Essays on Weaponry

The 1980s was a complex era of transition, which saw the rise of military power, but also the emergence of new technology, as the fight against communist threats intensified. During this decade, the sci-fi genre reached immense popularity, and was closely related to the new blockbuster films which Hollywood exported throughout the world. During this decade, illegal immigration, the memory of the Vietnam War and the transformation of masculinity under the threat of feminism became prominent issues, which were reflected in the popular media of the time. As a genre which is particularly fit to reflect the anxieties and ...

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The Discovery of Shang Dynasty Bronze Vessels 3 The Shang Dynasty 4 The Bronze Age 6 Conclusion 7

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The Beauty of Shang Bronze Vessels Introduction The Chinese culture has been identified as one of the oldest and most complex of its kind to have ever existed on planet Earth. The fact that the Chinese, despite intermingling with other cultures throughout history, have maintained a unique writing style provides an insight into this complexity. However, the Chinese are also famed for their culture, which is unique in many ways. One of the cultural practices that the Chinese have maintained over ...

Under these conditions, countries need an effective anti-terrorist policy and methods as a means of ensuring their own survival, public support, and international stability. Accordingly, new methods to combat terrorism began to be emerged and be developed, namely the use of new technologies such as satellites, information technology, surveillance, weaponry, Bio-metrics, finance, drones etc.

Satellites

It is worth noting a significant contribution of satellite systems to the resolution of the intelligence, communication, navigation and meteorological problems. Cosmic intelligence systems were used in order to provide US troops with timely and reliable data on the grouping of the Islamic movement of ...

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No doubts, materials, and material engineering have remarkably advanced the world in unimaginable ways. One would wonder what the 21st-century world would have been without high tensile strength materials, the state of the art technologies employed in the construction of airplanes, ships, and cars, technologies in the construction of bridges structures, top notch houses, and towers, to mention a few. Nonetheless, these innovative technologies also bring alongside some concerns. This study evaluates these concerns as they relate to material engineering.

Global Issues Relating to Materials in Engineering

Materials are relevant virtually in every field of engineering. The difference in materials depends on the engineering process involved. ...

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In 2001, New York City wakes up to horrific attacks caused by the al-Qaeda terrorist of September 11, on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon buildings. As a result, the political leaders declared a "war on terrorism" which was to include more than 60 countries as enemies and planned to last for fifty years. In the same year, President Bush allocated $379 billion in Pentagon budget that included $48 billion for fighting terrorism. The parameters and nature of the war on terrorism, however, continue to be frustratingly unclear. The war on terrorism contained elements of war and non-war. ...

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There has been a cold war between the United States and Cuba since the island was under the rule of Spaniards. Cuba lies only ninety miles of the coast of Florida, and this proximity has lent a viewpoint of many American decision-makers. This proximity to the United States also meant that their harbors were of strategic importance. Cuba's harbors could be used by enemies to threaten the US, and conversely, the US could use the harbors as its first line of the defense against its enemies. This island was factored into the United States economic system, and its economy ...

The process of filmmaking is a complex, but very rewarding one. In the initial stages of the process, there is a story or idea that is thought of by an individual and subsequently, he or she begins writing it. The film company, or movie studio more often than not hires scriptwriters to work with the individual's concept and flesh it out. Once the script is completed, then the various roles within the film are cast by the casting director. He or she will interview and observe a significant amount of people as they read the lines from the movie ...

A terrorist may be a member of different sex, race, political persuasion, or religion. However, every particular terrorist operation has a certain type of characteristics and the most means of identifying and preventing terrorist attacks is by analyzing the attacks on an intelligence-based approach. In the book The Terrorist Recognition Handbook, Malcolm Nance tries to uncover all the dynamics associated with terrorism and how terrorists achieve their heinous motives. The focus of the paper is on chapter 11 and 12 which are: Terrorist Tools: Conventional Weapons Identification and Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons: Effects and Associated Equipment Identification. The ...

In this paper there will be the analysis, comparison and contrasting of the Samurai and the Knight. Both of them used armors but they were designed differently. The knight’s armor was known as the plate armor that was made from iron and steel plates. This was a full suit of armor that enclosed the wearer from head to toe. On the other hand, the Japanese Samurai armor was different from that of the Knight in that it was not a full suit but it was made of small overlapping metal scales that were lacquered and tied together using ...

The Decline and Fall of Apartheid: National, Regional, and Global Factors

Introduction The struggle for independence in the Republic of South Africa was weakened by certain policies and directives that were passed on by the then ruling Afrikaans. Apartheid was the biggest obstacle that these freedom fighters were to face. It was characterized by racial segregation that gave preference to the white people while the black people were not viewed as equals. Racial segregation was seen in many other areas such as health care facilities, schools and places of work such as mines where the black people were forced to work. The Apartheid regime came to an end and allowed ...