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    Weapons In WW1

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    Weapons in WW1 Water cooled - via a jacket around the barrel which held approximately one gallon - the Vickers was loaded from a 250-round fabric belt mounted on a tripod.  A rubber hose leading to a container condensed steam from the jacket as a means of minimising water wastage. Although the predominant British machine gun in 1914 and for much of 1915 - it remained so for British imperial troops sited on far-flung battlefields‚ innovations in machine gun design invariably showing up first on the

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    Nuclear Weapon

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    Nuclear Weapons Since‚ a long period of time we have the invention of nuclear weapons of GLOBAL peace and constancy. Is it really right to say that nuclear weapons are peacemakers? Or they are killing weapons? Nuclear weapons are a volatile device that deduces its destructive force from the reactions of nuclear‚ either nuclear fission or a combination of both fission and fusion. Both chemical reaction releases huge quantities of energy from comparatively small amount matter. Simply‚ nuclear weapons

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    Nuclear Weapons

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    Nuclear Weapons Definition: A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions‚ either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Types: There are two basic types of nuclear weapons: those that derive the majority of their energy from nuclear fission reactions alone‚ and those that use fission reactions to begin nuclear fusion reactions that produce a large amount of the total energy output. History: Starting with scientific breakthroughs made

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    Gunpowder Weapons

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    eventually progressed to the point of being very effective‚ and nobles‚ the knightly class‚ began to recognize that firearms represented a threat to their dominance. Unlike traditional medieval warfare which respected social status‚ “...gunpowder weapons had no such respect for class‚ and nobles risked death as much from gunshot as did non-noble soldiers”. Nobles feared firearms. Their armor could protect them from swords‚ axes‚ arrows and crossbows‚ but it couldn’t stop a long gun like a harquebus-a

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    Weapons of the Weak

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    In James Scott’s novel Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance he plainly describes what can only be viewed as the worsening of the lives of the village poor in Sedaka‚ Malaysia. He attributes the increase in economic inequality to Malaysia’s green revolution. Consequently‚ Scott analyzes the impact of these changes on the poor‚ sighting several causes. The green revolution began in the 1970’s in Malaysia. It was brought about by an advance in technology‚ a new form of high

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    The Right to Bear Arms with Concealed Carry Humans naturally assume the right to be able to protect and defend their own person. This is a country built upon protecting the well-being of its people‚ and‚ more so protecting its people’s freedom‚ specifically the freedom to keep and bear arms. We are free to defend ourselves against others acting outside their lawful boundaries. Crime is obviously a problem in society‚ and we have laws in place to discourage behaviors that people agree on as wrong

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    Bio-Weapons

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    biochemical weapons were used during World War 1. Gasses were mainly used around then. During World War 2 not many chemical weapons were used. Chlorine gas was used during the war a lot. Chlorine gas was first used April 22 1915 at leper in Belgium. There were many ways of use of the gas for example; artillery shells‚ mortar projectiles‚ aerial bombs tank sprays and landmines were used to spread the chemicals around. During the Cold War the United Stated and Russia had enough chemical weapons to wipeout

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    Banning Assault Weapons

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    Arguing a Position Essay: Banning Assault Weapons and Large Capacity Magazines The issue of banning assault weapons and large capacity magazines has been debated for years‚ but has never been discussed with such urgency as it is now. The issue is the banning of assault weapons in our society. Are we the kind of country that allows and encourages its citizens to own weapons of mass destruction? The moral issue we face is banning ownership of these weapons to ordinary citizens while protecting their

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    The mind is a mysterious place. Even with our modern technology‚ it has not been thoroughly understood‚ yet. Numerous studies have been done to see how our brains function in certain situations. Psychological experiments like the Milgram Obedience Experiment and the Stanford Prison Experiment demonstrated how our innate predisposition to given environments or situations can bring forth a concealed violence in our personalities. Despite having lived in a society regulated by rules and laws‚ many of

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    Blitzkrieg Weapons

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    Blitzkrieg: Weapons & Methods The word Blitzkrieg was coined by Hitler in 1936 (Macksey 68) and gained its use of the word when it first appeared in Time Magazine’s issue dated 25th of September 1939. Blitzkrieg or lightning-fast war was fashioned long before the Second World War. It was already an idea based on the fear that if Prussia engaged one enemy into a lengthy war‚ other enemies would have joined in and failure would ensue. Thus‚ Blitzkrieg‚ as it is now used‚ is Heinz Guderian’s development

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