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With a demonstrated effectiveness of six times that of a grenade launcher or a 5.56 mm carbine, and the ability to take down targets hiding behind walls, trenches or other obstacles, the XM25 carbine is a giant progress in weapon lethality.For obvious reasons, the following details are neither for the feeble-hearted ... |
29 September 2008
02:55 GMT |
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Forget the rubber bullets and water jets. The weapon of the future for controlling the mob will employ sounds. Or you may use it against the little monsters of the Halloween or an annoying neighbor. The handheld sonic gun, called Sonic Devestator, can emit intense ultrasonic charges capable of causing intense pain an... |
22 March 2008
04:46 GMT |
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Romans created and maintained the greatest ancient Empire for centuries, spreading their Greek-influenced culture. Their culture was the model for subsequent European cultures. About 40 % of the people in the European Union speak a language of Latin origin (French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian and others). ... |
18 March 2008
10:37 GMT |
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1. Starting with the 1st century AD, the pressure of the Germanic tribes on the border of the Roman Empire started to be felt. Many Germanic people had reached Rome as slaves; but later, during the decadence of the Roman Empire, some Germanic warriors were employed as mercenaries. By the 3rd-4th centuries BC, there w... |
11 February 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Assyrians were one of the most warlike people in history, lovers of the violence of the war and hunt. Amongst the people of the ancient Middle East, they were famous for their cruelty. At the peak of its power, Assyria stretched from Egypt to Persian Gulf. Their aggressiveness was partially attributed to their locati... |
26 January 2008
03:44 GMT |
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Ladies, it's time for some glamorous weaponry! You'll be happy to know that Taser has just announced the future release of a brand new leopard print TASER C2 personal protection device during the 2008 International Consumer Electronic trade show.Besides that, the company, known for its work in advanced elec... |
8 January 2008
04:06 GMT |
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This was one of the most complicated war machines of the antiquity, the main siege machine till the invention of the cannons. But despite its sophistication, the first catapult crafted by the Ancient Greeks did not employ complicated math formulas. Archimedes' theories improved the weapon. "The first catapult in... |
10 October 2007
02:52 GMT |
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When is a bomb actually not a bomb? When it's made of multiple charges that increase the target area proportionally to deliver devastating damage with only one initial charge. When it comes to multiple warheads, nothing beats the US Air Force's CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon.Cluster bombs, which deliver multip... |
17 July 2007
10:59 GMT |
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The first explosion of a man-made nuclear weapon took place on July 16, 1945 in the desolate White Sands deserts of New Mexico. The world would soon realize the devastating effects of this type of weapon and would live with fear of global annihilation for half a century.What the world didn't know is that the US... |
17 July 2007
02:48 GMT |
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Have you ever heard of Tasers? They are electroshock weapons, incapacitants used for subduing a person by administering electric shock that may disrupt superficial muscle functions. But what happens when you combine the shock of the Taser with the power of shotgun?The electric shotgun shell is the answer. Named Tase... |
11 July 2007
10:28 GMT |
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Smart bombs are guided projectiles that are designed to deliver maximum damage to the target while minimizing both collateral damage and the risk of being intercepted by the enemy. The smartest ones allow a fighter pilot, for instance, to designate a target, fire and forget about the bomb, which will head straight t... |
10 July 2007
10:07 GMT |
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Last week, a company announced plans to produce autonomous robots equipped with Taser guns, which will be sold to law enforcement agencies in the US. They will be used for crowd control and against civilians, a situation that raised concerns and gave birth to some interesting questions. If such an armed autonomous r... |
7 July 2007
06:54 GMT |
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The downloadable mapping tool Google Earth discovered a nuclear ballistic missile for the Chinese submarines that seems to be located somewhere at the Xiaopingdao Submarine Base south of Dalian, approximately 193 miles north of Qingdao, as Hans M. Kristensen from the Federation of American Scientists said. According ... |
6 July 2007
05:09 GMT |
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The Cold War was a time when all kinds of dangerous weapons were built, just to prove that one country could do it before the other. The nuclear bomb recently discovered, it soon became the ultimate terror weapon and a constant threat that the entire planet was forced to live with for decades.It wasn't long aft... |
5 July 2007
10:52 GMT |
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The Pentagon, specifically the U.S. Defense Department, through The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, developed what is probably the weirdest, funniest and most out-of-this-world weapon.Well, it's not exactly a weapon, it's a bullet, as David Hambling, New Scientist correspondent, puts it. Now rea... |
