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Weapons of war: Ancient to Present

  • The Soviet “Dead hand”

    The Soviet Perimeter, also known by the West as the “Dead Hand,” was a Cold War automatic nuclear control system that could unleash all nuclear weapons at once without any human command if the Soviet/ Russian state is threatened. Developed… Continue reading

  • Japan’s fire balloons WW2

    One of the most secret weapons in the Pacific War, the Fu-Go balloon, is part of the Japanese Army’s long-term strategy in response to the US Doolittle raid. Designed to traverse the North Pacific Ocean and carrying explosives and anti-personnel… Continue reading

  • Britain’s “earthquake” bomb WW2

    One of Britain’s most memorable and formidable weapons of the Second World War, the British supersized “Earthquake” bomb was developed by aviation engineer Barnes Wallis to penetrate heavily fortified targets. The idea was conceived in 1941 when Barnes wrote a… Continue reading

  • German rocket U-boats WW2

    The rocket U-boats were a series of military projects by the German Kriegsmarine (German Navy) aimed at developing submarine-launched rockets that could be launched against sea or offshore targets. The first experimentation with the idea of rocket U-boats is the… Continue reading

  • Germany’s atomic bomb project WW2

    Codenamed Uranverin or “Uranium Club”, the secret Nazi project to develop the atomic bomb began when fission (breaking of atomic nuclei), a basic process of making nuclear weapons, was first discovered in December 1938 by German scientists Otto Hahn and… Continue reading

  • The Sun Gun WW2

    The German Sun Gun, also known as the “Sonnengewehr,” was an experimental and scientific weapon conceptualized by German physician Hermann Oberth that could concentrate enough sunlight onto Earth with a devastating effect. Looking like a real-life orbital space weapon seen… Continue reading

  • The CIA’s “Aswang”

    For centuries, Filipinos have upheld a strong superstition of supernatural entities that lurk in the night. One such monster is the Aswang, a vampire-like creature who can shape shift and feed on the bloodless corpses of unfortunate villagers and travelers.… Continue reading

  • Ghost Tape 10

    Imagine a Vietcong soldier resting for the night, only to be awoken by the anguish, disemboweled voices of his dead comrades. According to local folklore, it was believed that the spirits of the dead who were not properly buried were… Continue reading

  • Project Z: Japan’s America bomber WW2

    Project Z was Japan’s ambitious attempt to develop a long-range, intercontinental bomber capable of reaching the United States of America during the Second World War. A similar counterpart to Germany’s “Amerika” bomber, Messerschmitt Me 264, the program started in 1942.… Continue reading

  • The SOE and exploding rats

    The British SOE (Special Operations Executive) used many inventive and exotic ways to disguise their explosive devices during the Second World War. One of these was a dead rat developed in 1941. The idea is that a SOE agent will… Continue reading