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“LITTLE BOY” AND “FAT MAN” First Atomic Bombs LAND WARFARE: The most obvious change was the introduction of tanks and other motor vehicles, which helped to restore mobility to a battle-field that had turned increasingly static in the period between the Crimean War and World War I. Armored vehicles were most effective when closely coordinated […]

Al-Hussein missiles displayed in their erector-launchers. Baghdad arms exhibition, April–May 1989. The Soviet “Scud” missile family. The United States and Soviet Union backed away from a nuclear showdown with the Cuba Missile Crisis. Although the two nations continued to build weapons, the countries agreed to reduce certain types and quantities of nuclear weapons, along with […]

A map indicating the attacks on civilian areas of Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait targeted during the “War of the cities” Iraqi efforts to expand the SCUD-B’s capabilities resulted in development of the Al-Husayn missile. This missile had an increased range of 650 kilometers (400 miles) and was thus capable of striking central Iran. Iraqi engineers […]