On paper, many of the world’s most famous weapons looked like reliable successes. In practice, desert sand, jungle humidity, and arctic cold often had other ideas. Systems that performed well in ...

Militaries frequently fielded weapons with known flaws due to urgency and lack of better alternatives. Early M16 rifles had high malfunction rates in Vietnam from fouling and ammunition ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A weapon design software that reportedly outperforms similar US product in speed and memory has been released by Chinese ...

The latest in the string of new military concepts coming from China is a hypersonic boost-glide weapon that can launch other weapons, drones of its own. The new unpowered boost-glide weapon concept ...

In times of war, both sides are driven to develop weapons that can deliver overwhelming force and secure victory, whether ...