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Israel’s Air Defense Systems

By: Rory Peterson, Journalist
The Iron Dome, and the newly developed Iron Beam, are the keystones in Israel's air defense. The Iron Dome and the soon-to-be Iron Beam make up one of the most advanced air defense systems in the world.
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Source: Library of Congress

Technological Advances in Weapons Throughout the Years

By: Josephine Huynh, Journalist
Wars have been started over many things, from something as insignificant as the killing of a pig to rising tensions and the assassination of a royal heir, we can see how people have disputed different matters throughout the years. Between all of the wars and conflicts that have happened in our world's history, there have been many technological advances and changes in the weaponry.
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The Unstoppable Missiles of the Future

By: Noah Yazdani, Journalist
For the past few decades, technology has been evolving and items of warfare have been becoming more and more powerful.
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man in brown and black plaid long sleeve shirt holding bow

History of Archery

By: Jimmy Mendoza, Journalist
A bow is a long and flexible staff with short string attached to the staff's two ends, which is why the staff is bent. An arrow, however, is a shaft with feather-type vanes.
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Klearchos Kapoutsis from Wrocław, Poland, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

3 Powerful Medieval Siege Weapons of the Past

By: Tyko Williamson, Journalist
Medieval siege weapons are inventions that were made for medieval war. Like the battering ram is one of the first siege weapons to ever be developed in antiquity.
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Weapons of the First World War

By: Thomas Ahern, Journalist
These chemical weapons were deadly gasses created by chemists that could burn the skin, irritate the lungs, or just flat out kill people.
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SOURCE: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.military.com%2Fequipment%2Fah-64-apache-longbow&psig=AOvVaw1VARKJN77szpLnAITnYb2Q&ust=1587743727511000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAkQjhxqFwoTCJiw9rr0_ugCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD

AH-64 Apache

By: Robert Martirosyan, Journalist

The AH-64 Apache is perhaps the world's greatest attack helicopter, created by Boeing for the U.S. army and other international forces. Being used primarily in the war with Iraq and various other campaigns...

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Ballistas

Ballistas

Introduction The technology of a Ballista has been around for over a millennia ever since the concept of a giant crossbow was conceived. It was possibly first mention in a weapons description by King...

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