“The radio proximity fuse has finally emerged from its veil of secrecy to take its place alongside radar and the atomic bomb in the triumvirate of secret weapons which led to Allied victory.” Those ...
The portable, long-range rocket is one of the insurgents favorite weapons; rocket attacks have been causing casualties in the Green Zonein Baghdad recently. So the emergence of this documentin ...
BAE Systems has destroyed drones at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona using standard rockets equipped with the company's Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) and an advanced proximity fuse ...
The Israeli attack on a hospital in Gaza was carried out with a “proximity fuse” bomb that explodes high above the ground, an expert told Anadolu on Wednesday. Retired military officer and ammunition ...
In New Haven, the proximity fuse was the 5-minute walk. In Gainesville, you could probably stretch that fuse to 10 or 15 minutes. On the other hand, a 30-minute drive won't come anywhere close to ...
This film uncovers the hidden story of the proximity fuse—one of World War II’s most crucial yet least recognized inventions.
At dawn over Guadalcanal 50 years ago, two Japanese dive bombers plunged toward the cruiser USS Helena and ran smack into the future of warfare. Until that January morning, ships without air cover ...