Weapons & Equipment

Never before have so many possessed the means to be so lethal. The diffusion of modern technology (robotics, cyber weapons, 3-D printing, autonomou...

Small men, with big egos and moustaches, the hussars of Napoleons army wore some of the most flamboyant and stylish uniforms of the epoch. In this ...

It is for good reason that artillery is known as the king of battle. In World War II the United States made good use of self-propelled howitzers, i...

The risks of arms control and disarmament, how they can be reduced or eliminated, and the political implications of drastic disarmament are analyze...

Nuclear weapons are an essential part of the nation''s defence strategy. The National Nuclear Security Administration''s (NNSA) manages the nation'...

Most analysts consider non-strategic weapons to be shorter-range delivery systems with lower yield warheads that might be used to attack troops or ...

The Department of Defense (DOD) acquires goods and services from contractors, federal arsenals, and shipyards to support military operations. Acqui...

The Department of Defense''s (DOD) development work on high-energy military lasers, which has been underway for decades, has reached the point wher...

Why does Iranian acquisition of ballistic missiles or Iran''s pursuit of a space launch capability matter, especially to the Congress? For decades,...

In March 2012, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics requested that the Defense Science Board develop recommend...

The United States is concurrently pursuing the goals of reducing the size of its nuclear weapons force -- strategic and non-strategic, deployed and...

While tanks were the most recognised armoured vehicles during the Cold War, NATO and Warsaw Pact (WP) armies fielded a wide array of armoured fight...

Throughout the ages, more combatants and civilians have died in war of the effects of starvation and resulting disease than have been killed by bul...

SOMEONE ELSE'S EMPIRE dispels the myth of a 'Global Britain' that punches above its weight in the world. The reality, argues Tom Stevenson, is that...

An exploration of the history and development of the dirigible airship from its humble beginnings in the late eighteenth century through to its cur...