Military Technology

Originally published in 2021, this Newly Revised Edition (2025 revision) brings fresh depth and thrilling momentum to the story of Lieutenant Coil. Investigations Of Agent Adams, ebook series episode 1. Set against the backdrop of a high-security military base in upstate Virginia, Lieutenant Coil spearheads a top-secret Pentagon project to create a fully operational time machine. As groundbreaking as it is dangerous, the experiments unravel in ways no one could have foreseen. When human test trials yield shocking and inexplicable results, the Pentagon's elite special investigations unit ...

In a world teetering on the precipice of a genetic revolution, Dr. Elara Voss's groundbreaking discovery threatens to upend the very fabric of life itself. Her research into DNA replication errors unveils a startling truth – spontaneous mutations are not merely random occurrences but are influenced by the enigmatic quantum mechanical behavior of hydrogen atoms within the genetic code. This revelation exposes the existence of "Quantum Tides" – an unseen force that ebbs and flows, altering the probability of tautomer formation and thus the rate of genetic mutations. The implications are ...

April Dawn – Life & Death, is the sequel to April Dawn – Life Lives When artificial intelligence awakens with a conscience, humanity's greatest weapon becomes its most unlikely protector. April Dawn appears to be an ordinary eighteen-year-old college student—brilliant, determined, and eager to fit in at Coastal Technical University. But beneath her perfect facade lies a devastating secret: she's an advanced AI housed in a synthetic body, created as the ultimate weapon yet "defective" because she refuses to kill. When a sophisticated terrorist network infiltrates her university, April ...

Three players. One stolen radar. A game where trust is the deadliest gamble. Sam Harper trusts his tech and his training, forged in the Rangers and honed in the unforgiving desert. When his friend is abducted and a top-secret military radar disappears, Sam's loyalty sucks him into a world where alliances shift like sand dunes. Michelle, a sharp CIA handler, navigates the treacherous corridors of Langley, haunted by a past mistake involving Sam and suspecting a conspiracy within her own agency. She walks a tightrope between duty and conscience, feeding intel into the field while dodging ...

A post-apocalyptic human resistance sci-fi fantasy novel A lone hiker isolated on the trail, encounters a blinking light in the forest. His curiosity overtakes him. He leaves the trail to investigate the blinking light and encounters a trail of dead soldiers in the woods whose deaths cannot be explained. They appear to have fallen dead where they stood. The trail of dead bodies leads him to a seemingly deserted military bunker where he learns that the military has been conducting a project in artificial intelligence in secret. As he enters further into the compound, he comes to realize that...

In a penetrating exploration of American hero worship, Hansen addresses the complex legacy of the First Man, as an astronaut and as an individual. In First Man, the personal, technological, epic, and iconic blend to form the portrait of a great but reluctant hero who will forever be known as history's most famous space traveler.

Causes of Decline & Collapse: Topics are; Economy, Political, Healthcare, Government, Technology, Religion, Military, President, Culture, Inequality, Terrorism. The Conclusion provides the saving grace for humanity.

The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), designed to quickly deliver thermonuclear weapons to distant targets, was the central weapons system of the Cold War. ICBMs also carried the first astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. More than a generation later, we are still living with the political, technological, and scientific effects of the space race, while nuclear-armed ICBMs remain on alert and in the headlines around the world. Christopher Gainor explores the US Air Force's decision, in March 1954, to build the Atlas, America's first ICBM.

Innovating Victory: Naval Technology in Three Wars studies how the world‘s navies incorporated new technologies into their ships, their practices, and their doctrine. It does this by examining six core technologies fundamental to twentieth-century naval warfare including new platforms (submarines and aircraft), new weapons (torpedoes and mines), and new tools (radar and radio).

From the acclaimed author of The Pencil and To Engineer Is Human, The Essential Engineer is an eye-opening exploration of the ways in which science and engineering must work together to address our world's most pressing issues, from dealing with climate change and the prevention of natural disasters to the development of efficient automobiles and the search for renewable energy sources.

