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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

Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Weapons

Background The term electromagnetic pulse (sometimes abbreviated EMP) is a burst of electromagnetic radiation that results from an explosion (usually…

March 4, 2015

The Hopi Missile

Hopi was an air-to-surface missile developed by the United States Navy's Naval Ordnance Test Station. Intended to provide a medium-range…

March 4, 2015

Dull Sword Incidents

Background A "dull sword" is an Air Force reporting term that marks reports of minor incidents involving nuclear weapons, components…

March 1, 2015