Articles related to "Weapons Of War"

The United States was expected to be the epicenter of the economic world but as new decisive powers emerge, the competition for economic supremacy becomes more intense.

Elephants have served in human armies from 1100 B.C.E. to the 17th century.

Many mines in the eastern DRC are controlled by rebels and the national army, which terrorize the local populations. The mined minerals are used in consumer electronics.

Western understanding of Intolerance based on ethnicity is the first priority in order to understand the Crisis in Darfur.

The zeppelin enjoyed brief, but brilliant, status as Germany's preeminent weapon during World War I.

A rocket is a vehicle that obtains its thrust from the rapid conversion of fuel to superheated gasses, which are then rapidly expelled out a nozzle at the base.

Hunt for the Samurai Subs, on National Geographic Channel, features the discovery of two Japanese submarines from World War II off of the coast of Hawaii.

Rats are a harmful invasive species that adversely affect boat wiring, seafood quality, ground nesting seabirds, and human health. Steps can be taken to control them.

Teaching kids current events is very important in keeping them up-to-date on the world around them. See how timelines can make today's news more meaningful.

A searing portrait of the destruction of a small Spanish town is kept alive by a painting by Picasso.

For more than a decade a complex civil war has been raging in the Congo. Women are hit the hardest, because rape is a way for exploited soldiers to take out their fury.

The Department of Defense in the United States has developed a strategy for waging war through information, offensive network attacks, and multi-media campaigns.

This technologically gifted branch of the Armed Services has seen Military Air Power advance from balloons to bi-planes to bombers to outer space vehicles and satellites!

Amiri Baraka lost his New Jersey poet laureateship when the Anti-Defamation League denounced Baraka's anti-Semitism in "Somebody Blew Up America."

Strong-willed Georgia Governor Joe Brown squandered thousands of scarce dollars on an order for 10,000 Pikes to defend his state during the US Civil War.

George Clausen was highly regarded in his day but is now largely forgotten. However, an uncharacteristic memorial to the dead of World War I deserves to be better known.

Offensive Aztec weapons used by Aztec warriors in close combat and long-range. Ancient weaponry of the Aztec civilization from Aztec swords & clubs to Aztec bows & slings

The world has a nightmare arsenal of terrible weapons advanced far beyond the evolution of our morality.

A thousand years ago and more, the Empire of Ghana in west Africa was the center of a very rich trade.This, though,was only one example of the great days of royal Africa.

Conflict spreads in the north-eastern region between the government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE over the closing of a sluice water gate to Sinhalese villages.

The Great Highland Bagpipe (or Piob Mhor in Gaelic) has a long and distinguished history.