Warfare Timeline

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  • 3000 BCE

    When horses were first domesticated.

    Humans aquire their most important single ally from the animal kingdom when they domesticate the horse.
  • 1796 BCE

    When humans first used bow/arrows.

    The earliest people to use bow/ arrows were known as the ancient Egyptians.
  • 300 BCE

    The development of the trebuchet.

    The traction trebuchet is believed to be an ancient war engine which was invented in china.
  • 904

    The invention of gunpowder.

    Gunpowder was invented in the 9th century China and spread throughout most parts of Eurasia by the end of the 13th century.
  • 1180

    The invention of the longbow.

    The longbow was invented by the Celts in Wales.
  • 1331

    The development of the first hand cannon.

    The earliest reliable evidence of hand cannons in Europe appeared in 1326 and evidence in their production can be dated as early as 1327
  • 1500

    The development of the matchlock gun

    Matchlock, in firearms, a device for igniting gunpowder developed in the 15th century, a major advance in the manufacture of small arms.
  • 1578

    The development of the first submarine.

    British mathematician William Bourne made some of the earliest known plans for a submarine.

  • The development of the revolver handgun.

    Samuel Colt submitted a british patent for his revolver.

  • The invention of the first iron-clad warship.

    The unions first ironcald warship was the City class built by james B. Eads.

  • The invention of the first machine gun.

    the first fully automatic weapon was created by Hiram Maxim.

  • The development of the first tank.

    The first offensive using tanks took place on September 15 during the Battle of Sommoe.

  • The use of the first automic bomb.

    The United States used its first automic bomb called the Enola Gay on Japanese city of Hiroshima.

  • When the first hydrogen bomb was tested.

    The first series of thermonnuclear tests conducted by the United States took place during Operation IVY.

  • The development of the anti- satellite laser.

    Anti- Satellite misslies can be deployed against enemy satellites, disrupting crucial intelligence.

  • The development of the M.O.A.B. (mother of all bombs).

    Developed for the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts, Jr. on the Air Force Research Laboratory.