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Introduces readers to significant developments in military technology and explores how those inventions and discoveries led to further advancements. Additional features include a table of contents, infographics to help readers learn more about the topic, Fast Facts, critical thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an index, a selected bibliography, and sources for further research. Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter Glossary...
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"What happens when a Predator drone has as much autonomy as a Google car? Although it sounds like science fiction, the technology to create weapons that could hunt and destroy targets on their own already exists. Paul Scharre, a leading expert in emerging weapons technologies, draws on incisive research and firsthand experience to explore how increasingly autonomous weapons are changing warfare. This far-ranging investigation examines the emergence...
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"New challenges, including terrorism and cyberwarfare, require new technologies. With this in mind, military leaders are overseeing the development of a new generation of cutting edge robots, unmanned vehicles, weapons, tactical gear, and other defense-related technologies" --from the publisher.
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"This great STEM book has statistics, timelines and innovation timelines that profile the Military industry and 12 technological breakthroughs that have changed history and our society. Readers get tech information along with mini biographies and social history featuring: contributing factors, key players, and effects on our world. Organized chronologically on a timeline with backmatter and an almanac of additional fun facts that fill in the gaps...
5) Plant 42
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Host Jake Ward takes viewers into the world of 'top secret, ' off-the-record projects being built in America at Plant 42. He sheds light on some of the covert technology being developed in America, including aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound, stealth weapons, and propulsion systems.
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"Examines the potential of the United States to bring new technologies to deployment in the service of America's security and defense. The work also discusses how other international actors may regard the United States' investment in these high-tech capabilities, identifying possible resultant counter actions, and presents several divergent viewpoints on what the future may bring. The book thoroughly explores three general categories of emerging...
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The twentieth century was both the brightest period in the evolutionary journey of humankind and the darkest. Heir to four centuries of discovering what the mind can do, humanity used that growing awareness to virtually end the timeless cycles of famine and epidemics of disease, to invent and mass produce countless labor and lifesaving technologies, and to discover nature's most intimate secrets. These are magnificent accomplishments. And yet, these...
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