The De Lackner DH-4 "Aerocycle" flying platform was the first of several one-man flying machines the Army evaluated during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and was certainly one of the more innovative of these various individual lift devices.
United States Air Force Lockheed T-33 reconnaissance plane forced down in December, 1957, on display in Gjirokastër, Albania.
Project Babylon was a project commissioned by the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to build a series of superguns. The design was based on research from the 1960s Project HARP led by the Canadian artillery expert Gerald Bull.
Don McCullin is a British war photographer.
Iver Johnson Safety Hammer Automatic is a classic revolver.
Super Soaker is a brand of recreational water guns.
The Makarov pistol was the Soviet Union's standard military side arm from 1951-1991.
Monzer al-Kassar, also known as the Prince of Marbella, is an international arms dealer. He has been connected to numerous crimes, including the Achille Lauro hijacking and the Iran-Contra scandal. In 1985 he was the subject of a profile in the French magazine Paris Match, which wrote, "in a few years, this Syrian merchant became one of the most powerful businessmen in the world."
Dazzle camouflage was a camouflage paint scheme used on ships, extensively during World War I. Credited to artist Norman Wilkinson, it consisted of a complex pattern of geometric shapes in contrasting colours, interrupting and intersecting each other.
The Duga radar system used as part of the Soviet anti-ballistic missile early-warning network. The system operated from July 1976 to December 1989.