An area denial weapon is a defensive device used to prevent an adversary from occupying or traversing an area of land, sea or air. The specific method...

as a weapon of weaker forces that could be used against the US military. The US military considers that enemy adoption of anti-access/area denial strategies...

The Active Denial System (ADS) is a non-lethal directed-energy weapon developed by the U.S. military, designed for area denial, perimeter security and...

force denying an area to the enemy, such as a reference to friendly forces employing area-denial weapons, the intent is to create an area in which the enemy...

officially defined as a type of enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a low-yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron radiation in the...

weapon called the Active Denial System, a focused high frequency microwave device said to be capable of heating all living matter in the target area rapidly...

trap, galthrap, galtrap, calthrop, jackrock or crow's foot) is an area denial weapon made up of usually four, but possibly more, sharp nails or spines...

The HB 876 mine was an air dropped area denial weapon. It was used as part of the JP233 runway denial system and the 'Hades' variant of the BL755 cluster...

Sea denial is a military term for preventing an enemy from using the sea. It is a naval warfare subset of anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) strategies,...

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Thermos bomb was the informal name for the AR-4, an air dropped anti-personnel mine used by the Italian Air Force during World War II. Large numbers were...

A cartridge trap is a very simple trap, made from four main components: a bamboo pipe, a piece of wood, a nail and a small arms cartridge. Combat engineer –...

The OMAR Mine Museum in Kabul, Afghanistan, contains a collection of 51 types of land mines out of the 53 that have been used in that country. OMAR is...

The MON-200 is a directional type anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured in Soviet Union. It is an enlarged version of the MON-100 mine. Because...

The MRUD (Mina usmerena rasprskavajućeg dejstva - Directed fragmentation mine) is a Yugoslav plastic bodied, convex rectangular directional type anti-personnel...

The MON-90 (Russian: МОН-90) is a Claymore-shaped, plastic bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed in the Soviet Union. It is designed...

The MON-100 is a circular, sheet metal bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured in the early 1960s by the Soviet Union...

designed for use as area denial weapons. Weapons of this type are supposed to deny opposing military forces access to a specific area. While blast mines...

Sherman's neckties were a railway-destruction tactic used in the American Civil War. Named after Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army,...

A mantrap is a mechanical physical security device for catching poachers, art thieves and other trespassers.[unreliable source?] They have taken many forms...

In medieval fortification, a trou de loup (French for "wolf hole"; plural trous de loup, also commonly referred to as a tiger pit in the East) was a type...

dispersion 54 degree Width of the affected area 45-54 meters (147.6-177.2 ft) Height of the affected area 4 meters (13.1 ft) Temperature usage range -40...

A railroad plough is a rail vehicle which supports an immensely strong, hook-shaped plough. It is used for destruction of railroad ties in warfare, as...

Concertina wire or Dannert wire is a type of barbed wire or razor wire that is formed in large coils which can be expanded like a concertina. In conjunction...

The Czech hedgehog (Czech: rozsocháč or ježek) is a static anti-tank obstacle defense made of metal angle beams or I-beams (that is, lengths with an L-...

The Affordable Weapon System is a US Navy program to design and produce a low cost "off the shelf" cruise missile launchable from a self-contained unit...

Molniya (Russian: молния, lit. 'lightning') was an explosive device used to booby trap certain buried or otherwise concealed containers used by the KGB...

thus only used in military perimeter defenses. Anti-handling device Area denial Cartridge trap Mantrap Booby trap Katko v. Briney Sentry gun Underhill...

The L9 bar mine is a large rectangular British anti-tank landmine. The bar mine's principal advantage is its long length, and therefore its trigger length...

considered an area denial weapon due to these physical and biochemical characteristics. As a chemical weapon, it is categorized as a weapon of mass destruction...