Weapons

A Proposal to the War Department for a Radio Control System for Aircraft Type Bomb (Barrage), January 1940

Background Abstract: The proposal herein outlined sets forth the exact method for control of an aircraft bomb, classified as Barrage…

December 28, 2016

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Background An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an unpiloted aircraft. UAVs come in two varieties: some are controlled from a…

December 15, 2016

Missiles and Missile Defense

Background A guided missile is a self-propelled projectile used as a weapon. Missiles are typically propelled by rockets or jet…

June 27, 2016

Vulnerability Assessment of Charged Particle Beam Weapons, September 1979

Background This document was discovered as a reference in another government records. I then filed a FOIA request for the…

January 28, 2016

Directed Energy Weapons Test Facility, August 1963

Background This Final Report was prepared by Ion Physics Corporation under Air Force Contract AF08(635)-2795, "Directed Energy Weapons Test Facility". The work…

May 21, 2015

Non-Lethal Weapons

According to Wikipedia: Non-lethal weapons, also called less-lethal weapons, less-than-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, compliance weapons, or pain-inducing weapons are weapons…

April 12, 2015

Various Documents and Reports on Weapons

The following is a list of documents that are currently uncategorized.  Until they are put into their proper categories, they will…

March 4, 2015

Weapons Classification Guide – April 5, 1960

Background The following document was requested in June of 1999, and took approximately 8 years to obtain. It was listed…

March 4, 2015

Anti-Satellite Weapons

Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic military purposes. Currently, only the United…

March 4, 2015

M55 rocket

Background In 1951 the US Army Chemical Corps and Ordnance Corps initiated a joint program to develop a 115mm chemical…

March 4, 2015