Throughout history, military innovation has often pushed the boundaries of what society considers acceptable warfare. Some weapons proved so devastating or caused such horrific suffering that nations ...

Many of the tactics used by modern militaries were forged long before today’s conflicts ever began. During the Cold War, firearms were designed with an eye toward deterrence and large-scale war, but ...

The Vietnam War pushed military technology to its limits, introducing weapons that reshaped how wars are fought. From jungle-tested rifles to devastating air power, both the United States and North ...

Throughout modern conflicts, certain weapons systems have stood out for their ability to change the pace and outcome of battle. Advances in precision strike capability, drone technology, and ...

This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Jeffrey E. Stern, an award-winning journalist and author of the newly released The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon in the Age of Modern ...

If machines ever fight a war against humans, it’ll probably be fought with modern weapons of war — bullets, bombs, and perhaps plasma weapons a la “The Terminator” — in a conflict, the robots will ...