Early thermal weapons, which used heat or burning action to destroy or damage enemy personnel, fortifications or territories, were employed in warfare...
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Siege engine (redirect from Medieval siege weapons)
made them unsuited to the rapid troop movements of modern warfare. Early thermal weapons Fortification List of siege engines Medieval warfare Military engineer...
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Incendiary device (redirect from Incendiary weapons)
and resists suppression. A range of early thermal weapons were utilized by ancient, medieval/post-classical and early modern armies, including hot pitch...
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Projectile (section As a weapon)
fire (see also early thermal weapons), or poisoning (see also arrow poison). A kinetic energy weapon (also known as kinetic weapon, kinetic energy warhead...
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Incendiary ammunition (redirect from Incendiary projectile weapons)
particularly dangerous when they strike flammable substances or dry brush. Early thermal weapons Dragon's breath United States War Department (1919). America's Munitions:...
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spherical stones or metal balls. Occasionally they also used ranged early thermal weapons. There was heavy siege artillery, but more mobile and lighter field...
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as dispersed airborne clouds, or confinement or sudden release. Early thermal weapons, such as Greek fire, have existed since ancient times. At its roots...
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incendiary weapon Hot oil, an early thermal weapon Meng Huo You, Ancient Chinese petroleum weapon Flamethrower, modern incendiary weapon that projects...
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occurred. Wildfires were used in battles throughout human history as early thermal weapons. From the Middle Ages, accounts were written of occupational burning...
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Fire (section Early human control)
of fire in warfare has a long history. Fire was the basis of all early thermal weapons. The Byzantine fleet used Greek fire to attack ships and men. The...
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Effects of nuclear explosions (redirect from Effects of nuclear weapons)
limiting the area of its effect. When a nuclear weapon is surrounded only by air, lethal blast and thermal effects proportionally scale much more rapidly...
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resources Burmah Oil Co. v Lord Advocate Carthaginian peace Chevauchée Early thermal weapons Ecocide Environmental impact of war Fabian strategy Harrying of...
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Chevauchée (section Early uses)
point by the game development company Skirmisher Publishing LLC. Early thermal weapons: Fire and Sword Hit-and-run tactics Horses in the Middle Ages Scorched...
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by most of the world's nuclear powers in the design of their weapons. Modern fusion weapons essentially consist of two main components: a nuclear fission...
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amount of weapon yield compared to the mass of the weapon. The practical maximum yield-to-weight ratio for fusion weapons (thermonuclear weapons) has been...
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Arrow (redirect from Arrow (weapon))
Arrow poison Bowfishing Crossbow bolt, also known as a "quarrel" Early thermal weapons Fire arrow Flechette Flu-flu arrow Signal arrow Swiss arrow The...
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against artillery during the English Civil War of 17th century. Early thermal weapons Needham, Joseph (1987). Science & Civilisation in China, volume...
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Flamethrower (category Incendiary weapons)
riot-control device; see Converted Flamethrower 40. Dragon's breath Early thermal weapons Flame gun Huo Long Jing List of flamethrowers M202A1 FLASH Meng...
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Smoke screen (category Weapons countermeasures)
was common in the naval battles of World War I and World War II. Early thermal weapons Military camouflage PT boat Smoke bomb The Royal Navy at War (DVD)...
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a nuclear bombing. Attrition warfare Breastwork (fortification) Early thermal weapons Explosive mine Land mine Maneuver warfare Sapper Sapping Siege warfare...
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Since they are weapons of mass destruction, the proliferation of nuclear weapons is a focus of international relations policy. Nuclear weapons have been deployed...
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a condiment made from vegetable oil Boiling oil or hot oil, an early thermal weapon Oil produced in violation of production restrictions established...
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dangerous weapon for the Chinese. Gunpowder (probably already used in incendiary arrows and primitive grenades (see Early thermal weapons) would go on...
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Nuclear bunker buster (redirect from Earth penetrating weapons)
nuclear weapons. Bunker buster (conventional, non-nuclear) Earthquake bomb Underground nuclear weapons testing Nuclear strategy Thermobaric weapon Nuclear...
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History of gunpowder (category Medieval weapons)
military applications.[citation needed] Black powder substitute Early thermal weapons Hand cannon Green mix Gunpowder warfare Huolongjing Jiao Yu Jixiao...
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basic design types: pure fission weapons are the simplest, least technically demanding, were the first nuclear weapons built, and so far the only type...
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Neutron bomb (redirect from Enhanced radiation weapon)
furthest-reaching lethal component. For standard weapons above about 10 kilotons of yield, the lethal blast and thermal effects radius begins to exceed the lethal...
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Cooking off (redirect from Thermally induced firing)
Cooking off (or thermally induced firing) is unfired weapon ammunition exploding prematurely due to heat in the surrounding environment. The term is used...
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Thermal energy storage (TES) is the storage of thermal energy for later reuse. Employing widely different technologies, it allows surplus thermal energy...
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Thermography (redirect from Thermal scope)
Infrared thermography (IRT), thermal video or thermal imaging, is a process where a thermal camera captures and creates an image of an object by using...
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