Sentence examples for early weapons from inspiring English sources

Early weapons had a reservoir of compressed air that, when suddenly released by a trigger, projected a single bullet or charge of shot with limited range and accuracy.

Quignard muses that some early weapons doubled as instruments: a string stretched across a bow could be resonantly plucked or it could send an arrow through the air.

For centuries on end, at least until the proliferation of gunpowder in the 15th-century West, catapults saw action as the early weapons of mass destruction.

Development of the early weapons has continued ever since, with a number of modern war weapons, such as napalm, flame throwers, and other explosives having direct roots in the original early thermal weapons.

In pre-history, these mountains provided the raw material for early weapons; Native Americans throughout the southwest would travel hundreds of miles to acquire obsidian which, despite sounding like a Stan Lee comic book villain, is actually cooled volcanic rock from the crater for their arrowheads and spear points.

In pre-history, these mountains provided the raw material for early weapons; Native Americans throughout the southwest would travel hundreds of miles to its craters to acquire obsidian which, despite sounding like a Stan Lee comic book villain, is actually cooled volcanic rock for their arrowheads and spear points.

One of the earliest weapons devised by man, the spear was originally simply a sharpened stick.

Bush administration officials knew of the earlier weapons transactions and chose not to shut them down, an official from southern Sudan asserted in an interview, and the cables acknowledge the Kenyan officials' assertions that they had kept American officials informed about the deal.

Iran refuses to agree to UN security council demands for it to suspend the enrichment of uranium until it has convinced the UN and the International Atomic Energy Agency that it does not have a covert nuclear weapons programme, and has provided details of earlier weapons development work.

One of the earliest rifled cannon was the breech-loading Armstrong Gun also invented by William George Armstrong which boasted significantly improved range, accuracy, and power than earlier weapons.

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union fielded several models of Katyusha-like MRL, notably the BM-21 launchers somewhat inspired by the earlier weapon, and the larger BM-27.