2 July 2007
10:41 GMT |
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Who said that you can't shoot around the corner? But effectively seeing what you're shooting at is a different story. A company created a weapon system that allows the shooter to fire around the corners without sticking his hand out.Most importantly, the soldier or policeman won't be shooting blind, as... |
28 June 2007
11:31 GMT |
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Recent escalations of urban conflict and an increasing need for powerful, yet non-lethal weapons led to development of a sonic weapon that doesn't kill, but can make you pass out and even permanently deaf.Sonic weapons have been made popular by science fiction productions, but they are also used in reality, not... |
27 June 2007
10:18 GMT |
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Metal Storm's remote-controlled Redback 40mm weapon system is probably the world's most powerful automatic weapon and a devastating counter attack weapon to all types of threats. Today's automatic weapons have a magazine with bullets that are mechanically loaded into the barrel. This one uses electro... |
20 June 2007
10:33 GMT |
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"One shot, one kill" is the sniper motto, and this can only be accomplished with the help of heavily modified rifles, with hollow wood or fiberglass handles, upgraded trigger mechanisms and high-power optical telescopes.But what is the most powerful sniper rifle in the world? Without a doubt, it's the Barrett M... |
18 June 2007
11:21 GMT |
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Scientists imagined that giant whales can live up to 80 years. This has proven wrong: a 50-ton bowhead whale recently captured off the Alaskan coast in May had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck revealing survival to a similar hunt over a century ago.Under the whale's blubber a 3½-inch (9 cm) arrow-shaped pr... |
13 June 2007
04:26 GMT |
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Among the arsenal of the most advanced military superpowers, one weapon is the most feared. It's not the atomic bomb, it's even more powerful, while being almost undetectable and can launch a devastating surprise attack on almost any country in the world.Operating underwater at pressures beyond the range o... |
5 June 2007
11:18 GMT |
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What is an armor-piercing bullet? Of course, a bullet that (almost) no armor or bulletproof vest can withstand. And by the way, bulletproof vests don't exist. What you see in the movies are bullet-resistant vests, a more accurate term for modern body armor.The degree of resistance of an armor depends on the mat... |
1 June 2007
11:21 GMT |
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In a world where the threat of terrorism is almost everywhere, the richest and most powerful people need to feel safe when traveling in a car. Civilian armored cars are either factory produced, such as the BMW 7 Series High Security and the armored Audi A6 and A8 cars, or retrofitted versions of series cars.Probably... |
25 May 2007
08:03 GMT |
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Electroshock weapons are increasingly used to control agitated suspects found in police custody.But there is a vivid debate on whether the employment of these weapons is lethal or not. A research made by emergency medicine physicians at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center discovered no lasti... |
21 May 2007
08:35 GMT |
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We will look today at what you need in order to make a nuclear fission bomb. You need some money, as it would really help if you were the prince, sultan or other royalty of a small, but rich state. If not, you need to know on a first name basis some evil leader with lots of cash, oil, diamonds and so on, of a small ... |
27 April 2007
11:31 GMT |
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Energy weapons have sparked the imagination of authors, sci-fi fans, conspiracy theory adepts and average Joes alike. Plasma weapons have been present in sci-fi productions for years, in various forms, whether installed on spaceships or as portable guns.The US Army hopes, within a few years, to deploy a plasma shiel... |
27 April 2007
04:37 GMT |
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Two months ago, China's surprising launch of a missile that hit one of its own retired satellites, blasting the spacecraft into thousands of shards of space junk sparked an international outcry over anti-satellite weaponry.The U.S. perceived the test not only as proof of China's increasing military capabil... |
12 April 2007
05:06 GMT |
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The basic idea behind body armor hasn't changed very much for the past few thousands years.The main purpose of the armor is to stop weapons or projectiles from penetrating a person's body and to diffuse the weapon's impulse energy, so that the final impact causes little or no damage at all.Although not... |
16 March 2007
11:12 GMT |
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Valve's debut title, Half-Life, sold millions of copies all over the world. By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original, and adding startling new realism and responsiveness, Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence affects everything around him, from the ph... |
13 March 2007
05:13 GMT |
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When it's about rank and power, brute force rarely reaches the goal. In most cases, tactics is more effective. We, people, do know it, but much to our surprise, animals are ruled by the same rules. When two zebra stallions are fighting, you can be sure it's not for the rights over a harem. The mares are so ... |
3 March 2007
08:21 GMT |
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