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Peaceful nukes
In the 1960s and 1970s, both the United States and the Soviet Union explored “peaceful” applications of nuclear weapons: excavating earth for lakes and canals, geological research, and extinguishing...
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Man-lifting war kites
A large enough kite can lift someone off the ground. So, of course, several inventors and aeronauts tried to find a military application for such man-lifting kites. The U.S. National Archives, Public...
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Plain of jars and bombs
The Xiangkhoang Plateau in northern Laos is covered in thousands of prehistoric burial jars… and many more unexploded bombs. Plain of Jars, Xiangkhoang Plateau, LaosJakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via...
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Broken arrow
In 1959, the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was one of the most sophisticated aircraft prototypes in the world. When the project was cancelled, the Canadian government ordered all Arrows, parts, production...
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War hailstones
More than a thousand English soldiers were killed by hailstones during the Siege of Chartres in 1360. French hailstonesIbex73, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons In war, weather can turn the victor...
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