Why British paratroopers relied on the ingenious Gammon bomb
A paratrooper invented the Gammon Bomb to fit a very specific use case. Paratroopers needed to kill Nazis of all types with just one kind of bomb. So they made…
The US plan to survive a Soviet nuke was absolutely bonkers
A sudden flash. A mushroom cloud. A sudden expanding pressure wave. In the event of a thermonuclear attack, seeing these things means its probably too late to survive. So the U.S. developed warning systems to give Americans a heads up before the bom…
The Army Air Corps once bombed Oklahoma
In 1943, although B-17s had been used regularly in daylight bombing raids over Europe, nighttime bombing was still a relatively new concept to the U.S. Army Air Corps. Tactics were being developed in a hurry to satisfy the increasing demands of the …
Bomb-sniffing dog, ‘Patron,’ honored with medal by President Zelenskyy
Dogs, with their keen sense of smell, have been used to sniff out enemy troops and detect illicit drugs. In Ukraine, one heroic canine has captured the world’s attention by…
QUICKSINK is an anti-ship bomb co-developed by the US Air Force and US Navy
In the 21st century, two of the best anti-ship weapons are torpedoes and cruise missiles. While these weapons are precise and deadly, they are extremely expensive and limited in their…
Why Russia is using thermobaric weapons in Ukraine
When you don’t just want to take down an enemy but instead punish the enemy’s troops for opposing you in the first place (and also aren’t looking to commit war…
The 5 most ingenious weapons ever created for combat
China and Russia are designing new, futuristic weapons that can supposedly take down an entire aircraft carrier anywhere in the world or zoom past American radar and detection defenses. These…
That time we almost launched the atomic bomb on North Korea
On November 30, 1950, the United States was deeply entrenched in the Korean War after suffering a surprise attack on its troops. On this day, President Truman issued the thinly veiled…
The 5 most ingenious weapons ever created for combat
China and Russia are designing new, futuristic weapons that can supposedly take down an entire aircraft carrier anywhere in the world or zoom past American radar and detection defenses. These…
How German nuclear scientists reacted to news of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The United States wasn’t the only country working on creating the world’s first nuclear weapon during World War II. The British had their own atomic weapons program at the beginning…