The legacy of the Star Wars lightsaber proves why it still stands above every other sci-fi movie weapon.

Arms technology is one of the driving forces behind warfare. While there was a period where most of humanity was ...

Military history is riddled with weapons systems failing to live up to the reality of the situation on the battlefield. […] ...

Are these some of the earliest weapons in human history? History Hit’s Tristan Hughes speaks to Dr Annemieke Milks, ...

History is filled with wars, that’s just a natural part of the human condition. It is in the annals of history that we find the deadliest weapon ever fielded. However, the answer to what that weapon ...

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a strike.

We are just a few days away from the return of Gjallarhorn in Destiny 2, technically the third time it’s returned to the series after it was used to promote Rise of Iron back in Destiny 1. There’s ...

Jake is a writer from the United Kingdom. With a focus on first-person shooters, RPGs, and achievement hunting, writing about the gaming industry comes naturally and is a real point of pride. Outside ...

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 ...

History isn’t short on creative ways to ruin other people’s lives. Long before drones or guided munitions, opium addicted inventors across continents were thinking, “But what if our weapons also spun, ...