Future Weapons
By (Author) Kevin Dockery
Penguin Putnam Inc
Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
4th December 2007
United States
General
Non Fiction
Military history
623.4
Paperback
336
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 19mm
352g
On the battlefield, a soldier's best friends are his gun and his gear-because his life depends on them. But what will it take to fight and survive on the battlefields of tomorrow What will those combat arenas consist of, and where will they be And what will our nation's fighting men and women carry with them into battle Future Weapons is a compendium of the weapons of war that may accompany our soldiers in the near and far future, as well as an insightful look at the soldier, sailor, and airman of today and tomorrow. All manner of military hardware is covered, as well as information about cutting-edge technology that will become standard in weapons to come, the possibility of robotic soldiers, vehicles, protective armor, and the prospects of fighting a war in both space and cyberspace.
A delightful oversight of what the armies of tomorrow may wield.Armchair General
Kevin Dockery has been a soldier in the President's Guard under Presidents Nixon and Ford, a grade-school teacher, radio broadcaster, gunsmith, and historian. He even spent time in Iraq and Kuwait during Desert Storm as what he refers to as a "corporate mercenary." As a noted military historian, he has written a number of books on the history of the Navy SEALs and the lives of the men who lived that history. He is the author ofWeapons of the Navy SEALs,Future Weapons, Stalkers and Shooters, Operation Thunderhead, and the Navy SEALs Oral History series.