U.S. Armed Forces Arsenal
Subtitle: A Guide to Modern Combat Hardware
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press Ed edition
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: March 16, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780306813184
Subjects: Ordnance, weapons technology; Weapons & equipment; Armies; Ordnance; History; History - Military / War; Military; USA; Military - United States; Military - Weapons; Military Science; Armed Forces; Military weapons; United States; Weapons systems
First sentence: IN A WORLD of weapons of mass destruction, chemical, nuclear, and biological nightmares, fast-moving jets and helicopters, cruise missiles and more-or-less effective missile defense sys , aircraft carriers and submarines, it's easy to forget that nobody has yet come up with a better way to make the enemy surrender than to put well-trained soldiers in that enemy's capi city with rifles in their hands.