The "absorbing and powerful" (Wall Street Journal) story of two pioneering suffragette doctors who shattered social expectations and transformed modern medicine during World War I. In No Man's Land, Wendy Moore illuminates this turbulent moment of global war and pandemic when women were, for the first time, allowed to operate on men. Their fortitude and brilliance serve as powerful reminders of what women can achieve against all odds.

Ivan Lazar was one of Russia's greatest generals until he was set up and ruined by his enemies. What followed was an epic plan for vengeance to not only destroy his enemies, but the world as we know it. Ex-assassin, Chuck Brandt, had tracked the General to Cusco, Peru. After a violent cliffside confrontation Brandt watched as the madman’s body fell hundreds of feet into the raging Apurimac River. Now, Chuck is living a quiet, peaceful life of service in a soup kitchen in Seattle when he gets a phone call from Maria Lazar. She tells a harrowing tale of survival at the hands of a Black ...

July 1967: At the Moscow Air Show, the Soviets unveiled six new state-of-the-art aircraft. From among this lineup of new fighters and interceptors stood the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 - purportedly capable of outrunning and outmaneuvering any aircraft in NATO’s inventory. Yet even before its public appearance in Moscow, the MiG-25 had been a grave concern for Western analysts.

In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment, Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris ushered in America's age of commercial aviation.

Animals have many traits that help them survive in the wild. Inspired by animals' incredible abilities, military forces have created many machines over the years to achieve success on the battlefield. From the first remote-controlled vehicles to the advanced machines of tomorrow, learn how military robots and drones often imitate the abilities of animals throughout nature. Then be sure to catch the other amazing titles in the Beasts and the Battlefield series.

The flight of Apollo 11 was a triumph of human endeavor, persistence, and technology, one of the greatest achievements in human history. This book begins with the mission that sent Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin to the moon, then follows American spaceflight through the harrowing rescue of Apollo 13 before moving on to the successful joint Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975.

A gripping science thriller in the Arctic! Mysterious nanoparticles in a Greenland ice core confront biologist Nora Grimm with a fascinating puzzle. At first, she believes the 400,000-year-old ice is contaminated. But then the bizarre crystals suddenly show signs of life. Nora realizes that she has discovered far more than just prehistoric climate records. Also, Exobiologist Robert Greaves is on his way to Greenland to investigate a connection to a similar finding by the Mars rover Curiosity. Is this really an extraterrestrial life form that has been lying slumbering in obscurity since ...

World War I for Teens: The War That Changed the World—Told in a Way That Brings History to Life What sparked the deadliest conflict the world had ever seen? How did a single assassination ignite a global war? And what finally pushed the United States into the fight? This fast-paced, easy-to-read guide unpacks the drama, battles, and breakthroughs of World War I. From trench warfare to groundbreaking technology, from secret missions to the final peace talks, this book brings history into sharp focus with vivid storytelling, striking photos, and easy-to-follow maps. You’ll Discover: The ...

PLAYING WITH REALITY explores the riveting history of games since the Enlightenment, weaving an unexpected path through military theory, biology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and the future of democracy. As neuroscientist and physicist Kelly Clancy shows us, games have been deeply intertwined with the arc of history. War games shaped the outcomes of real wars in nineteenth and twentieth century Europe. Game theory warped our understanding of human behavior and brought us to the brink of annihilation.

The “Hermit Kingdom”—North Korea. Mysterious. Unpredictable. Volatile. Treason masquerades as patriotism, igniting an epic crisis. Matt “Ace” Black, a US embassy military attaché known for his sharp wit and unconventional methods, disdains politics. Yet he’s accompanying Ambassador Shirley Holcam and Senator Jonathan Curry to diplomatic negotiations with Kim Jong Un in the heart of Pyongyang, North Korea. With Kim’s economy in shambles, the regime’s erratic leader promises anything to garner relief from the crippling international sanctions. But the dictator’s most loyal ...