For much of human history, there's been a technology-based arms race when it comes to developing and using armor. Knights wore armor about their entire bodies, but the advent of firearms in warfare ...

Modern stealth warships did not invent their low visibility shapes, they rediscovered them. This breaks down how Civil War ironclads used angled armor to defeat cannon fire, and why the same geometry ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Almost as soon as President Donald Trump announced that the ...