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

Wars are rarely fought with perfect equipment. Throughout history, militaries have fielded weapons they knew were flawed, ...

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a ...

History is filled with wars, that’s just a natural part of the human condition. It is in the annals of history that we find the deadliest weapon ever fielded. However, the answer to what that weapon ...

Since mankind first warred over territory, resources, or dogma, those responsible for outfitting their troops have sought to develop the fighting technology to give the strategic edge over the enemy, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...