Military Technology

By Ian Graham

Book Overview

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• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599201658
• ISBN13: 9781599201658
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Smart Apple Media
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 12 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 9

Customer Reviews

The book has a futuristic bent to it that many young people will be fascinated with!

Military technology is always being updated. Like anything else, say for example the Playstation game console, as soon as it came out other companies were vying to make an even better version. Hundreds and hundreds of years ago people were making their first weapons to protect their families and territories and now our "modern artillery can fire an exploding shell more than 18 miles and the most powerful rocket-propelled missiles can travel 5,000 miles." The United States is among the most competitive and spends the most money developing technology. No matter if we are looking at military technology by air, land or sea, this book covers it all. It's important for the military to "clear the sky" of all enemy threats in the air. You'll read about stealth planes, "vertical takeoff aircraft" (including the new tiltrotor), Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs), Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs), unmanned fighters of the future (Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles UCAVs), and laser planes. On land soldiers "depend on their weapons, vehicles, protective clothing, and equipment." You`ll read about some amazing things like armored uniforms, military robots like the Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot (BEAR) that can rescue soldiers and nuclear weaponry called "weapons of mass destruction" (WMD). Also discussed in this section is nuclear proliferation and "dirty bombs." On the seas we can read about "sea giants" like the huge aircraft carriers, stealth warships (amazing!), naval gunnery, railguns, submarines and underwater rockets, including Russia's Shkval. This book also talks about how we gather intelligence. It discusses satellites, spy planes, micro spies (aircraft with no pilots), micro air vehicles electronic warfare, robot spies, and seabed sensors. You'll learn about nonlethal weapons, "devices that stop enemy troops from advancing or move them out of an area without doing them any serious harm." These include things like heat rays, electric shock weapons and acoustic weapons. Lastly this book talks about space weapons. This is a very thorough book on the subject for the young adult reader, perhaps one that would eventually find an interest in a military career. The book has a futuristic bent to it that many young people will be very fascinated with. There are numerous full color photographs, informative sidebars, a glossary, an index and additional recommended book and web site resources. This is a book the young military buff will grab for!