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    The latest weaponry Did you know that in the Elizabethan era, weapons were one of the reason of fashion? In our modern world today, you won’t see anyone walking or strolling in public with a 72 inch rapier and with a 6-12 inch dagger. Well back in the Elizabethan era and in Shakespeare time that was one of the fashion that either knights have or rich kids had. In the Elizabethan era the fashion for the knights are to decorate their rapiers to show their towns people they have money and they have

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    Strengths: The weapons were far more accurate and dependable than the muskets of the whites, at least until the more advanced rifles were invented. Even then the rifles were unpredictable. A warrior could fire 10-15 arrows before a musket or muzzle loaded rifle could be reloaded. If a warrior ran out of arrows, he could make more; he could not make more lead or powder. If his bow broke, he could make another, he could not make a firearm. A warrior carried spare bow strings. If one broke it could

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    schools across the nation. However, the students and staffs are questioning should the concealed weapon permit carriers have firearms in their possession on college campuses. Even though concealed weapon permit carriers are protecting themselves from harm by having their firearms; still other people are raising their eyebrows. On the other hand, there are other people who think carrying concealed weapons on campuses will cause more harm and the death toll will rise. As Time. Com writer Josh Sanburn

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    Artillery Weapons In Ww2

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    One of the most remarkable advances in artillery weapons in WWII was the proximity fuse. In both of the World Wars there was a need for a fuse that could air burst over targets without the need for registrations. By 1944 the U.S. had built an operational proximity fuse. On the morning of December 16, 1944, the commander of the U.S. 406th Artillery Group, Colonel George Axelson. Had his battalion shoot the first VT fuze in support of the 38th Cavalry Squadron. That was dug in around the town of Monschau

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    Greek Weapons

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    of weapons, as well as the techniques of using them, were all different and were suited for a knight’s own needs. Since every knight had unique characteristics and fighting styles, blacksmiths had to cast weapons that met their specifications. Additionally, the knights needed to be capable of using a plethora of weapons since each had a specific purpose for different scenarios such as using projectile weapons for ranged combat. In order to best serve their king, they had to use their weapons skillfully

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    Nuclear weapons are a threatening war tactic that has become more frequent in the new media, especially in the past few weeks after Hillary Clinton released an updated version of the “Daisy” ad inferring that if elected, Donald Trump will misuse the nuclear weapons of the United States. Nuclear power is a big responsibility and since the start of its use, scientists and politicians have tried to separate weapons and nuclear power. However, one must first understand what a nuclear weapon truly is

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    controversy over weapons of mass destruction of nuclear weapons is still an uprising fear and subject in the heart of the American people, our allies, our enemies, and to the rest of the world who simply just knows of the presence. Soviet Russia started that fear in the 1960s, becoming the first large source of nuclear power and weapons (Cowley, 1996). Nuclear weapons undoubtedly brought change on the overview of maritime warfare. The fear of this destructive source of weapon brought political

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    likely to utilize a biological weapon over a nuclear weapon against the United States for multiple reasons. The creation process, required funding, and resources needed to obtain possession of a biological weapon, compared to a nuclear weapon, are easier. As stated by Kostadinov and Galabova, “with their features bio-agents are ideal as a terrorists weapons undoubtedly proved by performed bioterrorism assessment” (Kostadinov, 2010, p. 303). The use of a biological weapon is the, for lack of a better

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    imaginable reason. In 2700 BC Mesopotamia, the armies of Sumer and Elam went to war. During this first recorded conflict, the bow was the weapon of choice. Over the next 4,700 years, the character of war has changed dramatically with the introduction of new technologies such as iron, steel, and gunpowder. Today the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) is the weapon of choice. For the U.S. military, the use of UAV technology accelerated in the 1990’s and continued through the past 14 years of sustained

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    I have Medieval Weapons , I will start with the Crossbow and it is a weapon used in the Middle Age, consisted of a tiller, made of wood and often decorated with horn ivory or bone, to one end of which was attached a short bow. The medieval crossbow was an important weapon in the medieval combat environment. It was primarily used for military purposes. The weapon was used by armies all over the world and dramatically changed the way battles were fought.Initially, this was just made from wood, like

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