impact munitions and directed energy. This article focuses on the military applications of anti-personnel non-lethal weapons. Among such weapons are advanced incapacitating agents‚ electrical shock devices‚ laser‚ and acoustic and high power microwave directed energy weapons. When properly used‚ non-lethal weapons should result in no injuries‚ fatalities or after effects. non-lethal weapons are useful in crowd control and riot situations‚ where hostile forces take cover in crowds‚ in operations in urban
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Medieval Weapons Research Paper During the Middle Ages‚ many battles and wars ignited an arms race between many medieval kingdoms. Hand to hand combat weapons were the most popular and were always advancing. Ranged weapons were deadly to front line opponents and could later on pierce armor. Siege weapons were the most essential in order to capture a castle or village and were constantly evolving. Medieval Weapons were deadly and dangerous‚ and were classified into three main groups: Combat weapons‚ Ranged
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existence of nuclear weapons facilitate greater stability in international politics? Why/why not? The existence of nuclear weapons for better or worse have indubitably impacted our lives in one way or the other. There are the some who find these weapons to be singularly beneficial. For example Defence Analyst Edward Luttwak said “we have lived since 1945 without another world war precisely because rational minds…extracted a durable peace from the very terror of nuclear weapons.” (Luttwak‚ 1983).
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Military use of biological weapons “Biological weapons amount to no more than “weapons of mass disruption” (Introduction to Biological Weapons). Biological weapons are toxic materials taken from pathogens (bacteria)‚ host or target. These can be put in something as simple as a letter‚ in an envelope‚ or something as complex as a missile containing the materials inside. The military should not use biological weapons because the U.S. doesn’t have the funds to protect the country‚ they are
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have a criminal record should be able to carry a concealed weapon because it is a constitutional right. Being able to carry a concealed weapon has been a debated topic for years. Thousands of people are being able to carry a weapon because it is form of self-defense. The government should not be allowed to discontinue responsible adults from having the power to defend themselves. Why would it not be right for me or for others to carry a weapon‚ but a police officer whom society holds to be a good person
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May more nuclear weapons be better? To give an answer on whether more nuclear weapons would be better we need first to define what is meant with more and what we consider to be better. Does more refer to the quantity of weapons or the spread of them to more countries? And more importantly‚ in what ways is a situation with more nuclear weapons better than a situation without or no further increase to what already exists? Whether one concludes a positive or negative answer to this question the argumentation
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Concealed Weapons Name Elaine Bulkley Cheryl Benskin Jeremy Cooper October 1‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Business Communications and Critical Thinking
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The Weapons of the American Civil War The Civil War‚ also called The War Between the States‚ was one of the bloodiest wars in American history. What made the Civil War such a massacre? The Civil War was such a bloodbath because the technological advances were so far superior to the tactics of the infantry‚ that the weapons virtually obliterated the soldiers. Soldiers would form lines known as a battalions. In these battalions‚ soldiers would basically march to their deaths. In addition to
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stricter gun control. The truth is that the right to carry concealed weapons enables law-abiding citizens to protect themselves against crime. Opponents have concerns that the right to carry concealed weapons would cause people to lose their tempers easily‚ police officers would be killed more often‚ and crime would increase‚ but these concerns have all been proven unfounded. Opponents believe that people who carry concealed weapons will lose their temper wherever they may be‚ and shoot someone. The
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Are Nuclear Weapons Strategically Obsolete? Why or Why not? The ongoing debate of whether or not nuclear weapons are obsolete or not is a very complex one. Numerous studies have purported that nuclear weapons no longer serve an important strategic purpose for countries such as the United States of America and Great Britain. Clausewitz stated that war and politics were inextricably linked. So the distinction between “political” and “military” viability of nuclear weapons is one without meaning. Essentially
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