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"For the first time in our military history, how we wage war is being built around a single strategy: the tracking and elimination of "high value targets"--in other words, assassination by military drone. Kill Chain is the story of how this new paradigm came to be, from WWII to the present; revealing the inner workings of these military technologies; introducing the key figures behind the transformation as well as the people on whom these deadly technologies...
18) The Civil War
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Discusses the weapons of American Civil War soldiers and different means of warfare used during that conflict.
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Produced for the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series, this classic episode focuses on the Army Chemical Corps, whose task it is to defend against chemical, biological, and radiological weapons. A civilian consultant becomes aware of the important mission of the Army Chemical Corps and the peacetime contributions of its research.
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This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series reviews the latest in Army weapons and machines, including atomic artillery, the jet helicopter, and increased mobility through multi-airdrops - vividly showing why this branch of the Armed Forces is the strongest fighting team in the world. This informative video from the National Archives and Records Administration also portrays the Army's greatest asset, the solider, who...