Weapons & Equipment

On November 10, 2017, Pope Francis became the first pontiff in the nuclear era to take a complete stand against nuclear weapons, even as a form of ...

For over half a century, the Vietnamese people have endured the harmful legacies of Agent Orange, the toxic herbicide used by the American military...

For over half a century, the Vietnamese people have endured the harmful legacies of Agent Orange, the toxic herbicide used by the American military...

In January 1943, when the U.S. Submachine Gun, Caliber .45, M3 was officially adopted, it was a step into the future of weapons-manufacturing techn...

Creating Japans Ground Self-Defense Force, 19452015 is a timely contribution to postwar Japan security studies. It is the first comprehensive accou...

Innovation shapes wars, and twelve studies by former faculty members of West Points United States Military Academy examine specific cases of past a...

When the United States officially entered World War I in 1917, it was woefully underprepared for chemical warfare, in which the British, French, an...

Fully illustrated, this absorbing study explores the evolving sniping technology and tactics employed by both sides in Asia and the Pacific during ...

The threat variables associated with military ordnance are enormous, requiring the application of a structured process to identify unknown munition...

If asked to pinpoint the beginning of the war against Islamic extremism, most would probably say September 11, 2001. However, there has been tensio...

This book analyses the capabilities of the People's Republic of China's surface-to-air missile (SAM) units. It covers not just Air Force SAMs, but ...

For nearly half a century, the battleship was the most powerful weapon on the ocean, deployed by the US Navy and many other fleets. However, their ...

Many Baby Boomers still recall crouching under their grade-school desks in frequent bomb drills during the Cuban Missile Crisis - a clear represent...

These essays from the journal International Security assess the technical feasibility and the strategic desirability of defense against ballistic m...

Many myths have grown up around President Harry S. Trumans decision to use nuclear weapons against Imperial Japan. In destroying these myths, Trum...

From sensor-fuzed munitions and autonomous weapons, to ground moving target indication radar, laser vibrometers and artificial intelligence, the we...

Why did the US intelligence services fail so spectacularly to know about the Soviet Union's nuclear capabilities following World War II? As Vince H...

For forty years during the Cold War, Canada garrisoned troops and tanks near the Iron Curtain. In the late 1960s, Pierre Trudeau announced plans to...