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America's Civil War March 10, 2005 Fred L. Ray	Pre-Dawn Assault on Fort Stedman Led by select groups of sharpshooters, the weary, muddy troops of the Army of Northern Virginia made one last desperate push to break out of Petersburg.
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Civil War Times May 2006 Maurice D'Aoust	Hoodwinked During the Civl War: Union Military Deception Appearances could be misleading on the battlefields of the Civil War.
National Defense August 2009 Grace Jean	Weapons Experts Working to Lighten Troops' Small Arms Load Technologists are working to cut small arms weight in half without compromising firepower, and so far prototypes of a redesigned machine gun and ammunition are demonstrating the art of the possible.
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National Defense November 2015 Jim Schatz	U.S. Military Losing Edge in Small Arms The current U.S. Army small arms development and acquisition system is dysfunctional and virtually unworkable, even for those within the system.
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Military History September 2007 Roger Crowley	The Guns of Constantinople History's first great artillery barrage, in 1453, shattered the Byzantine capital and changed warfare forever.
Popular Mechanics May 2004 Paul Eisenstein	World's Largest Gun Not as mobile as it appeared, the Gustav Gun was a logistical nightmare. For starters, it required a 500-man crew.
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Popular Mechanics November 14, 2007 Erik Sofge	World's Most Powerful Rail Gun Delivered to Navy A rail gun uses magnetic rails to launch solid, nonexplosive projectiles at incredible speed, negating the risks associated with carrying around explosive ammo.
National Defense December 2005 Harold Kennedy	Special Operators Setting Pace for New Small Arms The U.S. Special Operations Command is accelerating efforts to develop a new generation of small arms.
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National Defense November 2007 Grace Jean	Electric Guns on Navy ships: Not Yet on The Horizon Scientists have been researching the electromagnetic rail gun for decades and as it slowly develops, analysts question when and if it will come to fruition in the face of ongoing engineering challenges.
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National Defense July 2005 Harold Kennedy	Back to the Drawing Board: Army Rewrites Small Arms Plans Army leaders have concluded that the service's current inventory of small arms is ill suited to the guerrilla wars that U.S. ground forces now are fighting.
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Carolyn Meinel	For Love of a Gun The recent history of railgun research is a cautionary tale about military R&D. It's an enterprise where the best technology doesn't always win, and even when it does, it may very well have cost far more to field than it should have.
ifeminists April 15, 2003 Wendy McElroy	War May Redefine Gun Control Despite the high emotions that surround war --- or perhaps because of them --- people are focusing again on "normal" life. But what is normal has shifted in ways both obvious and subtle. Consider how war has affected just one issue: the debate over gun control.
Reason May 2005 Kohn et al.	Straight Shooting on Gun Control A debate about gun control from four viewpoints.
Popular Mechanics June 19, 2009 Seth Porges	The Top 6 Water Guns of All Time The first water guns began popping up in the late 1800s, and they were little more than glorified eyedroppers.
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National Defense March 2012 William I. Oberholtzer	An Inexpensive Solution for Quickly Launching Military Satellites Into Space The recent publication of the successful work done by the Naval Research Laboratory on rail gun technology indicates it is timely to consider the use of the rail gun as a timely response for the initial or replacement launch of satellites.
National Defense August 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Navy Will Build Electromagnetic Gun Test Site The U.S. Navy is preparing to break ground on a program dedicated to testing the science behind electromagnetic rail guns.
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National Defense October 2010 Eric Beidel	Plastic Solution Blocks Guns From Firing A Train Safe device fits into the gun barrel, blocking the chamber and preventing a live round from being fired.
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Salon.com July 12, 2002 Patrick Smith	Up, locked, and loaded Should guns be allowed in the cockpit? Possibly, says Salon's aviation expert, but not at the expense of other solutions to air terror.
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