Latest Weapons Stories
Would Arming Teachers And Students Really Have Prevented A Tragedy?
What The Research Says About “Rampage Violence”
A Geographic Guide To American Mass Shootings
Why North Korea’s Latest Rocket Launch Does Not Spell Imminent Doom
The Secret Weapons Behind The Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor
Watch: 3-D Printed Assault Rifle Breaks After Just 6 Shots
Military Uniforms Of The Future Will Automatically Turn Into Chemical Suits In The Presence Of Threats
‘Intelligent’ Rifle Lets You Pre-Tag Your Target, Then Fire When Ready
Could A Sonic Weapon Make Your Head Explode?
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Seth S. Horowitz
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How Abraham Lincoln Developed Modern War Technology
How The Evil Tech In James Bond Films Evolved Alongside Real-World Fears
Infographic: Horses And Bayonets? Guns And Butter?
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Martha Harbison, Emily Elert, Clay Dillow
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FYI: Is It Legal To 3-D Print A Handgun?
The U.S. Conducted Atomic Weapons Tests On Beer
Video: The Trucker Who Reverse-Engineered An Atomic Bomb In His Spare Time
By
Brian Merchant
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Navy Experimental Rail Gun to Fire GPS-Guided Projectiles
A Working Assault Rifle Made With a 3-D Printer
By
John Robb
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Army Demonstrates a Weapon That Shoots Laser-Guided Lightning Bolts
A Pollen Coating Could Help Identify Who Fired a Bullet
Rough Sketch: Self-Guided Bullet
By
Larry Shipers, as told to Flora Lichtman
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Could Iran’s Ultra-Tough Concrete Withstand Bunker-Busting Bombs?
Video: Flamethrowing Navy Railgun Blasts Terrifying Projectiles Through Superheated Air
Video: A New ‘Smart Bullet’ Deploys Fins and Guides Itself to a Laser-Designated Target
Inside the DIY Weapons Workshop of the Libyan Rebels
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Sarah A. Topol
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Video: Minesweeping Tank-Bot Shreds Land Mines, Rolling Through Explosions With Ease
Tinkerer Emulates Iron Man With Real-Life, Palm-Mounted Laser Weapon
The Pentagon Has a Classified List of Cyber Weapons Approved for Cyber Warfare
2011 Invention Awards: A Crime-Fighting Armored Glove
Self-Correcting Laser Rifle Sight Gives the Most Accurate Shot Yet
Army Deploys First GPS-Guided Mortars
On Its Way to Ultradestructive Megawatt Power, Navy’s Death Ray Laser Breaks Another Record
New Device Uses Electromagnetic Pulses to Detonate IEDs From a Safe Distance
The Navy’s Megawatt Laser Weapon Takes a Big Leap Forward with Powerful New Electron Injector
New Shipboard Laser Weapon Takes Aim at Would-Be Pirates
NASA Engineers Propose Combining a Rail Gun and a Scramjet to Fire Spacecraft Into Orbit
Video: Navy Railgun Sets New Record, Launching A Metal Bullet To Mach 7 Speeds
New Gamma-Ray Nuke Detector Could Sniff Out Dirty Bombs Without Opening Cargo Containers
Mystery Missile Launches Off Southern California Coast, Military Says ‘Not Us’
After $19 Billion Spent Over Six Years, Pentagon Realizes the Best Bomb Detector Is a Dog
The XM-25 Smart Computerized Grenade Launcher is Headed to Afghanistan
L.A. Prison Using Experimental, Controversial ‘Pain Ray’ to Keep Inmates in Line
A Sensor That Tracks Cosmic Particles Could Spot Hidden Nuclear Threats Before They Cross Our Borders
Video: Raytheon’s Ship-Mounted Laser Weapon Incinerates a UAV in Flight
Invention Awards: A Video Gun Sight That Keeps Soldiers Out of Danger
FYI: What Happens to Disarmed Nuclear Warheads?
U.S. Special Forces Set to Carry XM-25 Laser-Guided Smart-Bullet Weapon into Battle
A Variable Velocity Rifle That Puts the ‘Less’ in ‘Less-Lethal’
Video: Long-Awaited Mosquito-Killing Laser in Action
Could Black-Market Botox Makers Supply Terrorists with Botulinum Toxin?
Electromagnetic Pulse Cannon Could Demo Car-Stopping Power Next Month
Weapons Manufacturer Unveils Black Box for Guns
Armored Airbags to Protect Vehicles from RPGs and Roadside Bombs
DoD and Taser’s New Grenade Launcher Round Delivers Incapacitating Shock From 200 Feet
New Unmanned Chopper Sniffs Out Improvised Explosives While Looking Adorable
Physicist Looks to Build a Kilometer-Long Cannon for Space Launches
Video: Taser Tests New Tri-Fire X3 On Their Own Employees
Taser Rolls Out Extended-Range Shock Shotgun (Yes, a Shotgun)
New Army Rifle Fires Laser-Guided Smart Bullets With Onboard Targeting Chips
Who Wants Yellowcake?
Battling Over Aging Nuclear Warheads
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Allison Bond, NYU Scienceline
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The Future of the Military — Perhaps
Robots at War
Make your own ammo
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