over the following centuries, the design evolved into various types, including portable firearms such as flintlocks and blunderbusses , and fixed cannons, and by the 15th century the ...
One weapon which saw an unexpected revival during the Civil War was the pike. The Confederacy in particular suffered from a shortage of modern weapons, and by 1862 prominent military leaders like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson advocated the manufacture and distribution of pikes as a stopgap measure.