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Destroyer of Worlds: the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

‘I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.’ So spoke J Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear physicist who developed the atom bomb. Marking…

Back to the Drawing Board/Modern/Weapons Technology

Back to the Drawing Board – Aunt Jemima

The brief was simple: create an explosive device which is easy to carry and innocent in appearance. No sticks of dynamite, no…

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WMD – THE FERRET SCOUT CAR

Eric Bryan recalls a long-serving stalwart of British military reconnaissance. In 1949, the British Army approached Daimler to upgrade its World War…

Back to the Drawing Board/Modern/Weapons Technology/WWII

Back to the Drawing Board — EXPLODING RATS!

Exploding Rats By 1941, Germany had already subjugated half of Europe, the Luftwaffe was raining bombs down on the cities of Britain,…

Back to the Drawing Board/Modern/Weapons Technology

The Spruce Goose – Back to the drawing board

Howard Hughes surely defined the word eccentric. One of the richest men in the world, he was famous for his maverick movie-making, addiction to…

Back to the Drawing Board/Modern/Weapons Technology

The Davy Crockett – Back to the drawing board

  Few weapons in this series have been sent back to the drawing board because of their efficiency. This page is usually…

Back to the Drawing Board/Modern/Weapons Technology

The Tumbleweed Tank – Back to the drawing board

We and all nations have a sense that we have come to the turning-point of an age,’ said Adolf Hitler in a…

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The Rotabuggy – Back to the drawing board

In 1965, when the latest Ian Fleming novel was published, the world once again marvelled at James Bond’s futuristic gadgets: the Solar…

Back to the Drawing Board/Modern/Weapons Technology

Bat Bombs – Back to the drawing board

Even as the Soviet Union’s terrified tank dogs were hiding from the Panzers, and just before B F Skinner’s poor pigeons were…

Modern/Weapons Technology/WWI

Machine Gun on the Western Front

Imperial War Museum curator Paul Cornish discusses the machine gun, the iconic weapon of the First World War trenches.…

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