Following the announcement that the Royal Air Force is regaining nuclear weapons, we explore the service’s history using nukes, explaining why they were originally abandoned in 1998. For 43 years, the ...

The most feared weapons of the ancient world didn’t necessarily break the mold when it came to battlefield innovation. In ...

We often romanticize the Middle Ages, seeing them as a time of chivalry, gallant knights, and castles. Beneath all of this pageantry and myth lies the stark reality of an era defined by brutal warfare ...

This August marks 80 years since the United States detonated two atomic weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. This gets a lot of attention in history books and the media, as it marks the end of ...

Only one (or possibly two) of the missing bombs was fully assembled at the time it was lost. The total number of confirmed missing weapons is somewhere between five and nine, depending on what ...

1940 The Japanese biological weapons complex Ping Fan begins operations. It employs some 3,000 personnel under Ishii's direction, working on a wide variety of biological agents, including bacteria ...

The 10-episode documentary series History of Weapons tells the story of weaponry that took leading roles in the major battles of history. It reveals the developments of arms that often improved the ...

Every year on 30 November, the United Nations observes the Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare. On that day, the international community reflects on the people killed and injured by ...